DOOM will always hold a special place in the hearts of those of us that remember the first game to bear that name, and while it's been a whole ten years since DOOM 3 had us all hiding behind our chairs, the enthusiasm for one of the world's biggest gaming franchises hasn't died down - even after that movie that did its best to scrape the entire thing off. If you've seen it, you know what we mean. If you haven't, then you're one of the lucky ones.
As ever, we're back with a fistful of great apps just gone free on the App Store, and if your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch is notably bereft just now, then this would be an ideal moment to stock up. There are three in total, and given that they would ordinarily set you back a total of $9, this is definitely a freebie bundle you won't want to be missing out on!
If you're a fan of the trend that sees smartphone sizes seemingly increasing with every new major product release, then you're probably already a big fan of Samsung's Galaxy Note line of smartphones-cum-tablets. Weighing in with screens that most of us wouldn't want to carry around in our pockets, the Note family of smartphones has always been popular amongst those who want a device that's large enough to watch movies on without having to carry around a tablet.
iOS 8 has given Apple a chance to showcase what it has in the pipeline for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch users, as has been noted ad nauseam by commentators throughout the blogosphere, the Cupertino outfit has borrowed quite a few long-standing Android features in creating this very appealing software update. But while the likes of third-party keyboard support and widgets have been available over at the Google Play Store for a good few years now, it looks as though Apple will also be grabbing one of its major adversary's newer quirks in the form of Google Now's find my car feature.
The world of wearables is currently amid something of a boom. Google is hard at work with Project Glass, and the search giant is also in the process of developing Android Wear, opening the door for a number of vendors looking to get into the smartwatch game. But while many companies seem to be following the crowd with head-mounted face computers and watches that do more than tell the time, Japanese mobile carrier Docomo has thrown together an interesting wearable SIM concept.
When Sony launched the PS Vita TV in Japan late last year, it looked like it could be the product that we'd all been expecting to come from the folks at Apple. A little box that plays TV content as well as top-class games? Where do we sign up?
If you're a big fan of the Grand Theft Auto series of games then you're going to want to prick your ears up, because even thought the fifth installment in the franchise has been around for nine months, the game is still set for a big release on the next generation platforms alongside the PC. And it will be up for pre-order starting today.
Late last week, we heard that Apple was internally testing a Control Center feature that enabled users to customize the experience similarly to the manner in which iOS 8 would enable share sheets to be tweaked at the discretion of the individual. That tidbit was based on information found in the first beta build of iOS 8 available to developers, and now, the same source has indicated - with evidence - that Apple is working on a notably funkier alternative UI, complete with alternate font and an undercurrent of orange and purple.
Apple's iOS 8 keynote at WWDC last Monday told only a portion of the story regarding the upcoming software, and as we've been learning ever since that showcasing and subsequent roll-out of the first beta, Apple has packed a lot of less obvious features into the mix. Split-screen multitasking for iPad was one of a number of pre-WWDC rumors that, we thought, had failed to materialize, but hidden deep inside the iOS 8 code is evidence that, in fact, such a feature could well be on its way.
A couple of weeks back, it was reported that an individual, operating under the pseudonym 'Oleg Pliss', was conning iOS device owners in Australia out of hundreds of dollars using a very simple but effective scam using Apple’s Find My iPhone infrastructure. Initially, it was reported that Apple's iCloud infrastructure had been compromised somewhere along the line, but with the Cupertino outfit having swiftly stepped out and refuted these claims, it now appears that the group behind the well-organized scheme has finally got its comeuppance.
