Soundcloud survives money scare

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New investment saves music platform

 

Over the past weeks the future for the music app Soundcloud has been uncertain, but after a £135 million investment it seems the music platform has a bright future.

Soundcloud is popular with emerging music artists and it faced closure faced closure if the new funding was not approved by Friday.

Concerned users had been backing up their Soundcloud uploads, worried the site would go offline.

After the major investment, Alexander Ljung, the company’s chairman said that ‘Soundcloud is here to stay’.

Chance the Rapper who is one of the highest profiled users has also been very vocal in supporting Soundcloud.  

In September, acquisition talks with Spotify failed to materialise and although the company is to make some major cutbacks in the upcoming months it’s clear that Soundcloud is popular with the musical community and it’s ‘here to stay’.

Save your phone battery life

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Delete these apps if you want to stop your battery running out

The age old problem of running out of battery at the most inconvenient time might be over.  

All you need to do is click on a few buttons and delete these battery sucking apps to extend the hours of your phone – they continue to run in the background:

Samsung AllShare, Samsung Security Policy Updates, Beaming Service for Samsung, ChatON Voice & Video Chat, Google Maps, WhatsApp Messenger, Facebook, WeChat, AppLock, DU Battery Saver.

These apps are also the biggest offenders when it comes to the amount of power they use when being opened:

Samsung WatchON, Samsung Video Editor, Netflix, Spotify Music, Snapchat, Clean Master, LINE: Free Calls & Messages, Microsoft Outlook, BBC News, ES File Explorer File Manager.

Lastly the Netflix and Facebook apps are notorious for eating your data.

You’re welcome.

How facial recognition could replace train tickets

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The end of train tickets?

Ever jumped on a train and hidden in the toilets until the train conductor has gone because you didn’t buy a ticket?

Firstly, shame on you and secondly this might be a thing of the past.

New technology is being developed which will aim to eliminate train tickets and barriers in the future.

The facial recognition system uses two near-infrared lights to help a single camera determine texture and orientation of each pixel it captures therefore being able to identify the person boarding the train.

The system, being developed by the Bristol Robotics Lab, is being partly funded by government and the private sector – their hope is that it will make the process of arriving and leaving stations faster and effortless,

The idea in theory might work but if someone has a similar facial structure to another person or is even a twin, this might make a simple time saving process into an annoying long winded one.

Inside

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Hunted and alone, a boy finds himself drawn into the center of a dark project and it’s your goal to escape and get to the end!

To buy Inside please click here: PC Playstation Xbox

LawBreakers

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What worked in other first-person shooters will get you merc’d. Legendary game designer Cliff Bleszinski and Boss Key Productions crafted a chaotic, frenetic, multiplayer FPS for skilled gamers who tire of kiddie-bumpered, on-the-rails “combat”. (Steam)

  • Gravity Defying Combat: Prepare to encounter an entirely new brand of skill-based combat that challenges players to master role-based movement systems with gravity-defying abilities and compete in vertical, gravity-ravaged maps that feature variable gravity effects.
  • A Cast of Verti-Killers: Choose your play-style and rise up to compete in gravity-defying action by mastering the skills of a diverse cast of multiplayer roles. Each with innovative movement systems and thrilling combat abilities providing a highly competitive, map-traversing vertical experience.
  • Modes That Matter: Fight to the death in intense, objective-based game modes that challenge players to improve their skills with fierce and rewarding competition. LawBreakers’ gravity-defying roles set the stage for rollercoaster matches, transforming them into “only-in-LawBreakers” battles.
  • A World Reimagined: Experience a brand-new world from the mind of Cliff Bleszinski set in a futuristic Earth, years after a global seismic event known as “The Shattering” forever changed the landscape and even gravity itself.

To get your own copy of Lawbreakers please click here!

Tastemade Tiny Foods

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Tastemade is a YouTube channel made up of adventurous travelers, home cooks and Michelin star chefs all with the aim to prove that food can be fun!

One really cool aspect of their show is when they make really tiny versions of our favourite dishes!

Check out their YouTube channel here!

Inflatality

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Inflatality is a fierce, derpy physics fighter featuring adorable inflatable wavers beating the crap out of each other

Every caryard conceals a secret, unyielding war. The wavers have arisen. The battle begins.

Give your waver a unique look, name and skills, then prepare to fight across iconic waver battle arenas from the caryard to demolition derby, eurodisco or even a medieval faire. Unleash rubbery combos, spanks and smacks to inflate your power bar, then dominate your opponent with devastating supers.
Let’s get ready to fumble! (Inflatality)

The game is playable at various game conventions around the world so check your local gaming venues to see if they have secured a place!

Facebook Getting Closer To Launching “Video”

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Facebook are apparently close to launching their own shows very soon. According to Bloomberg, Facebook’s new Video section is dues to go live in mid-August. Facebook have reportedly been asking partners to turn in their first episodes of projects, however some are taking a bit longer than expected and this may cause even further delays (it was supposed to go live in June)

Facebook haven’t confirmed the launch themselves yet, but it hasn’t been keeping this project a secret. In 2016 they hired College Humor co-founder Ricky Van Veen who admitted that Facebook were looking at original scripted/unscripted content. As well as teaming up with media companies to produce inexpensive productions such as YouTube videos and big budget productions to compete with HBO, Netflix and the likes.

To download Facebook please click here Apple / Android

 

UK Are A Nation Of BingeWatchers!

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79% of us adults in the UK (40million out of 66million people) are now apparently binge watching our content and watch multiple episodes of a TV series in one sitting. Ofcom compiled the following stats to show us how much we sit in front of the tele:

35% of us bingewatch every week
55% on a weekly basis
70% of us found it relaxing
24% of us discuss shows with friends
25% binge because of afraid of spoilers
16% feel pressured to keep up with others
32% of us admit they watch too much tv
35% have taken steps to cut down by rationing what they watch (19%) or find another hobby (10%) or cancelling (4%)
53% of children aged 12-15 binge watch
16% of the over 65’s bingewatch
Of the over 65’s 59% said they prefer 1 episode a week model.

 

Streaming services:

Most popular is BBC iPlayer with 63% of adults saying they use it.
iTv Hub is 40%
YouTube sits at 38%
Netflix is 31% and recorded TV sat dead last at 28%

Uncharted: Lost Legacy

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From award-winning developer Naughty Dog comes a brand new UNCHARTED game, starring Chloe Frazer. In order to recover an ancient artifact and keep it out of the hands of a ruthless warmonger, Chloe must enlist the aid of renowned mercenary Nadine Ross and venture to India’s Western Ghats to locate the Golden Tusk of Ganesh. In Chloe’s greatest journey yet, she must confront her past and decide what she’s willing to sacrifice to forge her own legacy. (Naughty Dog)

Uncharted: The Lost Legacy is available for pre-order on PS4 by clicking here!