Roku rumoured to be outing five new streaming devices

Roku will supposedly ditch its naming convention and shift from numbers to names for the new models the company is supposedly unveiling soon. Based on ZatzNotFunny.com’s correlation between an FCC leak and a Canadian computer sales site, there will be five new streaming devices coming out and will each be given a name instead of a number. The entry-level Roku 1 will be replaced by the Roku Express and Roku Express Plus, the Roku 2 and Roku 3 will be replaced by the Roku Premiere and Roku Premiere Plus, and the Roku 4 will be replaced by a Roku Ultra device. The Premiere Plus and the Ultra will reportedly support HDR. Roku has yet to confirm the release of these devices.

Source: CNET

‘No Man’s Sky’ issues refunds to unsatisfied players

It seems the complaints from fans have gotten too much that Hello Games’ No Man’s Sky can be refunded on several gaming platforms—no matter how long you’ve been playing the game. If you bought it on Amazon, Steam, or the PlayStation Network, the providers are issuing refunds for them. It’s particularly telling for platforms like Valve where you can only refund after playing the game for under two hours or for Sony how has strict refund policies. You can contact these providers if you feel like refunding the game. But there’s no telling until when they’ll allow these refunds to happen.

Source: iDigitalTimes

Opera’s web sync service gets hacked

You might be one of the 1.7 million active users of Opera’s web sync service and if you are, now’s the time to change those passwords. The company announced that it has detected a hack in its sync system that may have given the hackers access to your login details. Not wanting to take the risk, Opera is resetting all sync account passwords and is also recommending to its users that they also change passwords for any linked third-party passwords just to be safe.

Source: Engadget

Samsung Gear S2 wearable getting limited iPhone compatibility

In an unprecedented move, it seems Samsung is acquiescing to customer feedback and making their Gear S2 wearable smartwatch comaptible with rival Apple's iPhone. 

The company rolled out an iOS beta program to to let the Tizen OS powered Samsung smartphone work with iPhones. Samsung has often dialed back functionality of its devices on non Samsung Galaxy devices and this move, while surprising, is absolutely necessary for the company's products to be taken seriously by curious new customers.

As far as these things go, iOS users should not expect full compatibility as functionality from the Samsung Gear S2 will likely be limited to notifications since there's no way to route app information from the iPhone to the gear. Curious Gear S2 owners can join by visiting the beta page. The program is running through to September 19. iPhone owners will need their smartphone to be running iOS 8.4 or later to take part in the program.

Source: Wareable.com