Sony’s First To Greatness Offers Players 64 Unique Challenges

Sony has launched a new PlayStation 4 community challenge website called First to Greatness, which allows PlayStation 4 owners to claim many different firsts on the new PlayStation 4 system.

The First to Greatness challenge presents the wider PS4 audience (over a million strong now and growing) with a series of 64 challenges that need completing across a list of games including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, NBA 2K14, and Knack.

The way things works is like this: players need to head over here for a full list of challenges and select their desired task from among them. Then upon completing said task players will need to use the PS4?s Share button to record video proof of their deed and then upload said video to Facebook. Sony is planning to do a remake of their Perfect Day video which will include footage of the first person to complete each challenge and thus will your video game “immortality” be assured.

Sony explains : “But even if you’re not the first to complete a particular challenge, the site will serve as a handy archive of your greatest PS4 accomlishments. Once you’ve completed a challenge and uploaded the video to your Facebook account using DualShock 4’s Share button, submit it to FirstToGreatness.com by signing in with Facebook.

Sony’s First To Greatness Offers Players 64 Unique Challenges

Sony has launched a new PlayStation 4 community challenge website called First to Greatness, which allows PlayStation 4 owners to claim many different firsts on the new PlayStation 4 system.

The First to Greatness challenge presents the wider PS4 audience (over a million strong now and growing) with a series of 64 challenges that need completing across a list of games including Killzone: Shadow Fall, Assassin’s Creed IV Black Flag, NBA 2K14, and Knack.

The way things works is like this: players need to head over here for a full list of challenges and select their desired task from among them. Then upon completing said task players will need to use the PS4?s Share button to record video proof of their deed and then upload said video to Facebook. Sony is planning to do a remake of their Perfect Day video which will include footage of the first person to complete each challenge and thus will your video game “immortality” be assured.

Sony explains : “But even if you’re not the first to complete a particular challenge, the site will serve as a handy archive of your greatest PS4 accomlishments. Once you’ve completed a challenge and uploaded the video to your Facebook account using DualShock 4’s Share button, submit it to FirstToGreatness.com by signing in with Facebook.

Google introduces 'OK, Google' voice search on Chrome for desktop

Google search on Chrome for desktop can now be voice activated with the "OK, Google" command thanks to an official plug-in.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
 Do you hate typing? If you use Chrome for desktop, you can now activate Google voice search by saying "OK, Google", just like you can on the Nexus 5 smartphone, thanks to a new official plug-in.

"It's that time of year... the in-laws are coming for a tasty Turkey Day dinner," Google wrote on a rather US-centric Google+ blog post. "You're elbow deep in your turkey, ready to start the stuffing and you need to quickly calculate how many ounces of walnuts are in a cup. This year, rather than stopping midway through to wash your hands and type in a search, you can just speak to your laptop: 'OK, Google, how many ounces are in one cup?'"

At the moment, the service is in beta and targeted at the US market, but it can be downloaded outside the US (it worked fine for us in our Sydney office) and, if it's anything like Google Now for Android, doesn't take long to adapt to your accent and idiom. And of course, it can be used for almost everything you currently use Google Now for: performing searches and translations, setting reminders, creating calendar events and getting directions.

You need to be on the Google search page for it to work, and it won't read out all your answers — so its functionality is limited — but we're optimistic that, at some stage, the feature will be enabled from any web page in the Chrome browser.
You can download Google Voice Search Hotword for free from the Chrome Web Store.

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Google Working On Prescription Lenses, New Designs For Google Glass

 

 Google has already talked about expanding its range of Glass products and if the rumours are true, the company is one step closer to making a prescription version of this wearable tech.

Word comes from the Wall Street Journal, which states Google is in talks with VSP Global about integrating Google Glass into prescription glasses. WSJ cites VSP CEO Robert Lynch as saying plans include training optometrists to fit patients for Google Glass, making more stylish frames, and developing lenses that work with Google Glass.

VSP, which provides a vision plan for Google employees, has 60 million enrolled members and counts 30,000 eye doctors in its networks – assets that could help bring Glass to a broader audience. 

Google’s Internet-connected eyewear lets users receive search results, read email, scan maps for directions and engage in video chats without reaching for their smartphones, but many fear its current design is a bit too nerd friendly.

According to The Verge, Rochester Optical is not working with Google to develop its lenses.

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Everything You Would Want To Know: Samsung Galaxy Round

 Samsung announced the Galaxy Round just two days back, the Flexible OLED technology was first introduced by Samsung at the CES 2013 in the month of January. Ever since then we have got rumors suggesting Samsung is to announce the curved display phone. The rumors came out to be true as Samsung did officially launch the Curved Display Smartphone, the Galaxy Round. The device is very much identical to Samsung’s latest Note, the Galaxy Note 3. The Galaxy Round has the same leather like stitching at the back of the device, and both the devices also share the same screen size, the difference is just the curve for the Galaxy Round.

The Galaxy Round is the first of its kind smartphone available in the market, for now the device is only available in Korea. However we assume that it should be available to all markets soon. 

The Samsung Galaxy Round has a 5.7 inch Full HD Super Flexible AMOLED display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels and 386 ppi. No doubt, the Korean company said such a curved screen smartphone is the first in the world. Moving further, the Galaxy Round is packed with a 3 GB of RAM along with a 32 GB of inbuilt storage which is expandable upto 64 GB via Micro SD card. The device has a 2800 mAh of battery, which is a bit low if compared to the 3200 mAh for the Galaxy Note 3. 

  The Samsung Galaxy Round is powered by a 2.3 GHz Krait 400 Quad-core processor with a Snapdragon 800 Chipset (the much awaited chipset for ‘Samsung’ devices in India) and an Adreno 330 GPU. The device sports a 13 MP camera at the back along with LED Flash and a 2 MP front camera. The 13 MP rear camera does videos at 2160p @30fps and 1080p @60fps.

  The Galaxy Round is available in the Korean market and is launched in the luxury brown color for now. The device measures 151.1 x 79.6 x 7.9 mm and weighs 154 grams. If we talk about the connectivity option on the Galaxy Round, we will again see something very similar to what we saw on the Galaxy Note 3 as the images of the Galaxy Round clearly shows the USB 3.0 port. 

 Now, we all know all these specifications and features are amazing but what is the benefit of the curved display ? the company has not made it clear either, but we did see a video that showed the roll effect which showed the battery status and other notifications by just wobbling the device around. Samsung is introducing a new feature called “Round Interaction,” which will allow users to look at information such as missed calls, battery life, and the date and time when you tilt it on a flat surface with the screen off. Samsung also claims that switching between home screens will feel like one continuous transition, and has worked on new tilt- and tap-based interactions for the music and photos apps. The phone itself doesn’t flex, but the curved or smile shape makes it more comfortable to hold, Samsung says.

Nexus 5 Images Leaked Again: Nexus 5 Revolution Be Ready

 Case maker SPIGEN leaked the Nexus 5 images yet again with a photo showing back of the device. The recently leaked image shows the large camera sensor at the back of the device which is supposedly a 8 MP camera as per the manual that leaked out previously.

According to an earlier leak by SPIGEN, the Nexus 5 will launch on October 31, but the latest information shows October 30 is the date. Earlier this month, the rumored Nexus 5 showed up with leaked battery, pricing and storage details. The report showed us that the 16 GB Nexus 5 model will supposedly be priced at $299, while the 32 GB Nexus 5 might be priced at $399.

 However, the rumoured specifications of the Nexus 5 are a 4.95 inch full HD IPS LCD display, supposedly the device will be powered by a 2.3 GHz Quad-Core processor with a Snapdragon 800 chipset along with a 2 GB of RAM, 8 MP camera, a 1.3 MP front facing camera. The device is believed to be run on Android 4.4 KitKat. While these are some leaked specification, the official news should not be away. Stay tuned!

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Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 With Full HD Screen, Might Launch Soon

 Micromax is said to be in works with its new flagship device, the alleged device is believed to have a Full HD display and is named as Micromax Canvas Turbo A250.

The leak was tweeted by MMXNewscaster, which is a source of leaks related to Micromax products. The tweet said, “Micromax Canvas Turbo A250 to be the First Full HD (1080p) phone from Micromax. To sport Quad Core processor.” 

The rumored specs on the device are a 1.5 Ghz Quad Core Processor along with a Full HD screen of resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels. The device is expected to sport a 1 GB of RAM and a  32 GB internal storage, expandable up to 64 GB. The Canvas Turbo will supposedly have a 13 Mega pixel rear camera along with a 5 MP front facing camera. Stay tuned for updated news on the new flagship from Micromax.