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Have you ever watched Slugterra? This Canadian animated series has managed to get very popular since its 2012 launch. It’s been airing for a few years now and a new season is coming, but few of us knew the franchise’s next step was going to be mobile gaming. Developer Apps Ministry put together a pretty fun game based on the show. Slugterra: Dark Waters is an action-packed shooting game with 13 levels, 10 unique enemies and many, many slugs. For those who need a reminder or may not be familiar with the series, Slugterra follows a story line based on an underground world deep under our feet. This subterranean location has people, villages, amazing technology and slugs. What are slugs? These creatures are cute little pets, but they are much more than they seem. They are also living ammo, as you can shoot them out of your blaster and use their unique abilities to protect the underground world. Pretty interesting, right? The game is looking to be just as fun as the cartoon, too...

Since Android is an open platform, there’s plenty of room for customization. Beyond personalizing your phone, there are a few easy practices that can keep your phone neat and organized with plenty of battery life to last all day. Here are 10 tips and tricks every Android user should know. Set up Google Now Think of Google Now as your personal assistant. Open the Google app, tap Get Google Now, and then fill in your preferences. You can tell Google Now your favourite stocks, sports teams, and more to get personalized notifications. You can also tell Google Now your preferred mode of transportation for Google Maps. Use launchers and lock screen replacements Sick of staring at that same weather widget every day? You can download apps in the Google Play store that actually let you change the interface of your Android phone. Check out some of our favourite Android launchers and lock screen replacements here. Enable Power Savings mode Navigate to the Settings menu and turn o...

People spend close to three hours a day looking at a mobile screen - and that excludes the time they spend actually talking on the phones. NEW DELHI: Like pretty much everyone these days, Susan Butler stares at her smartphone too much. Unlike most everyone, she took action, buying a $195 ring from a company called Ringly, which promises to "let you put your phone away and your mind at ease." Ringly does this by connecting its rings to a smartphone filter so that users can silence Gmail or Facebook notifications while preserving crucial alerts, like text messages from a babysitter, which cause the ring to light up or vibrate. "Hopefully it will keep some distance between my phone and my hand," said Ms Butler, 27, who lives in Austin, Tex, and is a technology consultant for small businesses. Given how quickly cellphones have taken over our lives, it's easy to forget that they are still a relatively new technology. The first iPhone came out eight years ago, and ...

Apple iPhone 6 can now be sold in China, after the firm received a license for the device to be used on China's wireless networks. Apple Inc is preparing for the largest initial production run for its next iPhones by the end of the year, the Wall Street journal reported. The company is asking suppliers to manufacture 85 million to 90 million units of two new models with 4.7-inch and 5-inch displays. The company had ordered 70 million to 80 million of iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus last year, in its largest initial production run so far. The new phones are also expected to feature Force Touch technology which can distinguish between a light tap and deep press, people familiar with the matter told the Journal. The information about orders came from Apple's suppliers, the paper added. Bloomberg reported last month that suppliers had started initial production of iPhone models with Force Touch, a technology already used in Apple Watch and MacBook laptop. The screen siz...

Apple has removed Civil War games from the App Store featuring the Confederate flag, according to a report from Touch Arcade   Ultimate General: Gettysburg  and the  Civil War  games by developer Hunted Cow no longer appear for sale. A statement from a developer of  Ultimate General  confirms that the studio's game was removed by Apple. . Apple isn't the only company to pull merchandise featuring the Confederate flag. Following the tragic shooting at Charleston's Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church, a movement has called for the removal of the Confederate flag from the South Carolina capital building and a re-evaluation of the nation's relationship with the symbol of the Confederate army. In response, Amazon and eBay have removed or banned Confederate flag merchandise, and Warner Bros. has scrapped plans for toys featuring the banner. Apple's decision is likely to draw more controversy. Removing games in wh...

Every driver hates getting stuck in traffic behind a bus or truck. To make matters worse, it is often risky to try to pass them since you don’t have a very clear view of what’s ahead. In a single-lane highway, the maneuver is even more dangerous. In order to reduce accidents, a new truck aims to help drivers in situations like these.   Developed by Samsung in Argentina – where one person dies in a traffic accident nearly every hour – the “Safety Truck” attempts to reduce accidents on the roads by showing what’s ahead on a huge screen on the back of the truck Images are captured by a camera on the front of the vehicle and transmitted on four monitors installed in the back of the truck. “The monitors give drivers behind the truck a view of what is going on ahead, even in the dark of night,” the company said on their website. Samsung Safety Truck is a partnership held between Samsung and the Argentine brand Ingematica. ...

What do you do when you're king of the Linux server mountain and you want more? In  Red Hat 's case, you develop a new mobile software stack,  Red Hat Mobile Application Platform (RHMAP), and you  partner up with the world's top Android smartphone vendor, Samsung . Red Hat and Samsung are partnering up to create Android business apps. This isn't to say that Red Hat will become just another Android app vendor. The Raleigh, NC-based company's focus is still primarily on business, operating systems, the cloud and middleware. According to the companies' joint announcement, Samsung Business Services and Red Hat plan to deliver: Business applications: A series of enterprise-ready, industry-specific mobile applications that will run on the RHMAP and address key workforce management and business tasks, such as business intelligence, field and customer service, inventory management and sales catalog, pricing, ordering, and invoicing. The application...