Microsoft’s Lumia phones may not be the success that Windows fans hoped, but Redmond isn’t done with smartphones just yet. The company has started to develop a ton of apps and services for its former rival platforms, including today’s new app: Microsoft Pix.
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Discover Pokémon in the real world with Pokémon Go: first official screenshots revealed
Pokémon is finally coming to smartphones, twenty years after the insanely popular videogame franchise first debuted. Pokémon Go is a collaboration between The Pokémon Company and Niantic, a former Google startup that has now gone independent, and it looks awesome. Here’s what we know so far.
How to turn your iPad or iPhone into a second monitor with Duet
Here’s something cool: Duet Display is an £8 app that turns an iPad or iPhone into an extra screen for your Windows or Mac computer. The ex-Apple engineers behind the app promise a simple, zero-lag experience, and Duet delivers in spades. If you wanted to be more productive or just make use of that old iPad you have lying in a drawer somewhere, this is a perfect choice.
How to play Cards Against Humanity without (real) cards
Cards Against Humanity is a fun, crass fill-in-the-blank party game, played using a set of question cards and answer cards. (You can get an idea for the game here, but be warned it’s largely NSFW.) You can print out the game yourself (it’s available for free online), or order professionally made card packs from the creators. These are probably the nicest way to play, but they also cost quite a bit?—?about £100 for the base game and all the major expansions. Playing with tree carcasses is so last century, so let’s look at some cheaper and more convenient high tech alternatives.
Genius for Android now shows lyrics on demand for any music app
“Excuse me, while I kiss this guy!”
These aren’t the real lyrics to Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze, but that hasn’t stopped the phrase from entering the popular consciousness. If everyone was running the new version of Genius for Android though, things would be different. The app is now capable of showing lyrics for any song playing on your device, regardless of what app is actually producing the music.