Articles by Aaron Mamiit
Mysterious Company Offers Mobile Private Islands: Perfect For Supervillains
Migaloo, which has a few other designs for private submersible yachts, is offering the mobile private island named Kokomo Ailand. The island includes a penthouse, a jungle deck complete with waterfalls and a shark-feeding station.
Volkswagen To Tap Porsche Chief To Drive It Out Of Crisis
Porsche chief Matthias Mueller will be named the new CEO of Volkswagen to replace Martin Winterkorn, who resigned on Sept. 23 amid the discovery of software on diesel-powered Volkswagen vehicles that cheat emissions tests.
Epic's 'Bullet Train' For The Oculus Rift Looks Awesome
'Bullet Train,' which is made with Unreal Engine 4, supports the Oculus Touch controllers, which map the gamer's hand movements in virtual reality.
Kid Gamers Moving To Mobile As Platform Of Choice: Sorry, PC
The Kids and Gaming 2015 report by the NPD Group revealed that mobile devices, specifically smartphones and tablets, are now the most popular platforms for kid gamers falling under the range of 2 years old to 17 years old.
Hackers Stole 5.6 Million Fingerprints In US Personnel Data Breach
Hackers who stole security clearance data on millions of federal employees under the Department of Defense and other agencies were able to obtain a total of 5.6 million fingerprint records.
Fake Apple Stores In China Thriving On Massive iPhone Demand
Over 30 Apple stores can be seen in a busy street in Shenzhen, China. However, Apple only has one official store in the city, along with five authorized dealers.
'All About That Bass' Songwriter Earned Only $5,679 On 178 Million Spotify Streams
'All About That Bass' co-writer Kevin Kadine revealed that he only made $5,679 despite the over 178 million Spotify streams recorded for the song.
My Little Pony-Inspired Fighting Game In The Works: Bronies Unite!
The first iteration of the game 'Them's Fightin' Herds,' named 'Fighting is Magic,' was a 2D fighting game that used characters and designs from 'My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.'
Instagram Hits 400 Million Users Just Nine Months After Reaching 300 Million
Just nine months after reaching 300 million users, Instagram now features 400 million. According to the company, over half of the last 100 million users who joined the service are located in Asia and Europe.
Vinyl Record Collectors Rejoice: Discogs Finally Launching Mobile App
The Discogs app, which will be available for users on both iOS and Android, will allow collectors to search an expansive database of information covering millions of vinyl records, catalog their personal collections, view prices on the market and many more.
Huawei Nexus 6P High-Res Image Leaks Just Days From Official Unveiling
The high-res picture of the Huawei Nexus 6P confirms the leaked images a few weeks ago of a device with a black bar with a bump on the top of its back cover.
Want An iPhone 6s? T-Mobile's Trade-In Offer Can Get You One For $5 A Month
iPhone owners can trade in their older devices to acquire the iPhone 6s for as low as $5 a month, with the amount to be paid depending on the model of the iPhone 6s being purchased and the model of the older iPhone being traded in for the offer.
Twitter To Roll Out Redesigned Tweet And Follow Buttons Next Month: Do They Look Better?
The impending change to Twitter's Tweet and Follow buttons will be the first visual update to the buttons since 2011.
Attention, Hackers: Security Firm Offering $1M Reward For Apple iOS 9 Jailbreak
Zerodium has offered a $1 million reward for each individual or team that can create and submit to the company an exclusive, browser-based and untethered jailbreak for Apple's iOS 9.
Dropbox Unveils Team Feature To Make Collaboration Easier
Dropbox for Business already has the feature in place, but Dropbox is expanding it to include Dropbox Basic and Dropbox Pro users.
San Diego Woman Receives Rose Gold iPhone 6s Early, Shares Geekbench 3 Results And 4K Video Shot
A visual designer named Adrienne living in San Diego, California got a surprise, as the Rose Gold iPhone 6s that she pre-ordered from AT&T arrived a few days early.
Microsoft Lumia 950 And Lumia 950 XL Prices Revealed By Spanish Website
The leaked price by the Spanish retail website, if true and not simply a gimmick to draw attention to the website ahead of the official unveiling of the devices on Oct. 6, confirms that the Lumia 950 XL will be priced similar to the 16GB iPhone 6S.
4Chan Sold To 2Channel Founder, Brings Anonymous Forum Back To Its Roots
Founded back in 2003, 4chan was originally an online forum for users to talk about Japanese culture and anime. It has since evolved into a collective snapshot of the Internet, with the "anything goes" section being the most notorious.
Apple's App Store Breached For The First Time: Hello, XcodeGhost
Apple's App Store suffered its first large-scale security breach at the hands of the Xcodeghost malware, which was embedded in legitimate apps that were made with a compromised version of Apple's developer tool kit.
Google's New Nexus Devices To Be Named Nexus 5X And Nexus 6P
Google sent out invitations to a Sept. 29 event, where it is expected to unveil the LG Nexus 5X and the Huawei Nexus 6P.
Apple Supplier Foxconn Offers To Acquire Sharp's LCD Business
Taiwanese Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., also known as Foxconn, has made an offer to the struggling LCD business of Sharp Corp. The price of the offer was not revealed.
Volkswagen Says Sorry And Stops U.S. Sales Of Diesel Cars Involved In Emissions Test Cheating
Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn apologized for breaking the trust of customers with the software that allowed diesel cars to cheat emissions tests. The company will be stopping the sale of the affected cars in the United States.
Stick With Android Launches As A Witty Answer To Apple's Move To iOS
A pair of developers have come up with Stick with Android as a snappy response to Apple's Move to iOS app, which looks to have Android users switch to iOS devices.
Snowden Thinks Aliens Could Be Trying To Talk To Earth Right Now
United States government whistleblower Edward Snowden appeared on the StarTalk podcast by Neil deGrasse Tyson, where they talked about the possiblity of aliens trying to communicate with Earth.
Huawei Nexus 6P Rumored To Have 128GB Option
Rumors claims that the Huawei-made Nexus 6P, which is expected to be unveiled at Google's upcoming Sept. 29 event, will offer memory capacities starting at 32GB and up to 128GB.
AT&T Boosts Data Cap On 'Unlimited' Plans After $100M FCC fine
AT&T increased the data cap of its discontinued unlimited data plans from 5GB to 22GB, likely as an attempt to stave off sanctions such as the $100 million fine it received from the Federal Communications Commission.
'Uncharted 4: A Thief's End' Multiplayer Beta To Launch In December
The multiplayer beta for 'Uncharted 4: A Thief's End' will launch in December, as revealed by a trailer for 'Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Collection.'
Human-Powered Vehicle Goes Really Fast To Set World Record Of 86.5 mph
AeroVelo set the world speed record for human-powered vehicles with the Eta at the annual World Human Powered Speed Challenge in Nevada.
AT&T Sues Former Employees For Unlocking Contract-Bound Phones
The former AT&T sales representatives made between $10,000 and $20,000 in the unlocking scheme involving contract-bound mobile phones.
Blu Pure XL Beats OnePlus 2 And Moto X Pure Edition In Real-World Speed Test: Still Not Convinced? [Video]
The Blu Pure XL beats the OnePlus 2 and Motorola Moto X Pure Edition in a real-world speed test, proving that the device has what it takes to keep up with more popular smartphones.
