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Super Mario Run runs into Android devices on March 23

Good for you, Mario fans! I personally don’t care at all, but still, good for you! It took Nintendo three months, but Super Mario Run, a very popular mobile runner, is finally coming to Android devices. Starting on March 23, the game will be downloadble from the Google Play Store (actually, you can already pre-register the game, which will download onto your phone and become available the very second it is officially released). The game’s price is $9.99, which is steep for a mobile device, but it has no, zero, zilch in-game transactions. Considering how the 390 thousand people ...

Are your hands getting cold while on the PC? Heatbuff will fix that

Starting today I like Danish people. Envavo IVS, a two-man startup company from Holland, is working on a special keyboard accessory that will help all tho have to work on their computers in cold. Two owners of the company (who are, by the way, gamers, so they understand the cold hands problem) have started working on Heatbuff in 2016, and are said to have made huge progress in this time. First prototype of the device was shown to the public in February, and it have garnered quite a lot of attention from possible publishers.Heatbuff creates heat using low frequency infrared waves with a ...

Supersonic – Google’s new messenger

And an unusual one, too. It is a text messenger, but one writes in it by dictating messages. I do not see the point (if a person is writing, it means that she/he is either busy or does not feel like talking, which is kind of counter-intuitive to talking to your phone), but maybe other people will like it more. What if you want to actually type the message? No can do; Supersonic does not have a keyboard. It does allow the user to change some of the words into emojiis, though. Cool? Messages sent with Supersonic disappear after a while.If you ask me, messanger sounds like a fancy, but only ...

Ghosts n Goblins on mobile, or another Capcom classic hits Android phones

Rejoice!, for Sir Arthur’s adventures have arrived on mobile phones! It’s time to kill some monsters while in your underwear (fans will understand). Capcom has started to release its old (really old) hits on Android devices. First was 1942, a WW2 shoot’em up; now, Ghosts’n’Goblins. GnG is a side-scrolling platformer in which the player takes the mantle of Sir Arthur, a knight on a quest to get rid of the evil plaguing the land. The game is famous for its high difficulty level, though Capcom offers (just as was the case with 1942) a casual mode for less suicidal ...

Injures suffered after a headphone exploded mid-flight

Okay, I have made fun of exploding devices, mainly phones, in the past, but this story is not funny in the least. Long story short, a woman was travelling via an airplane going to Australia, sleeping in her chair while music poured in from her headphones. Suddenly, she woke up to a sound of explosion. Feeling a burning sensation around her head, she grabbed her headphones and threw them on the floor – then it turned out that what blew up was her own headset. Airplane crew quickly put out the burning, melted device and gave the woman a basic treatment.ATSB, Australian Transport Safety ...

Levi’s Commuter x Jacquard – jacket, a true wearable

Jacquard is the newest invention of Google. It is a fabric made of fibers that can transmit touch, reacting to it in the very much same way as touch screens of your smartphones do. Thanks to this, left sleeve of Commuter x Jacquard serves as a sort of remote for the owner’s smartphone. You don’t have to take your phone out if you have it on – you can do things like picking up calls or changing audio tracks just by pressing the sleeve. It is also possible to assign different gestures to different phone features. Are you afraid about washing the jacket? Worry not. The ...

Flight of the Amazon Queen. Classic point and click adventure game is now available on Google Play

Flight was one of the less famous of the old adventure games (after all, it was not made by Lucas Arts), but it was nevertheless praised for its high quality, humour and intellectual value. The game has just had its 20th birthday, which turned out to be a good moment to revitalize it by offering it for sale on Google Play. The game may not (okay, is not) the newest in the bunch, but what it lacks in graphics and in lackluster interface, it more than makes up in the aforementioned ...

Street billboards’ content will depend on passing cars

To nobody’s surprise, this particular idea has its roots in Russia. Startup called Synapse Labs is working on an ”intelligent” billboards. Their intelligence is said to depend upon having cameras and an advanced mechanical learning feature that allows them to recognize brands of passing vehicles. Mercedes driving by will make the billboard feature a high-end product, while a passing Bonra’s driver might check the latest price of a sack of potatoes. While the above may or may not be an exaggeration, the billboards will work in exacly that way – by showing a ...

Beware of Instagram, or an attack of narcissistic spyware

Are you using Instagram? Have you ever downloaded apps that promised to increase your number of followers? Congrats, I don’t like you and think you are stupid, plus, you are probably being hacked as we speak. Serves you right. Anyhoo… ESET has identified thirteen spyware applications advertised as to increase the number of likes and comments under user’s posts. Their method of work can be summarized as thus: after installing an app, user cannot properly log in into their Instagram account. After a few failed attempts, the narcissus… I mean, Instagram user is prompted ...

Airbus flying cars…

… only exist in the designer’s heads, at least for now. This is how all inventions start, though, so do not worry, we will get to drive around like the Jetsons did yet. Transport service dreamed about by Airbus is called Pop Up and is, basically, a four-wheeled, two-person capsule. First, the capsule appears at the transportee’s location and drives her/him/them to the nearest landing pad. There, a drone picks the capsule up and takes over to bring the users to their destination. Airbus revealed that it plans first test runs (flies) of the service in 2017, but it will ...