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Half-Life 3 – Valve Might Be Secretly Developing the Game

Ask any PC gamer what title he is waiting for the most and he will answer Half-Life 3. The first two games were so amazing that they actually raised the standards for other game developers. Valve combined fun gameplay with incredible storytelling and this made fans fall in love with the game.

Considering that the Half-Life franchise holds a special in nearly every gamer’s heart, it should come as no surprise that the internet is buzzing with rumors and speculations about Half-Life 3. With that being said, today we are going to check out everything there is to know about Half-Life 3 and see what we can expect of it.

Half-Life 3 is Under Development

The last Half-Life game was Episode Two and it was launched on October 10th, 2007. The reason why this matters is that Valve promised that it will launch a new episode every six months, but as we all know already, this never happened.

Half-Life 2: Episode Two was a major success and for some unknown reason, Valve decided to stop releasing new episodes. The main theory behind this is that Valve saw how successful Half-Life 2: Episode Two was and started developing the highly anticipated Half-Life 3.

Leaked Concept Art

Since Half-Life 3 is topic of many discussions in gaming communities, some people managed to get their hands on concept pictures of the upcoming game. Therefore, giving us reason to believe that Half-Life 3 is indeed coming and that Valve just wants to use the element of surprise and launch the game when no one is expecting it.

Valve Writer Talks about Half-Life 3 Plot

Marc Laidlaw is a former Valve writer and he was in charge of writing the plot stories for every Half-Life title. The interesting thing about Marc Laidlaw is that the writer keeps telling fans that he is working on a “secret project” which many believe to be Half-Life 3.

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Google Play Store 10.3.31 Update Download Available – Improves Performance and Stability

Google Play Store is at the center of all Android powered smartphones. In fact, the Play Store acts more as a gateway for users who are looking to enhance their user experience by installing cool and useful apps such as Uber which people can use to call drivers to pick them up and pay for the ride online instead of having to hail a taxi outside in the cold.

Considering the fact that Play Store is a key component to Google’s Android operating system, no one should be shocked to find out that the Android parent keeps regularly releasing new updates for it. Everyone who owns an Android powered smartphone eventually uses the Play Store and Google wants to make sure that it never malfunctions and here is where the regular updates come in.

Google Play Store 10.3.31 Update

Talking about Play Store updates, Android fans should be happy to know that a brand-new update has been recently released. The update changes Play Store’s version number to “10.3.31” and it contains lots of software tweaks which enhance its performance and stability.

Enhanced Performance

As previously mentioned, the new update helps Play Store run faster than ever. Google packed the new update with lots of software tweaks that don’t bring any visual changes or innovative features and focus on improving performances instead. Therefore, we advise Android fans to get their hands on the new update as soon as possible.

Bug Fixes

Another important reason why Android fans should keep their eyes peeled at the notification panel and get the new update the moment it arrives OTA (over the air) is because Google also added some bug fixes to it.

With that being said, Android fans who enjoy downloading third-party apps and want to make sure that the Play Store never malfunctions should connect their smartphone to a Wi-Fi network and check for this latest update.

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iOS 11.3.1 Jailbreak Available to Download from Houdini Beta 3

Houdini beta 3 was released by the software developer, the program is available for everyone now, bringing iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak.

Houdini beta 3 is the first iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak solution currently available, allowing for the iOS 11.2 to be used for those who are interested. Houdini beta 3 does not come with Cydia support, but you can even make iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak to customize your iPhone and iPad with other pre-installed features.

Basically, Houdini beta 3 is not an extremely useful jailbreak solution, but it is the first to allow iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch at the moment. Houdini beta 3 also has a list of changes for iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak that you can see below, showing the changes the developer has managed to do. Despite this, implementing support for iOS 11.3.1 jailbreak and iOS 11.2 is an impressive achievement.

Houdini beta 3 is available on this page if you are interested in using the solution.

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iOS 12 vs. iOS 11.4 – Performances are Lacking On The New Model

iOS 12 is the first version of iOS that offers support for mobile phones over 5 years old, with the iPhone 5S being the phone that has been receiving support for so long along with some iPad models. In the video below we have a comparison of 7 iPhone models of running iOS 12 and iOS 11.4, and the second operating system starts faster.

iOS 12 is not faster than iOS 11.4 even when it comes to unlocking Face ID, and the situation is no different in the case of Touch ID, so until now Apple’s promises are quite a lie. In terms of opening the camera, the iOS 12 opens it slightly faster than iOS 11.4, much the same for other applications, but the differences are minor. iOS 12 was presented by Apple with high percentage gains in performance when it comes to opening applications, but in reality, promises are not seen.

iOS 12 is slightly faster than iOS 11.4 in some situations when the first access is made, but at second access things are no longer the same, so overall it’s unlikely to feel the world’s performance boost. Despite this, the fact that Apple has promised a big increase in performance for iOS 12 will “convince” some that this has happened, although so far it does not.

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Google Chrome vs. Firefox Quantum – Which One Is Faster and Worth Downloading?

Firefox’s newest web browser, named Firefox Quantum, was launched in November last year. We’re going to take a look at it and compare it with Google Chrome, in order to see which is the best.

Chrome has definitely gained a lot of popularity since 2008, the year of its debut. Nowadays, due to its speed, most of the people on the internet prefer Google Chrome over Firefox, which is not the „default” browser anymore. However, Quantum is now trying to attract users by offering even greater speed. Firefox is convinced that its newest browser can load popular web pages two times faster than Chrome.

To determine which browser is better, we took a look at some tests to compare how Quantum and Chrome would run on a PC with 8GB of RAM and an Intel Core i5 2500k processor. Both browsers were tested using their original settings, which means that there we no additions, such as AdBlocker or other extensions. Also, all the browsing data was removed before the tests.

Speedometer

This test analyzes the amount of time it takes for a user to perform certain actions on a web application. The results showed that Google Chrome was faster than Firefox.

JetStream

In order to find out how well a browser can deal with advanced web applications and multiple tasks, JetStream 1.1 was used. This time, Firefox was the winner, but by a very small margin.

Ares-6 test

This test was used to measure the speed with which the browsers can process Javascript functions. This round was easily won by Chrome.

Real-world Speed Test

The last and definitely the most relevant test for users was supposed to measure the actual speed of loading some popular pages. The winner of this battle was Google Chrome.

Final results

The conclusive results show that Chrome is still way ahead of Firefox. However, Quantum is not that slow and clearly has its advantages and a great potential to attack Chrome’s position in the future.

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