Virtual reality shooter ‘Gunjack’ is ready for Samsung’s Gear VR
Just in time for today’s launch of Samsung’s consumer Gear VR, developer and publisher CCP is making Gunjack available for the headset. The virtual reality game, powered by Unreal Engine 4, is an arcade shooter that takes places in the EVE sci-fi universe. Once you strap in, you’ll play the role of a gun turret operator, with the goal being to protect your mothership from some menacing pirates. In an interview...
Chill optional: 51 percent of US internet users watch Netflix
Netflix’s robust content library has helped it top nearly 70 million subscribers worldwide. Not surprisingly, the majority of those come from the US, where the streaming service has over 43 million customers alone. And, for the most part, people here seem to be fond of it. According to a survey conducted by research firm RBC Capital Markets, and first reported by Quartz, more than half of US internet users say they’ve used...
This fitness tracking app pays you to walk more
Having a hard time motivating yourself to exercise? What if somebody offered to pay you work out? That’s the idea behind Bitwalking — an app, digital currency and marketplace that pays its users 1BW$ (Bitwalking dollar) for every 10,000 steps they take. The idea behind the app is about more than simply bribing people into getting up and moving more — its founders actually hope that it will be able to give people in...
Google to move all of its cloud services under one umbrella
Google’s shuffling its alphabet again. The company announced on Thursday that it will condense all of its cloud-based internet services — including Google for Work, Cloud Platform, and Google Apps — under a single company that has yet to be named. “This new business will bring together product, engineering, marketing and sales and allow us to operate in a much more integrated, coordinated fashion,” Google...
Durex thinks a condom emoji can help promote safe sex
Look, there’s already a taco emoji, so it doesn’t seem far fetched to have one that represents a condom as well. After all, despite their obvious differences, they both have something in common: pleasure. That’s why Durex, a brand of male contraceptives, is hard at work advocating for a condom emoji. “An official safe sex emoji will enable young people to overcome embarrassment around the discussion of safe...
