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Alright, so there haven't been just a few leaks regarding the iPhone 6, there has been quite a few. Many leaks, including photos of the display component itself, and the newest report which claims that Foxconn is hiring 100,000 workers to manufacture the smartphone, have been outed in the last month or so. Most recently, images of a curved iPhone 6 display panel have been unveiled, courtesy of ...read more
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Google has renovated its YouTube service by allowing the video player to display 60fps footage for the first time. The move means that users can soon upload videos of games that render in 60fps and watch a 'true' representation on YouTube. Previously, the Google-owned web video service could only render in 30fps. Marking the occasion was a new trailer for Hardline Battlefield, in ...read more
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The world record for the fastest time to beat Super Mario Bros has been broken. Speedrunner 'Blubbler' has beaten what was previously considered the fastest possible way to beat the game, which previously resulted in a world record of 4:58:09. By using a recently discovered glitch and being able to pull it off during a speedrun however, Blubbler has been able to reduce that to a new record ...read more
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At its I/O conference today, Google announced its long-rumored Android TV, as the company once again attempts to make its products relevant in the living room, after the spectacular failure of its Google TV platform. Google is at pains to stress that Android TV "isn't a new platform", adding: "We're simply giving TVs the same level of attention that phones and tablets have traditionally enjoyed." ...read more
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Apple will look to launch the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 on Friday, September 19, according to a new report from Chinese web portal Tencent (Google Translate, via GforGames) citing inside sources. The news comes after German carrier Deutsche Telekom was reported to be informing customers of a similar release date for the device. The report also notes that Apple will launch 32GB and 64GB capacities of ...read more
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If you're contemplating a career change, you may want to look into playing video games and shouting into a camera, as doing just that has made Felix Kjellberg a millionaire. Better known by his phonetically troublesome online handle "PewDiePie," Kjellberg has turned online video game streaming into a massively lucrative venture. According to the Wall Street Journal, the PewDiePie brand now ...read more
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Looks like Mario Kart 8 was just what the doctor mechanic ordered for Nintendo's struggling Wii U; Nintendo of America president and COO Reggie Fils-Aime told Polygon that, compared to the week prior, Wii U sales quadrupled the week after the game's release. Fils-Aime also noted that 18 percent of Wii U owners purchased a copy of the game in its first weekend, but this number likely includes ...read more
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There has been a flurry of leaks concerning the unconfirmed iPhone 6. Many of these reports suggest that there will be models with two different screen sizes. The most recent leak was posted by Sonny Dickson and shows two models of the smartphone with varied screen sizes; 4.7 and 5.5 inch, respectively. This leak backs up a previous report that suggested Apple's display supplier, Japan ...read more
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Shigeru Miyamoto says Star Fox Wii U is about a year from completion. The Nintendo designer touched on the game briefly during an E3 presentation focused on another two of his upcoming Wii U games, Project Guard and Project Giant Robot. "We have gone into full development and it's progressing well," he said. "We're going to be showing it to everybody as soon as we feel it's totally ready, ...read more
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During Nintendo's E3 press conference, Eiji Aonuma revealed a new entry in the fan-favorite Legend of Zelda series. Scant information was offered, but we were shown an attractive vignette, featuring Link riding his trusty steed Epona away from what appears to be a particularly angry, laser-equipped Octorok. Aonuma claims the game will be far less linear than past Zelda entries, a change he ...read more
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