Earlier today, Google sent out an email to Play Store developers regarding several updates to its developer program policy. The email consisted of four bullet points that mostly talk about the need to keep misleading, spammy and malicious apps out of the Play Store; including apps that are considered to be fake copies of other popular games (ex. Temple Run, GTAIII) that have unnecessary permission... »
[hr] The Samsung Galaxy S III is well-known to be among one of the best feature-packed smartphones of today, with features like “Smart stayâ€, “S Beam†and “Pop up playâ€, users experience things included in Samsung’s Nature UX that Stock Android and other Android skins currently just don’t offer natively. Fortunately, you can now get “Pop up playâ€-like functionality on y... »
I’m sure most people reading this article will know about Minecraft, but for those who don’t – Minecraft is an old school game that is based on blocks (like Lego on steroids). There are two modes to Minecraft, free play and adventure. The former is a totally customisable sandbox world were you have unlimited blocks of many kinds in order to make pretty much anything you like. The... »
Anthony Esposito from the No One Here Yet blog has very kindly created a RefuGeeks Android app for us. Version 1.0 was released last night and I’m currently working on getting it added to the play store. It is basically an app interface for the website along with some really cool links to our social media sites, contact page and an awesome about page where you will be able to learn a little... »
Jumpshot is a fully automated solution for solving Windows PC problems – the best part is that Jumpshot is Linux based. So, ironically, you’re using Linux to fix Windows problems. All you need to do is plug one of the Jumpshot USB sticks into a Windows PC, reboot it, and magically all Trojans and viruses on the system will be destroyed. Jumpshot is currently on Kickstarter. Their initi... »
A new blog called Valve Linux has arrived, put together by a team of Linux developers that are on a mission to “strengthen the gaming scene on Linux, both for players and developers.” The team was set up last year, and have they been experimenting with porting Steam and Left 4 Dead 2 to Ubuntu. Here is what the guys at Valve had to say: [quote]We're just starting development and workin... »
Today, an internal message to all staff at Mozilla (the company behind Thunderbird & Firefox) was leaked. Within this message it was announced that the on-going development of Thunderbird is to change. Here is an excerpt of the leaked message: [quote]Thunderbird is one of the very few truly free and open source multi-platform email applications available today and we want to defend these valu... »