Earlier this year Apple sweetened the split with iOS developers on subscriptions, by promising to halve its usual 30 percent cut — once a user has been signed up for a year. Now, Bloomberg reports rumors that the company will move to an 85/15 split… – Source
CyanogenMod 14.1 nightlies have been rolling out for more than a week now and bringing Android 7.1 to several devices including Nexuses and other phones and tablets that don’t have the official update yet and likely won’t for many more months.
After Steve Kondik’s announcement of the 14.1 nightlies rollout, several more devices have joined the fold in the past days. Some have already received a couple of nightly revisions, others are on the list but don’t have any 14.1 nightly up yet.
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CyanogenMod 14.1 nightlies make it to the Nexus 6, OnePlus One and 2, Nexus 7 2013 (WiFi), and more was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
It’s always a happy day when one of Google Play’s entities rolls out to new countries because it means more users will be able to benefit from the entertainment options that were available to others before them. But it’s especially a happier day when one of said countries is Lebanon, because I live there and because we’re usually one of the last countries to get anything from Google.
But today we’re celebrating because Google Play Movies has officially landed in Lebanon and 10 other countries. All of them are Middle Eastern, except for Vietnam — Chào!
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Google Play Movies rolls out in 10 new Middle Eastern countries and Vietnam was written by the awesome team at Android Police.
London based app maker Touch Surgery creates a series of apps to help surgeons train ahead of complicated surgery prodedures, or to familiarize themselves with new surgical tools, equipment and procedures. The company just announced it has signed a “strategic collaboration” with Johnson & Johnson medical devices subsidiary Ethicon. Read More
According to Kamilaroi man Dean Foley, many of the programs offering business skills to Indigenous Australians only “tick boxes.” They’re just not the right thing for would-be founders of global tech companies.
Foley’s new accelerator program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander entrepreneurs launched its first mini-program Monday in Brisbane, with six startups on board.
SEE ALSO: Indigenous Australians are calling for new, more inclusive tech hub
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Apple is about to cut in half the fee it receives from selling subscriptions to video services on the App Store. Currently, Apple takes 30% of the monthly subscription rate earned by companies like Netflix or Hulu. Apple will cut its fee to 15%. Apps that offer non-video subscriptions pay Apple 30% of the monthly rate, with the fee dropping to 15% after a subscriber completes one year of paid service.
The decision to cut its take from App Store streaming video subscriptions appears to be related in some way to its upcoming TV app. The new app will allow iOS users to quickly find content … – Source
It appears that for some, BlackBerry’s DTEK security app is going haywire. Following software updates to the BlackBerry Priv, BlackBerry DTEK50 and BlackBerry DTEK60, the app alerted owners of these devices that there was an issue with their phones’ operating system even though no problem existed.
While this software bug appears to have affected only a small number of BlackBerry users, the problem has been added to the BlackBerry Knowledge Base and the company says that it is working on correcting it. Whatever is causing the problem, it forces the DTEK app to show that the security status … – Source
RawMaterial, a restaurant in New York City, just debuted a new burger we’re sure Dr. Pimple Popper would adore.
The Burger Bomb, an off-menu item, is pretty much just like a regular hamburger, but with one extremely important difference: the top bun is filled with cheese sauce.
When the lucky diner cuts into the bun, that cheese sauce bursts from the bread. Then it oozes everywhere, like dairy lava from a bread volcano.
SEE ALSO: UberEats has surge pricing now
A video posted by RAW MATERIAL (@raw_material_nyc) on Oct 23, 2016 at 2:58pm PDT
And as the internet has kindly pointed out, this eruption is also similar to what a pimple does when it is popped. …
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Greetings, Arsians! Courtesy of our partners at TechBargains, the Dealmaster is back with a big batch of deals. Dell’s Black Friday sale launched today, and it includes sales on a number of products. You can now get up to 50 percent off Samsung SUHD TVs, servers, and tower PCs, plus a bunch of great singular deals on things like desktops, monitors, SSDs, and more. Grab these deals while you can!
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If you own a Xiaomi Mi 5 phone, you may get a chance to try out the company’s latest custom interface, MIUI 8, updated for Android 7.0 Nougat. The company is signing up owners for the chance to test the Nougat version of MIUI 8.
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In its announcement post, Xiaomi stated that this week it is looking for people who own the Mi 5 in China, with the deadline of November 21. The good news is that next week, the company plans to begin MIUI 8 Nougat testing sign ups for global ROM owners of the Mi 5.
You will need to go on a PC to apply for testing at the MIUI website. Besides the requirement of owning an Mi 5 phone, interested testers must have at least some knowledge about ROMs and be active in the forums. They also must be willing to chat with other members about their experience in the QQ alpha group and forums. Finally, they must use the QQ app
It goes without saying, but we will say it again anyway: If you do get picked to test MIUI 8 Nougat on your Xiaomi Mi 5, the ROM that you will download and install is labeled as an alpha build, so expect a bunch of annoying bugs to pop up. More updates from Xiaomi about future MIUI 8 Nougat releases for its other smartphones will be revealed in the future.
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HTC recently certified four handsets in Russia according to a report published today. Among the devices that are now listed with the proper regulatory agency in the country is the HTC Desire 650. This could be the HTC A17, an entry-level phone that was mentioned in a tweet disseminated earlier this month by HTC tipster @LlabTooFeR.
Also certified in Russia is the HTC 10 evo. You might know this phone as the HTC Bolt in the U.S. where it is a Sprint exclusive. The HTC 10 evo might be powered by Qualcomm’s last-generation Snapdragon 810 chipset, but it does feature a 5.5-inch display … – Source
Okay, first there was Black Friday. Then some retailers started the shopping holiday a day or two early to get a step on the competition. Now, the latest trend is to offer a different set of deals a week early and call it a pre-Black Friday sale. For example, yesterday we exclusively told you that from November 17th to the 23rd, Verizon will be waiving its Activation Fee and Upgrade Fee (normally $20 each) with the addition of a new line and the purchase of a new phone.
Today, T-Mobile announced that it is offering its own pre-Black Friday deals from Friday November 18th through Sunday, … – Source
