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If you’re a South Park fan and own an Oculus Rift we have some very good news for you. The folks over at Tool have recreated the Colorado mountain town along with all of your favorite characters and you can already start exploring it. The team was inspired by South Park: The Stick of Truth and the TV Show’s season 17 intro ...

It seems that the update to Android KitKat 4.4.4 is faster to arrive than the often troublesome KitKat 4.4.3. HTC users will be pleased to know that both the HTC One M8 and the HTC One M7 are getting KitKat 4.4.4. This update however only applies for the Google Play editions of the phones, at least for now. This new ...

Facebook is facing a probation from the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK. They investigate whether the social media giant broke data protection laws during its recent psychological study. The ICO has said that it plans to ask Facebook a number of questions about the study to ensure that the privacy of UK citizens was protected at all times ...

A recent survey revealed some troubling, but perhaps unsurprising news. According to Bank of America, 47% of American consumers admitted that they wouldn’t last a single day without their smartphone. Furthermore, it turns out that most of the surveyed people consider their devices to be just as important as their car (91 percent) or deodorant (91 percent) and more important ...

Remember all those images of the Apple’s highly anticipated iPhone 6? You know, the ones with the supposed changes to the antenna of the phone. The very same ones Taiwanese pop-stars such as Jimmy Lin  love to feature in selfies? We’ve seen the supposed leaks from various sources, featuring a familiar back-plate, the same familiar Apple logo and that cut-out ...

Motorola has been steadily upping its game for the last few years, consistently providing better and better smartphones. While the Moto E and Moto X were never truly powerhouse phones hardware-wise, the phones managed to stand out through a fantastic version of Android, and many fans of the OS have picked up Moto phones exactly for that reason. The Moto ...

As part of a drive to increase security and better protect user’s private information Microsoft has introduced new encryption for its email services. TLS (Transport Layer Security) encryption is now available across Hotmail, Outlook, Live and MSN. In addition to beefing up security for email, the company has also brought Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) encryption to OneDrive. The PFS encryption ...

For the last couple of months, we’ve heard whispers that Google has decided to end its Nexus line for good and instead focus on a new line-up of smartphones named Android Silver. Through Silver, Google will employ the services of phone manufacturers like LG, Asus or Samsung in order to build tailored smartphones with specific characteristics and raw OS versions. ...

Samsung has to step up its game this year if it is to withstand the aggressive push LG is cooking up with the LG G3 and Apple is preparing for the fall season. The company’s hopes lie in the successor of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, the Note 4, a phablet that’s expected to release sometime this fall. The most ...

Google engineering director David Burke revealed that skins and custom interfaces will not be allowed on Android Wear, Android TV, or Android Auto screens. Burke is well known for managing the Nexus program. Customizing might appeal to some of the OEMs that use the operating system, but the user experience is not always very good. Samsung’s TocuhWiz is one that’s ...