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calddon:
Should be in game section

maybe lalasticlala will move it to the right section

austinereds:
how is it less expensive??

Since coming out at $400 in 2013, the console has dropped in price steadily over the years — you're now looking at $250 for a brand new PlayStation 4, and there are plenty of deals where you can get one with a game for an even better price. As the holiday season ramps up, expect a mess of these types of bundles. But also let's not kid ourselves: at $250 for the PS4, you don't have to wait for a deal.

Uber’s head of security communications has today
announced that the company is removing access from
its iOS app that may have allowed the company to record a
user’s display unknowingly. Security researchers had
noticed that Uber was given access to these private APIs
by Apple, an unprecedented move from the security
focused company.
Within iOS, application developers use entitlements to gain
access to different APIs. For example, usage of iCloud and
Apple Pay APIs require specific entitlements within an
application.
The idea behind using entitlements is that iOS applications
only have access to what they absolutely need. As
Apple puts it , “By carefully enabling only the resource
access that you need, you minimize the potential for
damage if malicious code successfully exploits your app.”
This is where Uber’s iOS app raised a few eyebrows. APIs,
and as a result entitlements, are separated into public and
private usage. Private APIs may not be used in apps that
are submitted to the App Store. Uber’s API that could
technically allow them to record a device’s display was
locked away behind a private entitlement.
Melanie Ensign, Security and Privacy communications at
Uber, told Will Strafach on Twitter that the entitlement
would be removed. According to Ensign, the API was used
back when watchOS apps couldn’t handle map rendering.
From a technical perspective, the APIs may have allowed
Uber to capture what was seen on the iOS app’s display
and then push it to the watchOS app.
Strafach asked Ensign how Uber was granted access to
this entitlement in the first place. Being a private
entitlement, no applications should have this access. In his
own researched dataset , he discovered only Uber and
Apple’s own apps had this private access. Strafach
mentioned that Apple had to have granted this
entitlement to Uber.
Being granted this level of access is especially interesting
in light of Apple and Uber’s history. Earlier this year, it was
reported that Tim Cook had threatened to pull Uber from
the App Store over allegations of tracking users.

more at http://globaltechgist..co.ke/2017/10/uber-removing-private-ios-api-that.html?m=1

calddon:
Wrong thread

how?

The FCC has given Google permission to deploy its Project
Loon balloons over Puerto Rico.
Previously, the helium balloons were able to provide LTE
coverage to Peru after extreme flooding. But in that case,
Google had already partnered with a telecom provider on
the ground, which it depended on to beam the signal to the
balloons, for disaster relief.
In Puerto Rico, Google's innovation lab, X, is starting from
scratch. It's unclear if Puerto Rico's stressed telecom
companies even have the resources to partner with Google
on this endeavor.
But it's worth a try if there's any chance it can help the
island's 3.5 million people connect with friends and loved
ones. Puerto Rico's infrastructure was demolished by
Hurricane Maria. Less than 25 percent of its cellphone
towers are back online, and power has only been restored
to about 10 percent of the island, according to a site run by
the Puerto Rican government.
The FCC announcement came from Matthew Berry, chief of
staff to the agency's chairman, Ajit Pai, on Twitter.
Mashable reached out to Google for more details, and will
update this story if the company responds.
Project Loon works by relaying a signal beamed from a
telecom partner on the ground through its network of
balloons floating around 65,000 feet in the air, and then
sending that signal down to people with cellphones. In Peru,
the project's leader said 160 GB of data was sent over an
area roughly the size of Sweden, which was "enough data to
send and receive around 30 million WhatsApp messages, or
2 million emails."

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We’re about to see a ton of new emoji hit the iPhone and
iPad starting next week. Apple has announced that next
week’s beta version of iOS 11.1 will include hundreds of
new characters “including more emotive smiley faces,
gender-neutral characters, clothing options, food types,
animals, mythical creatures and more” as part of Unicode
10 .
These new emoji will be available for use in iOS 11.1 beta 2
for developers and public beta testers sometime next week.
The software update is expected to ship for all customers
around the end of the month. Apple previously showed off
some of these emoji on World Emoji Day , but availability
was only described as sometime this year.
The new emoji are designed to
reveal every detail and adapted
from approved characters in
Unicode 10. iOS 11.1 will also
include characters announced
on World Emoji Day like Woman
with Headscarf, Bearded Person,
Breastfeeding, Zombie, Person in
Lotus Position and new food items
such as Sandwich and Coconut.
Also included in the update is the
Love-You Gesture, designed after
the “I love you” hand sign in
American Sign Language.
The new emoji will likely also appear in watchOS 4.1 beta 2
and macOS 10.13.1 beta 2 next week. Check out more of
these new emoji below ahead of next week’s release:

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That didn't take long -- mere days after images emerged ,
BlackBerry has launched the Motion. As expected, it's
effectively a KEYone without the keyboard... and a couple
of extra perks. You're still looking at a mid-range device
with a Snapdragon 625 chip, 4GB of RAM, 32GB of storage
and a 12-megapixel rear camera, just with a 5.5-inch
1080p display taking up most of the front (there's still a
fingerprint reader). However, it's what you can't see that
makes the difference. The Motion is IP67 water-resistant,
and it packs a whopping 4,000mAh battery. Given the
middling processor, this likely translates to a phone that
can easily handle a full day off the charger.
The software will still seem familiar. The Motion is running
a customized take on Android 7.1 like its predecessor, and
you'll get the same security-focused apps intended to
make it business- and privacy-friendly.
Don't plan to snap one up right away. The Motion is only
shipping to a handful of Middle Eastern markets at first
(including Saudi Arabia and the UAE), with a price
equivalent to about $460. There's no mention of North
American releases so far, although we wouldn't rule them
out given the KEYone's availability at Sprint and Canadian
carriers.
Even so, the phone may face an uphill battle in North
America. The KEYone was considered expensive for the
feature set when new, but you could easily point to the
keyboard if you had to justify the price. You can't do that
with the Motion -- you can mention the battery and what
appears to be top-notch build quality, but there are other
touch-only phones in this price range (say, the OnePlus 5 )
that offer faster performance and additional tricks. This is
really for workers and those BlackBerry fans who remain
loyal, but not so loyal that they insist on physical keys.

link.
http://globaltechgist..co.ke/2017/10/blackberry-motion-arrives-with-no.html?m=1

Over 60 million people already do , and that's because it's a great system: It's fast and easy to use, it's got great games, and it does lots of cool stuff! Maybe you're not convinced? That's possible: $299 is a lot of money to drop.

In case that doesn't push you over the edge, here are 16 great reasons to pick up a PlayStation 4 right now.:

16. Play games you don't own and have friends help you get past tough challenges.

15. Deep Spotify integration.

14. Upcoming exclusives, like "Detroit: Become Human" and "The Last of Us: Part II."

13. "Uncharted 4: A Thief's End."

12. The great DualShock 4 gamepad with a rechargeable battery.

11. If you want the most powerful PlayStation 4, there's the new PlayStation 4 Pro.

10. "Horizon Zero Dawn"

9. Indie games on the PlayStation Store.

8. Play your games anywhere — well, at least on a PlayStation Vita or a Mac/PC.

7. PlayStation VR is a surprisingly immersive virtual reality headset, and it's got more games than ever before.

6. Play classic PlayStation 2 games (and some from PlayStation 3!).

5. Perfect for cord-cutters: apps galore.

4. Say goodbye to your cable subscription. Say hello to PlayStation Vue.

3. "Bloodborne."

2. PlayStation Plus continues to be the best deal in gaming.

1. It's less expensive than ever.

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Google Assistant finally started its rollout to Android TV
last week , but so far, it’s only come to one device — the
Nvidia Shield TV. The Assistant will eventually expand to
the rest of the market, but in the meantime, here’s how you
can sideload it.
First discovered by Android Police, the latest version of the
Google app for Android TV jumpstarts Assistant
functionality on the platform, at least for compatible
devices.
For now, this only works on ARM-based Android TV
devices, so that includes the Xiaomi Mi Box and some TVs
with the OS built in, like some from Sony and LeEco. Also
keep in mind that it doesn’t work perfectly just yet.
To get this going, simply sideload version 3.0 of the
Google app for Android TV on your device, give it a quick
reboot, and you should be good to go. Stability is going to
depend on the device you’re testing with, but some users
are reporting success on Sony Bravia TVs and the Mi Box.
Of course, a firmware update is going to be required on
any of these devices to get things working 100%. We’re
also hearing from LeEco owners that the sideloaded
version is working.
If you’re interested in giving this a shot for yourself, the
APK is available now for download from APKMirror .
Thanks Andrew!

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Apple has today announced that it is removing the Catalogs
category, as well as the Educational and Dice subcategory
(under Games) from the App Store.
Apple has sent out emails to developers who are affected
by this change, those that have apps currently listed under
the Catalogs category or Dice subcategory.
Apps currently listed under the Educational or Dice
subcategory of Games will simply be found under the
generic Games category, unless developers choose an
alternate subcategory.
The Games section of the App Store allows developers to
select up to two optional subcategories to further refine
their placement.
Many of these categories are very small, representing low
volumes of downloads, and it is likely that Dice is one of
these — hence its removal. It is a bit of a surprise that the
Educational section is not very popular, though.
With the removal of the Dice and Educational subcategory
options, apps in the Games section can now be listed as
Action, Arcade, Board, Card, Casino, Family, Music, Puzzle,
Racing, Role-Playing, Simulation, Sports, Strategy, Trivia
and Word titles.
For apps currently listed under the ‘Catalogs’ category,
Apple will automatically migrate affected apps to the
Shopping category on November 6, 2017. Developers are
free to choose a more relevant alternative at will.
Apple doesn’t give an explanation as to why the category is
being removed but it is either due to lack of significant
downloads to justify its existence, or an editorial
simplification where most apps will fit better as ‘Shopping’
apps anyway.
To be clear, none of the apps in these categories will be
removed from sale by Apple. It just affects where they are
displayed in the App Store navigation.

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