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This Week In Tech 04/09-04/15/2017

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This week Nintendo announced sales data for Switch, also that they are killing of the NES Classic Edition, also hosted a direct. EA announced release info for Star Wars Battlefront II. Nintendo said the Switch console has sold 906,000 units after 28 days on sale, while the accompanying Zelda Breath of the Wild actually sold more copies than physical consoles at 925,000. and also announced that they are going to stop manufacturing the NES Classic and hosted a Direct on Wednesday I wrote a full article about it. On Saturday Electronic Arts announced a release window for Star Wars Battlefront … Continue reading This Week In Tech 04/09-04/15/2017

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More On The Nintendo Direct

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Hey Pikmin comes out on July 28th for 3DS Switch Puyo Puyo Tetris: don’t remember the date but english demo available now The joycon battery pack comes out the same day as arms Minecraft for Switch will come with come with come with a Mario texture pack and have multi-player but only for 8 players Ultra Street Fighter II The Final Challengers will come out May 26th. Continue reading More On The Nintendo Direct

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Nintendo Direct April 2017

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Nintendo 3DS Games Title Release Date Notes Hey! Pikmin July New Pikmin game Ever Oasis June 23rd Monster Hunter Stories Fall Yo-kai Watch 2 DLC Fall RPG Maker Fes June 22nd Miitopia Later this year Fire Emblem Echoes TBD Kirby Team Clash Deluxe Summer Available on eShop Kirby Blowout Blast Summer New Zelda Amiibo June 23rd Nintendo Switch Games Title Release Date Details ARMS June 16th New character: Min Min; features 2v2 battles Ultra Street Fighter II TBD Minecraft May 11th Available on eShop Sonic Forces Holiday Sonic Mania Summer Puyo Puyo Tetris Available Today Demo release Monopoly for Switch … Continue reading Nintendo Direct April 2017

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Cassini’s Grand Finale

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NASA’s Cassini probe will soon be ending its long and historic mission. Over the years, the probe has made many groundbreaking discoveries, including: The probe will begin its final descent following its last flyby of Titan on April 22nd. Cassini will then start a series of orbital maneuvers, with its first dive into the gap between Saturn and its rings occurring on April 26th. Finally, the probe will make its ultimate plunge into Saturn’s atmosphere on September 15th. Resources: Continue reading Cassini’s Grand Finale

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This Week In Tech 03/26/2017 -04/01/2017

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This Week Samsung hosted their Unpacked event, SpaceX reused a rocket, you can play Ms Pac-Man in Google Maps, and the EU is looking at putting a backdoor in encrypted messaging apps.  At their Unpacked event Samsung showed off their off their Galaxy S8 and their new AI assistant called Bixby.  On Thursday SpaceX launched a reused rocket for the first time.  Google now allows you to. play Ms Pac-Man in Google Maps.  This week The Next Web published an article about an EU Commissioner who purposed a law that would force encrypted messaging apps to install a backdoor. Here … Continue reading This Week In Tech 03/26/2017 -04/01/2017

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This Week In Tech 03/19-03/25/2017

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This week, Apple announced an upgrade to the iPad, released new Apple Watch bands, and launched a Snapchat clone. Consequently, Snap Inc. stock went up 15%. In other news, FedEx will pay you to use Flash, Google Chrome will no longer trust Symantec certificates, the US Senate voted to kill broadband privacy rules, and Super Mario Run is now available on Android. On Tuesday, Apple announced the “iPad” (simply named iPad), replacing the iPad Air 2. It features an A9 chip and a 9.7-inch screen, starting at $329 for 32GB. While the iPad mini 2 has been discontinued, the Mini … Continue reading This Week In Tech 03/19-03/25/2017

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This Week In Tech 03/12-03/18/2017

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This week Nintendo announced that Super Mario Run will be available on android soon and stuff about the Switch. Netflix announced new features and features updates. And more this is your week in tech. This week Nintendo announced that Super Mario Run will be available on android on March 23rd and also that they will be increasing production of the Switch. Also Netflix is testing a bunch of added and updated features. The new features include the ability to skip intro sequences of. TV shows and Netflix might eventually make different cuts of TV shows and movies depending on what … Continue reading This Week In Tech 03/12-03/18/2017