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Diablo Immortal, or how the devil’s in the smartphone

Diablo fans, be merry, for your prayers to the Lord of Darkness have been heard and a new Diablo game is coming soon. Well, not soon, since the release date is Blizzard’s usual when-it-is-done, but it is coming. Ehm. Anyway, Blizzard Entertainment is currently working on Diablo Immortal, an MMOARPG for gaming smartphones. That is right, folks, new Diablo game is a mobile. New may not be the completely right term for the game, though, as it will be a prequel – its story will tell us what happened (meaning, all the thousands of daemons slain and loot gained) between Diablo II and ...

Facebook has implemented a new function that will help identify fake news

It took FB a few fake news scandals, but better late than never. From now on, every news published on FB will have a little ”i” in a white circle icon implemented into it. Upon clicking that icon the reader will be presented with information about the source of the news – description, origin and date of the source’s creation, places where the news has been shared the most etc. This feature will, at least until some hacker/s decide to mess with it, help us recognize the value of the news by evaluating its source.Good going, FB. Keep it ...

Google Pay is now available in Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden

Google Pay is casting wider and wider a net over the world; with its four newest, northern additions of Norway, Finland, Denmark and Sweden, the mobile payment service by Google is now available in twenty five different countries. The first partner banks listed for each country are:– Denmark: Jyske Bank, Nordea, Revolut,– Finland: Edenred Finland, Nordea, Revolut,– Norway: Monobank, Nordea, Storebrand Bank, Sparebanken Sør, Revolut,– Sweden: Länsförsäkringar Bank, Nordea, Sodexo Pass Sweden, Revolut.Google Pay is already live and working in the above ...

Google Pixel 3 XL has two notches, or Funniest Glitch of the Week

Usually we at IMEI24 do not write about Google smartphones, but today’s news is just too good to pass up. More and more of Pixel 3 XL owners complain about a pretty unusual graphic glitch appearing on their phones’, namely… a second notch growing up from the side of the display. Notch comes and goes, appearing seemingly at random and going away after the phone is restarted. Thankfully, Google already acknowledged the issue and is preparing a patch to fix it up. Tweet Vote ...

Lenovo Z5 Pro is just around the corner

Z5 Pro, advertisted by Lenovo as ”the first truly borderless smartphone”, has just got its official release date. Teaser graphic of the device has been released on Weibo. Other than some, probably very smart, marketing slogan written in Chinese, it offers us a release date of November 1st. It looks like we are only six days away from learning more about that phone. Lenovo kept its secrets well: all we know about it so far is that it will have a 4x main camera. Tweet Vote on ...

Google wants to force Android-smartphone producers to regularly update their phones

You have probably heard about the little Google vs. European Union war, right? One of the outcomes of that scuffles is supposed to be higher prices of Android-wielding smartphones, which is sad. Thankfully, some good may come out of it too. According to The Verge, one of the entries of the new deal between Google and Android producers is that they are obligated to update their smartphones’ operating systems every 90 days for at least two years after release. The new deal includes every Android smartphone released in the European Economic Area. Failing to comply may result with ...

Follow JC GO, or Pokemon GO in missionary position

Imagine yourself walking down the street and seeing kids playing Pokemon GO. You think to yourself ”little devils, never going to the church, just playing these stupid games night and day. Wish I could teach them a lesson…”. You then return home, turn on your PC, browse the Internet and find out about a mew Pokemon GO, one with saints and holiness and Jesus in its title. A smile spreads your mouth. God is good after all.Spanish christian foundation Ramon Pane has just created Follow J(esus) C(hrist) GO. It is a mobile game that is basically Pokemon GO but with religious ...

How Android smartphones will cost more because of EU

Or Google, depending on how you look at it. Long story short, EU has punished Google with a 4.3 billion fine due to Google making monopolistic attempts at the market. Now, few months after that revelation, Google announced that after 1th of February 2019 it will begin to collect Android license fees from smartphone producers. How high those fees will be will depend on both the size of the phone’s display (why?) as well as the country it is being made in – the fee’s size can fluctuate between 2.5 and 40 dollars. We do not know how exacly will the fees influence ...

Winamp 5.8, app’s first update in years

Winamp, a popular (a long time ago) music player, is making a comeback with a 5.8 update, the first one in a long time. The update does not revolutionize the application, instead opting to improve its efficiency. The new and improved features of the 5.8 are:– WASAPI plugin for Windows,– more modern OS demanded (at least Windows XP with Service Pack 3),– improved compability with new(er) Windows OS’.Radionomy, Winamp’s owner ever since 2014, promises more changes in the upcoming patches, like support for podcasts and music streaming. These and more features will ...