Author: Henry R. Lares

Henry Lares is still early into his career as tech reporter but has already had his work published in many major publications including Tech Crunch and the Huffington Post.  In regards to academics, Henry earned an engineering degree from Apex Technical School. Henry has a passion for emerging technology and covers upcoming products and breakthroughs in science and tech.

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Games News

Pokemon Go July Community Day Event Available with Squirtle from the Animated Show

Pokemon Go fans should be happy to know that Niantic is planning something big for July’s Community Day. The game developer announced that the upcoming Community Day event is going to feature Squirtle which is one of the classic starter Pokemon that players get to choose. To make things even better, Niantic has dropped some hints which point towards the fact that players might even be able to find a special version of Squirtle in the game once the Community Day event starts.

July Community Day Event

Even though Pokemon Go has been out for a long time now, the game developer has managed to keep Pokemon Go fun for players by creating lots of special events. These events give veteran players a reason to keep coming back for more while refreshing Pokemon Go’s gameplay at same time.

Special Squirtle

Nonetheless, Niantic recently announced on Twitter that players who complete all the Field Research Tasks during the July Community Day will be able to encounter a special Squirtle that wears sun glasses. This Squirtle is referring to the classic Pokemon animated show that had a gang of “cool” Squirtles which wore sun glasses at all times.

Moreover, Niantic also announced that a new set of Field Research tasks will become available once the event kicks off and that they will be focused on the Kanto region which is the latest region to be added in the game.

Launch Date

  • North America (11 AM – 2 PM PT);
  • Europe and Africa (10AM – 1PM BST);
  • Asia-Pacific (12PM – 3PM JST).

The event will be available for a limited period of time and players need to try and complete all the field research tasks in those thee hours. Not just that, but players will also benefit from a bunch of limited bonuses such as faster egg hatching time.

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News Tech

TRON Locks 33.25 Billion Tokens Until 2020

The TRON Foundation launched its own mainnet on June 25, but no one knew what it was going to be used for. Fortunately, we don’t have to speculate anymore since the TRON Foundation made a shocking announcement today! The company let everyone know that it locked up more than 33.25 billion tokens in 1,000 addresses which are located on the TRON mainnet.

TRON Locks 33.25 Billion Tokens

The company announced that more than 33.25 billion tokens are going to stay hidden away in 1,000 addresses until January 1, 2020. The reason why the TRON Foundation is doing this is quite simple, the company wishes to reduce the token availability.

There were 100 billion of tokens when TRON launched and one billion got burned right after the mainnet arrived. Justin Sun who is the founder of TRON announced that he felt “distressed to witness the burn of $50 million worth of tokens, the TRON Foundation had no turning back for the better development of TRON community”.

Developing a Query Tool

We should mention that out of the original 100 billion tokens, there are only 65.75 million in circulation while 33.25 billion are going to stay locked away. Nonetheless, the developers of TRON announced that they are currently working on a query tool which TRON investors can use in order to check the 1,000 mainnet addresses where the 33.25 billion tokens are locked away.

“In order to let Tronics search these addresses more conveniently, we are also making the query tool for these addresses. Thanks for your support to TRON, TRON and TIG will keep the TRX safe and build a free, decentralized economy” said the developers.

From the looks of it, the TRON Foundation was inspired by Ripple, the parent company of XRP which holds more than $55 billion worth of tokens in a secure escrow account.

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Tech

VidMate for iPhone and iPad – How to Install VidMate

VidMate is an awesome app that makes it possible for people to watch online videos without needing to connect their smartphones to a Wi-Fi network or to use mobile data. While this might sound like an impossible task, VidMate does it by allowing people to download videos from every possible website.

Considering that VidMate gives people the ability to download online videos, it should come as no surprise that VidMate is highly popular in the Android community. However, the app has been recently made available for iPhone and iPad owners as well! With that said, today we are going to present a guide on how to install VidMate on iOS and the app’s highlight features.

How Install VidMate on iOS

Even though the app was not initially available for iOS fans, the developers have decided to create a special iPhone and iPad version of VidMate. Therefore, iPhone and iPad owners who want to be able to download online videos need head over to the official App Store and search for “VidMate”.

The cool thing about installing VidMate on iOS is that it’s super simple and anyone can do it! After finding VidMate on the App Store, the only thing that iPhone and iPad owners need to do is to click on the “Install” button.

Download High Quality Videos on iOS

As we already mentioned, VidMate’s most important feature is being able to download online videos. iPhone and iPad owners should be happy to know that while the process of downloading online videos from websites that don’t allow this sounds complicated, VidMate makes sure that it isn’t.

Users can search for their favorite online videos directly through VidMate’s UI (user interface) and click on the “Download” button. Moreover, users can also copy the URL address of the video they want to download and paste it in the app’s UI.

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News Tech

Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 Modern Design Leaks: What We Know So Far?

A long time has passed since Samsung Galaxy Tab S3 was officially released in March 2017. In a world of rapidly developing electronics, it feels like eternity, therefore many users of tablets created by the South Korean company are impatiently awaiting a new Samsung Galaxy Tab S4. After numerous leaks focusing on potential specifications of the device, we finally have a picture showing the design of the upcoming tablet.

The new look of Samsung Galaxy Tab S4

Design-wise, Tab S4 will be a big improvement on Tab S3. According to the leaked picture, thick bezels and physical buttons surrounding the 4:3 screen of Tab S3 will be replaced by Tab S4’s 16:9 display with almost non-existent bezels, showing no sign of home or capacitive buttons. Thanks to this, Galaxy Tab S4 looks very modern and fits well into the new line of Samsung’s devices.

It is important to mention that, judging by the leaked image, there will be no fingerprint sensor present on Tab S4. There is a possibility that it will be replaced with an in-display sensor or an iris scanner located up top, which can be seen on the picture.

Tab S4’s rumored specifications

According to past reports, Samsung Galaxy Tab S4 will be powered by Snapdragon 835 and 4GB of RAM. It is expected that the tablet will have 64GB of internal storage and a battery with the capacity of 7,300 mAh. As for the cameras, the device will have 13MP on the back and 8MP at the front. When it comes to its operating system, Tab S4 will run Android 8.1 Oreo. We can also expect DeX support.

So far, we haven’t gotten any official updates on Samsung Galaxy Tab S4, but we might finally hear some news on August 9.

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Crypto News

Tron (TRX) Price Starts Moving Up After Weeks of Stagnation

Tron (TRX) has stagnated around the $0.035 mark for a long period of time, but things are finally changing. Tron (TRX)is currently priced at $0.39 which shows a 4.30% increase in the last 24 hours. While the price spike might not be that huge, it still shows us that Tron (TRX) is on the right path. The main reason why Tron (TRX)’s price is starting to get bigger is because the share of USDT trading has been increased, up to 31%. In addition, Tron (TRX) is trading on Binance and this is expected to help the price go even higher than it already is.

Tron (TRX) No Longer Supported by Early-Adoption

One of the things that new investors who are looking to purchase TRX tokens need to take into consideration is that Tron (TRX) is no longer supported by early-adoption enthusiasm. This is not bad news by any means because it means that Tron (TRX) is seen as a “mature” asset and that it’s starting to be used for trading gains.

Tron (TRX) Mainnet

We should also mention that the Tron (TRX) mainnet launched on June 25th and this came as a surprise because the developers initially said that the mainnet will launch somewhere at the end of May. Nonetheless, reports are showing that the network can still transfer the new TRX digital asset after June 25th, but the transactions are slower than usual.

The Cryptocurrency is Trending

Despite the Tron (TRX) mainnet issue, the developers who are in charge of the cryptocurrency are saying that Tron (TRX) is trending on GoogleTrends. This means that more and more people are getting interested in Tron (TRX) and this is undoubtedly going to help drive the cryptocurrency’s price higher than ever. Maybe even hit the $1 milestone.

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