Leveling up in Pokemon Go! is not only a fun activity, but it’s a necessary one for the game. Leveling up gives players a chance at more items, gyms, the quality of pokemon you hatch and catch, and can even limit which Pokemon players can power up. In order to get the full experience of the game, leveling up and gaining XP is mandatory. Gaining mass amounts of XP does not have to be a tedious task....

If all the recent reports turn out to be true, it looks like Apple might actually ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack for the next-generation iPhone later this year. It’s been a long-time coming, not just since Apple started preparing for the transition with audio over Lightning for headphone makers a couple years back, but also since wireless Bluetooth headphones have become good enough in recent years to replace wired solutions that rely on the 3....

Phil Schiller has announced the official opening of Apple’s iOS App Design and Development Accelerator in Bengaluru, India. The center is designed to provide free guidance, inspiration and one-on-one app reviews for local developers. The company first promised the center back in May of last year, the company explaining then why it had chosen the location … App Accelerator Bengaluru – now open for iOS developers https://t.co/476KO2dxg6 — Philip Schiller (@pschiller) March 31, 2017...

Google Pixel 6 and 6 Pro are premium smartphones offered by the company. Pixel devices are the purest form of Android you can use with good quality hardware and exclusive features. But if you own a Google Pixel 6 or 6 Pro, you probably are aware of the smartphone’s fast battery draining issue. There are several reasons why your smartphone is facing battery drain issues, but these usually revolve around overloading background apps or old software versions....

Playbook is designed to give fitness entrepreneurs a chance to monetize their passion. For example, if you’re a fitness instructor, you can create a complete video workout, upload, and monetize it in minutes. What’s the Cost? Playbook is free to join but comes with transaction fees. For each subscription you win, the app takes 20%. You’ll also have to account for Apple and Android fees. They take 30% of every dollar you make....

A proposed settlement for Pokémon GO developer Niantic in its class action lawsuit suggests that it could be removing or changing some Poké Stops and Gyms within the game. According to a report from Variety, the proposed settlement was filed on Thursday in a California court. If approved, Pokémon GO will need to remove Poké Stops or Gyms that are on private property. Niantic will need to need to provide a form so people can ask to remove any Poké Stops or Gyms within 40 meters of a residential property....

Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid is a good tag-team fighter, but not as good as it should be and suffers from a severe lack of content. Power Rangers: Battle for the Grid feels like it has the potential to be a great game, but it still has quite a way to go. Fighting in Battle for the Grid can be fun, but it’s hard to play the game for any length of time without feeling like it’s missing something....

While many of the complaints coming through are regarding personal privacy up against using real names and profiles on Google+, other complaints are regarding the way the new commenting system performs. A quick look at one of the most popular channels on YouTube reveals that the recent Top comments are filled with spam, ASCII art, and links to malware. Popular YouTuber “NerdCubed” chimed in on reddit saying “Yeah, I took them off....

Phil Lord and Chris Miller will direct the sci-fi film Last Human, based on the novel of the same name by Lee Bacon. The dynamic duo established themselves as two of the most creative and unique voices in the industry by spinning potentially ill-conceived concepts like 21 Jump Street and The LEGO Movie into cinematic gold. Their success on those fronts led to them getting the Solo: A Star Wars Story gig from Lucasfilm, but as many people know, that did not go smoothly....

Some new photos posted to Instagram from the set of the upcoming Steve Jobs biopic have given us our second look at star Michael Fassbender in the lead role as the Apple co-founder (via MacRumors). One of the photos, seen above from Instagram user “raqu3l” shows Fassbender as Jobs filming on a street outside the San Francisco Opera House. The second photo (seen below, via Instagram user “seannung”), features a prop poster from the same location....

Jean-Luc Picard is getting some new friends, as character breakdowns for the supporting cast of the as-yet-untitled CBS All Access Star Trek series have surfaced. After Patrick Stewart made the surprise announcement at a Star Trek convention that he was returning to the franchise that made him a household name for new adventures, further details were nowhere to be found. Stewart confirmed an approximate timeframe - about 20 years after the events of the final Star Trek: The Next Generation film, Star Trek: Nemesis - and suggested Picard would be a very different man, but beyond that little was known about the project until very recently....

Good news for Pokémon Go fans in Canada: the game has officially rolled out to the country. Bad news for fans of the game everywhere: the extra load seems to have killed the servers again. Niantic made the Canadian announcement on Twitter and on the game’s official Facebook page, but so far the company hasn’t responded to complaints that users are again unable to login. It did acknowledge the server problems experienced over the weekend …...

360° DVD Theater 50" 42" SDA stands for Stereo Dimensional Array, a patented Polk Audio exclusive*. Matthew Polk describes SDA Surround Technology as “a mixture of acoustical engineering, psychoacoustic principles and a little magic.” Read Matt Polk’s SDA Whitepaper for an even more in depth explanation on SDA Surround Technology. If you want an easy all-in-one integrated system, and don’t plan on using or don’t have an existing amplifier, SurroundBar 360º DVD Theater is an all-inclusive Home Theater system that includes a DVD player, AM/FM tuner with integrated amplifier, and universal remote control....

POW! Entertainment, after having been sued for intellectual property rights by J.C. Lee on Sept. 26, issues a statement in response. Lee is, of course, the daughter and only living heir of Stan Lee, famed Creative Lead at Marvel Comics through its formative years. Lee co-created many of Marvel’s most iconic superheroes, including Spider-Man, The Hulk, Captain America, the X-Men, and Thor. POW! Entertainment is a company Lee co-founded with Gill Champion and Arthur Lieberman to develop film, television and video game properties, after having stepped away from his general duties at Marvel in the 1990s....

Pebble smartwatch users running iOS 6 won’t have to wait until iOS 7 to get email notifications: the company behind the watch has issued an update for its iOS app to support email alerts. The update supports Gmail via a login through Google, while other IMAP email accounts are supported via a login-system within the app. Non-IMAP accounts (like POP) are not supported. For those who receive a lot of email, Pebble has included an option to temporarily pause email notifications:...

Persona 5, the 2016 role-playing video game released initially for Japan and then for the world next year, has gained the attention of many players worldwide. The game is not that easy, and some of its levels and tasks can be quite difficult to complete. One of the places in the game that is filled with puzzles is the Bank Palace. So this particular level requires you to explore through the area in search of enigma codes....

The Philips Hue brand has established itself as a frontrunner in the world of HomeKit smart lighting. And it looks to be continuing to push the envelope in 2020 with a new lineup of outdoor products, thanks to leaked product catalog found by Hueblog.de. These new light solutions will likely be officially announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. But thanks to Hueblog, we can get an early sneak peek....

Apple CEO Tim Cook has been in China the past few days meeting with senior officials from both companies and the Chinese government. He has already been spotted at an Apple Store in China, and now Apple has confirmed that Cook went on a personal tour inside of a Foxconn plant. Cook reportedly visited a newly instated iPhone manufacturing section within Foxconn. Foxconn has been the source of many Apple product-production based controversies as of late, and Cook, notably, emailed his staff a lengthy response addressing concerns of worker safety and other topics....

Niantic’s Pokémon GO mobile app was an instant hit when it launched in the summer of 2016. Augmented reality-driven gameplay let players interact with familiar characters in an immersive way using the camera and screen on our phones. Unpredicted growth saw Niantic’s servers regularly struggle to keep up with the number of new players coming online around the world. Those growing pains are now a thing of the past, and Niantic has added features like battling between players and in-game missions to keep players coming back....

There’s a new money-stealing scam that you need to watch for. It ditches the traditional method of attaching malware to an email or cold-calling you with some bogus scam. Instead, the scammers expect you to call them. Keep reading to learn how this tricky scam works so you can avoid falling victim. Here’s the backstory Phishing emails typically follow the blueprint of including malicious links or attachments that, if clicked, will infect your device with malware....