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Google Chrome Makes Some Changes Regarding the Tracking Cookies

Google wants to implement a function that will give users more control in their browser. The authority will be implemented on tracking cookies in the Google Chrome browser, and the idea is to strengthen the search in the advertising dominance.

Many years of debate about this tool to limit the tracking of cookies had passed, but finally, Google has decided to roll out a dashboard function in the browser. From now on, users will have more information about the cookies that are tracking them, and they will have a set of options to turn them off.

What are the tracking cookies?

Everyone has heard about them, but maybe not all of us know what a cookie is. A simple explanation about cookies is that they are small files that are following the users on the internet. They target users through advertisers on some specific interest showed during browsing.

So for these cookies, Google has a new tool that will decrease their ability to collect data from users. Google has around three billion ads on its browser, and that is making it the largest seller of internet ads. The company is ahead of Facebook with 20% regarding selling ads.

Google Chrome to allow users to block tracking cookies, but not those from Google

eMarketer is announcing that the digital ad in the U.S will grow in 2019 with 19% which means $130 billion in the current year. After six years of planning, Google has decided to stop tracking cookies on its Google Chrome browser, especially after the incident related to Facebook and the personal data of users shared with Cambridge Analytica.

Finally, the critical task of the company is to track targeting cookies installed by the third parties that are profit-seekers. Other browsers like Apple’s Safari or Mozilla’s Firefox have stopped the majority of tracking cookies. Apple decided in 2017 to stop cookies in the browser by default, and Mozilla had taken action last year.

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Google Tests Out The Material Theme Redesign For Google Play Store

Lately, Google has been busy expanding its new version of Material Theme to all of their domains. Apps like Google Photos, Gmail and Google Drive have recently been through redesigns. The company is still testing out their new Material Theme to more apps.
As the list of redesigned apps continues to expand, the most recent addition being Google Play Store.

The latest Google Play Store update brings to the table version 12.5.53. Activating the Material Theme redesign makes significant changes, including the following:

  • A bottom bar with tabs for Home, Games, Movies, and Books
  • Rounded corners for the search bar
  • Lack of nested tabs and icons for categories
  • Rounded square icons in the homepage
  • Larger Buttons for Installing Apps
  • Circular download indicator around the app icon

Google Tests Out The Material Theme Redesign For Google Play Store

The website 9to5Google found some interesting strings within the app, which have been interpreted as support for installing Android system updates straight from the Play Store. Other rumors say the strings are actually meant to give users the option to install APEX packages.

Android Q currently has six APEX packages and, according to some sources, OEMs will be forced to use Google’s packages. The new Google Play Store user interface has been tweeted by Kieron Quinn, a software developer who was among the lucky ones that had the chance to test out the new version. Here are some screenshots of the new design:

According to Quinn, the version does crash sometimes, but it is quite stable for a prototype. Another issue is that the toolbar keeps disappearing. We are hoping to see the final version of the Google Play Store Material Theme redesign at Google’s I/O event next week.

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The Last of Us 2 Release Date and Other Details

A new edition of The Last of Us has been developed, and it’s ready to be soon unveiled. The developer Naughty Dog has been working on The Last of Us 2 even if the ending of the first series was decisive enough.

Because the first game was much praised and acclaimed by players and critics and loved for its emotional narrative and realistic characters, the choice to release a new sequel wasn’t entirely surprising. The Last of Us Part II was first made known by Naughty Dog at PlayStation Experience back in 2016 and came with a trailer, and as we are heading to the middle of 2019 already, we hope to hear of an official launch date soon.

The Last of Us Part 2 trailers

The latest trailer for The Last of Us 2 was unveiled at E3 2018, at long last giving us a glance at Ellie in a private setting, before moving to some of the harsh battle founded on stealth we can expect to see in the upcoming game. Scenarios of the game show Ellie fighting to survive in the wilderness. To win the fight, it needs a perfect balance between stealth and assault as destruction appears to have a much more realistic effect.

​Another trailer for the game had been shown during PSX 2017. It was fixed that the game will have Seattle as background, and the darker themes were retouched. The last trailer for The Last of Us 2 was revealed at Sony’s press conference in 2017, at Paris Games Week, and it targets the discord between the factions of the game, attempting to show that the second game will have an incredibly dark story.

The Last of Us 2 Release date

According to the game’s composer, Gustavo Santaolalla, The Last of Us will be released in 2019, but it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet. Sony’s Worldwide Studios boss, Shawn Layden has announced that The Last of Us 2 will feature at its E3 conference on June 11.
The Last of Us 2 now has two directors, now that Neil Druckmann has been promoted to Vice President: Anthony Newman and Kurt Margenau were both head designers on Uncharted 4.

The Last of Us 2 will take place in the city of Seattle, after five years of the first game ended, with a 19-year-old Ellie as the principal character. Joel will still show up in the game, but it might be more of a passive presence. According to the trailer, Ellie is looking for revenge, promising to ‘kill every last one of them.’ Who is ‘them’ is not clear, but it could mean that the Fireflies of the original game’s grey antagonists might show up.

Because of Joel’s passive appearance in the trailer, theories have been made of him being dead, and Ellie’s anger and wish for revenge might be targeted for those who are of fault for his death.  The game will come with an incredibly dark theme, perhaps more mysterious than the previous game’s, also including lots of violence. Neil Druckmann stated that the narrative would be about Ellie and Joel’s relationship and that would be added to the first game’s story, although much broader.

Also, it has been disclosed that Halley Gross, one of the scriptwriters of WestWorld will be co-writing the game’s narrative. We can expect a great storyline with such successful writers to work.

The Last of Us Part 2 Gameplay

It isn’t much known about the gameplay, but what we do know is that some variations will be made as Ellie’s the playable character more so than Joel. However, if Naughty Dog will go on the path many go with female characters, Ellie would possibly be much faster than Joel was but probably not likely to take much damage.

There might be a new setting, more enemies, and new multiplayer game mode

Druckmann reported that the second story would be much larger than the first one narrative and we hope to see a unique setting to give the game a fresh and more believable introduction. Besides, the infected from the first game which is frightening and sinister, new characters and additional or new methods to eliminate them would be great.

If the game’s narrative were as dense as we anticipate, it would be beneficial to be able to take a break for a few minutes without having to leave the game and connect with others online.

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Clash Royale May 2019 Balance Update To Come With A Lot Of New Tweaks

Released in 2016, Clash Royale is a strategy video game developed and published by Supercell. It is a mix of tower defense, collectible card games and multiplayer online battle arena. Now, Clash Royale May 2019 balance update is about to roll out with many changes and gameplay tweaks.

Clash Royale was praised by critics, some of them saying: “It’s an incredible amount of rewarding fun, it’s nail-biting at times, and there’s content here that will keep you busy for weeks if not months.” Players also delivered an extremely positive response, as the Google Play store average score for the app is 4.5 out of 5.

Currently, the Clash Royale team is planning to post patch notes on the incoming balance changes, before the May 6 ending of this League Season, according to statements they recently made. Supercell also announced that an update will be released along with the rest of the League Season.

Clash Royale May 2019 Balance Update To Come On May 6th With A Lot Of New Tweaks

Clash Royale recently published a video on their YouTube channel, revealing every balance change that will be made. If you don’t feel like watching it, here are some of the balance changes that are going to be introduced in a few days, on May 6th, to be more specific.

Here are some of the most significant Clash Royale May 2019 balance update changes:

  • Three Musketeers – Deploy Time increased to 3 seconds and elixir reverted back to 9
  • Wall Breakers – Range increased to 500; dealing damage to troops that are nearby when they attack a tower
  • Goblin Barrel – Deploy Time lowered to 1.1 seconds
  • Princess – Projectile Speed raised to 600
  • Dark Prince – Range raised to 1250; boosted Area Damage Radius to 1250)
  • Bomber – Hitpoints increased to 188

After hearing the news, fans have declared themselves extremely excited about the changes. We are definitely looking forward to May 6th, when Clash Royale May 2019 balance update will roll out.

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GBWhatsApp and YoWhatsApp Accounts, Temporarily Banned by WhatsApp

f you are using modded Whatsapp apps like GBWhatsapp, in a surprising turn of events, WhatsApp will ban you. WhatsApp owns the title for the most used messaging app across platforms. As it comes with a lot of great features user are taking advantages of, but what it offers might not be enough for some of them. The users that want more from the app turned to WhatsApp Plus, OGWhatsApp, or GBWhatsApp for those features missing from the official application. Privacy and customization are some aspects that are better developed in the modded apps.

Millions of users benefit from these modded apps daily as they have been out there for years now. However, as WhatsApp begins taking action against the users that are on those apps as well, it looks like things are coming to a bitter end. It has been a few days since reports of GBWhatsApp being temporarily banned from using Whatsapp started appearing on Twitter.

GBWhatsApp and YoWhatsApp Accounts, Temporarily Banned by WhatsApp

WhatsApp decided to temporary ban these users because they violate the app’s terms of service. Some users were only banned for an hour while others got a 9-hour-long ban. It is evident that the terms of service the official app has, are violated by the modded ones because the additional features they offer are complete against WhatsApp’s policies.

Regarding this issue, WhatsApp decided not to give any statements, so whether they will continue banning users that are on the modded version of the app or they will stop doing so is still unknown. There are millions of users on these mod apps, and they will surely find a way to avoid getting banned as it is important for them to keep using the features the modded versions of WhatsApp are offering them.

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