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Tuesday, 10 December 2013

Peggle 2 Review

I love the rising notes that accompany the bounce of peggle ball as it tumbles from peg to peg each tinkle perfect pitched to the serene melodies underneath. i love how each selection on the menu screen is accompanied by the note from peer gynt's morning a subtle nod to Peggle 2 wonderful predecessor.And I love the rainbows and parkles and the blast of ode to joy that accompanies a perfectly cleared Peggle board. it absolutely mesmerizing and indicative of a game that's much about lifting the weight of the worldfrom your shoulders as it spending hours figuring out the perfect peg pummeling shot for a high score and trust me once peggle gets its hooks into you, the hours will fly by.

if you're new to peggle the basic are simple and intoxicating PopCap's riffing on pachinko you fire a ball bearing from a pivoting turret at the top of the screen and as it falls it bounces between a series of brightly Coloured pegs. Your basic task is to hit all the orange pegs scattered among the blue pegs pegs before you run out of balls.

Your real objective however is look stylish while you do it. This is a dynamic battlefield where your own actions ensure that you can never make exactly the same shot twice.Make the most of it! Score Trick shots by bouncing score extra balls by landing in the roving pot at the across a greate yawing distance. score extra balls by landing in the roving pot at the bottom of the screen rather than plummeting into the abyss.Score huge boosts by dropping into high value bucket at the end of the round as fireworks go off and ainbows soar across the sky

There also peculiar store button on the main menu that is currently closed at the time of this writing which impiles some form of DLC is in the works. While we don't really know what that could entail there's the distinct possibility of the new characters and levels on the horizon which could be a don't creep thier way in eventually.

Peggle 2 is ultimately the same basic concept as the original set of the games but still most definitely worth playing if you're a series fan. PopCap could have done so much more than they did especially when you considered the generation leap, but the good news is Peggle fans wil eat this up and fail in love all over again.

Sunday, 8 December 2013

Google Chromecast 4.4.1 Mirroring function Dongle Coming Soon



Google HDMI Chromecast dongle is great for streaming content from an Android device direct to a TV
set, but falls short of the Apple TV platform when it comes to full on display mirroring.

However, that could soon be about to change, judging by code spotted within the android 4.4.1 update which is in out of Nexus smartphone and tablets.

A recent invite to developers inviting them to hackathon being run by Google this weekend which will allow them to get a chance to test drive the upcoming Google cast SDK, points to a very imminent release of the long awaited SDK and a possible flood of new Apps, bt they don't address issue of streaming local content from your device to the US $34 dongle but new code in the Andriod 4.4.1 update which rolled out this week points to the ability to cast your Android screen to Chromecast.

First we we update to Android 4.4.1 minor change form  the display settings. previsoly you could simply turn wireless display on but after the update to 4.4.1 the wireless display option has now become cast screen.

On his Google+page Dutta wrote from the patches i see in 4.4.1 they will be adding Android Mirroring to chromecast very soon.

Google has been bigging up its Chromecast compitible apps by giving them a section of their own Google Play Store but could things able to get lot more interesting for the little dongle?

Source TechRadar  AusDroid

Saturday, 7 December 2013

Xbox One Review

Introduction

One Console to rule them all. One console to find all your devices, one console to control all your services and in the living room bind them.

That's Microsoft's plan. Gaming,cable television, music and movies all streaming into one system: the Xbox One. it's ambitious, but the hardware seems capable.

Design
The first you'll notice about the Xbox One is what an absolute beats it is. it measure 274 x 79 x 333 mm, making it longer and taller than a PlayStation 4 or Xbox 360. You don't need a tape measure to figure that out through, the thing just looks huge.

its size and girth harkens back to the original Xbox, an imposing black plastic beast covered in black plastic ridges. Microsoft seems to be throwing back to that design, bringing back the all black and the ridge-covered aesthetic.

When you frist take Xbox one out of its box, you'll notice an eyesore of a sticker next to the blu-ray drive asking you to kindly not move the system while the disc is inside.

A good warning as that can damage a spinning disc in any system, but an ugly sticker luckily it comes off nice and clean. We also have hard time imagining that gamers will be moving their hulking Xbox ones very often especially since the system is also not designed to stand on it side.

Kinect
You can't talk Xbox One without  bringing up the new Kinect. While the system can operate without being hooked into Microsoft's magic eye, you'd be losing a lot of its most unique features and showroom wow factor.

The new Kinect is a whhole lot bigger than its predecessor. it's also designed to sit in front of your TV rather than perched on top of the screen like the Playstation Camera. it's too big and presumably, delicate for that

Just like the system itself it has a while light up logo on its right side. Dull red lights from its IR blaster intermittently glow when it's active

The underside of the kinect has rubber feet that provide a firm grip. it's not going to fall off your entertainment centre any time soon. it csn also tilt up and down with enough range of motion that there shouldn't be any trouble finding the right angle of your living room.

Features 
The Xbox One is more than a game console. That got it into some hot water when it first debuted at E3 2013. There were accusation that Microsoft had shoved games to the side in favor of media features and cable integration- features that even available outside the US at launch

In the box:


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Tuesday, 3 December 2013

Google Is Bring Chrome Apps On iOS Device

Google is Working  to bring its desktop chrome Packaged  apps to mobile platform including iOS. As Spotted by The Next Web, Google is working on a toolkit to help developers to help develop new chrome apps and port their existing ones to mobile devices.




The Next Web Uncovered this toolkit in a Github respository managed by michal moncy, a Google Software developers.create their apps for the mobile platform from start, to finish including mobile device design, buy testing and compilation.The completed apps can be submitted iOS App Store.

The iOS Portion of this project is listed as "TBA" but work on this toolkit has reportedly already started.
If you'r a developer you'll also want to check out these repositories Mobile Chrome Apps Samples
and Cordova plugin to unzip files in Android and iOS.

January 2014, said Google developer advocate Joe Marini to The Next Web.  Google declined to officially comment on this project.

SOURCE

WhatsApp Update for iOS 7

Messaging app WhatsApp Messenger has been updated with an iOS 7 inspired redesign, bringing one of the more popular apps in the App Store in line with Apple's new "flat" design sense. In addition, the app has also been updated with Broadcast Lists, an improved interface for managing blocked contacts and more. 



Along With the new design, there are some other changes such as:-

Broadcast lists: communicate with your classmates, work colleagues or just friends by messaging many people at once.
Improved share location: 3D map view, hide places, search places
Large thumbnails
New notification alerts and sounds
Application will now use your device text size as configured in iOS Settings > General > Text Size
New improved User Interface for managing your blocked contacts
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Monday, 2 December 2013

‘Device 6′ for iOS game review


Mobile devices have infiltrated the gaming segment in a big way to the point where they are now the primary gaming platform for a lot of people, even if they don’t realize it yet. We now have games from all genres available on the mobile platform. But while several of them try to emulate console gaming experience on the small screen, some are designed from the ground up for the touchscreen. I have said repeatedly in the past that it is this category of games that interests me the most. The joy of playing a game designed with the attributes of the touchscreen in mind and actually takes advantage of it rather than being crippled by it is quite something. Device 6 for iOS is one such game, and today we are going to take a close look at it.

‘GT Racing 2′ for iOS and Android game review


Although Gameloft is known more for its Asphalt series of arcade racing games, there is also the lesser known GT Racing, which was more geared towards those who prefer simulation racing.
Several years after the launch of the original game, Gameloft has now released a sequel called GT Racing 2. The latest installment ups the ante in terms of cars, tracks, visuals and pretty much everything else and just like the original is free to play. It’s clear that this time Gameloft has EA’s Real Racing 3 in its sights. Let’s see how GT Racing 2 performs. Title GT Racing 2: The Real Car Experience Developer Gameloft Platform iOS Android Release Date November 13, 2013 November 13, 2013 Content rating 4+ Everyone Size 1.05GB 978MB Price Free