Mechs vs Minions is League of Legends fanfiction presented in the style of Dungeons & Dragons or Descent, with just a hint of Fireball Island thrown in for good measure. It’s a cooperative, programmable, card-wielding board game set in the League… – Source
Google Allo, the messaging app of the moment, is getting a piece of one of the best TV series in years, Stranger Things stickers. Regardless of what smartphone you’re rocking, Android or iOS, these stickers will be available to download via Google Play Store.
If you’re not familiar with Netflix’s Stranger Things, then you will probably don’t understand some of the references these stickers are meant to offer users. Still, who wouldn’t be excited to be able to use a Demogorgon as a sticker, or even a “mind control” sticker. Stranger Things are happening in Google Allo, but if you’re … – Source
Yesterday, Sony announced that MLB The Show 17 will launch on PS4 next March — but it won’t be coming to the PS3. As the previous year’s edition of the sports game was the last first-party title to come to the aging console, this probably means Sony… – Source
MPs urge firms to allow customers to roam between mobile networks in areas of the UK where reception is weak. – Source
Baseball fans waited 71 years for Wrigley Field to host another World Series game, and the venerated old ballpark didn’t disappoint.
First opened as Weeghman Park in 1902, Wrigley became Wrigley in 1927. It’s since become perhaps the most hallowed ground in all of Major League Baseball but hadn’t got to host a World Series game since 1945, the last time the Chicago Cubs advanced to MLB’s final round.
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When the 2016 World Series moved back to Chicago on Friday night after the Cubs and Indians split the saga’s opening two games in Cleveland, that streak was finally broken. And boy, did Wrigley shine in its close-up. …
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Everyone’s favorite Jesus is back.
No, not the Jesus from The Bible — Jesus from The Big Lebowski. John Turturro, who played Jesus Quintana in the 1998 film, released a photo from his Big Lebowski spinoff on Friday, and the internet responded with proportional amounts of glee.
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Earlier this summer, Turturro announced that he would be directing a film called Going Places featuring his character, Jesus Quintana, the star bowler from The Big Lebowski. He and his crew began principal photography in August in New York City with his cast, including Bobby Cannavale, Audrey Tautou, Susan Sarandon and Sonia Braga. …
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This was the best Friday since last Friday. Here’s what you need to know for October 28, 2016.
I was on a plane today and saw someone in the waiting area with a Galaxy Note 7. I facetiously tweeted out that I could either ignore the problem and hope for the best or tackle him and remove his phone forcefully. In fact, I did neither: I let the flight attendant know that I thought I saw someone using a Note 7, but by then I had lost him in the crowd, and they said they’d be making an announcement.
Airport waiting areas are really interesting for a number of reasons. It’s a concentrated area full of diversity, people anxious to return home or begin their adventures. It’s also full of technology. These days, I keep a look out for the phones people are using, and the equipment they use to stay connected. Tablets, even iPads, appear to be less common than they were a couple of years ago as smartphone sizes have grown. I see a lot of Galaxy S6s and 7s, a lot of iPhones and, in the U.S., quite a few Droids. I still even see some BlackBerrys in business class.
These pocket computers have taken over our lives. Have you welcomed your new phone overlord, lately?
The LG V20 is now available in the U.S. and Canada
It’s not exactly the perfect phone, but if you’re looking for basically the only phone with expandable storage and a removable battery, the LG V20 is the only game in town. And today it is available from T-Mobile, Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, U.S. Cellular, Wind Mobile and Videotron in the U.S. and Canada, respectively. More
Stranger Things stickers arrive for Allo Messenger
Are you a fan of Netflix’s hit show Stranger Things? If so, you can find a new set of Hawkins-style stickers for Allo Messenger through the app. Coffee and contemplation in time for Halloween.
Google Play and Android apps coming to Lenovo’s Thinkpad 13 Chromebook
The message behind this video and its catchy tune is that Android app support will soon be available for Chromebooks for Business, and that Lenovo plans to enable them for their 13-inch Touchscreen model Thinkpad 13 Chromebook. There’s been no word on other Chromebook for Business partners (like HP or Dell) as of yet. Here’s hoping!
Sunshine team returns to unlock the Verizon Pixel’s bootloader
It’s that time of year again when every would-be Android tweaker starts hitting up XDA Developers for news of that elusive mechanism to unlock the latest hottest phone’s bootloader. Right now, though, that phone is the Pixel, and most of the models are easily opened, thanks to Google’s liberal stance on “fastboot oem unlock.”
The Verizon and EE models of the Pixel, though, are not unlockable out of the box, which has led to the Sunshine team coming back from the dead to crack the Pixel’s bootloader. You may remember Sunshine from the work they did on various HTC and Motorola models over – Source
Xiaomi has just announced two amazing smartphones earlier this week, the Mi MIX and the Mi Note 2, but the Chinese company plans to launch one other handset in the coming months.
Word about the Redmi 4 mid-range handset emerged online back in August, but Xiaomi is still mum on the device’s whereabouts. In the meantime, Chinese regulators certified the Xiaomi Redmi 4, which suggests we’re very close to a launch announcement.
If you’ve been following our stories about the Redmi 4, then you know the phone sports a 5-inch display that supports full HD (1080p) resolution. Well, it appears … – Source
Kyle Schwarber is quickly putting together a legendary World Series story.
After missing most of the regular season with a torn ACL, Schwarber returned to the Chicago Cubs lineup for the World Series and hasn’t shown any signs of rust, notching three hits, two RBI and two walks in nine at-bats.
And let’s not forget, Schwarber is still just 23 years old, which means he’s only a few years removed from high school.
So after video surfaced of Schwarber’s ridiculous high school choir performance from 2010, the Cubs made sure to have some fun with it.
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If you need to benchmark the storage in a device, Androbench has long been the go-to way to do it. One major drawback: it was horrendously ugly. It has just been updated to v5.0, and I wouldn’t say it’s not ugly, but it certainly less ugly. That’s a win in my book.
Here’s the changelog for Androbench v5.0.
Features:
New UI design
Enhanced SQLite benchmark
Removal of Macro benchmark
Support for File-Based Encryption in Android N
Bug fixes:
Wrong text in the dialog box fixed
Detecting available storage size fixed
Detecting I/O scheduler fixed
As Artem lamented a while back, Androbench 4.x seemed to have issues with the Pixel.
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Androbench updated to v5.0 with a less ugly UI and fixed Pixel benchmarks was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
