Twitch debuts PlayStation Vita app

Twitch has finally thought of bringing its streaming video app to the PlayStation Vita. The new app works similar to what they rolled out for the PS3. It lets you tune into live and pre-recorded gaming sessions and lets you follow your favorite channels. It’ll also let you discover new broadcasters through the featured section. But if you expect to stream games yourself, then we’re sorry to disappoint but you won’t be able to do that. If you want the app though, just download it from the PlayStation Store.

Source: Twitch

Samsung ups the microSD card game, its latest are 5x faster than what’s out there

MicroSD is getting a huge upgrade with these new cards from Samsung. The South Korean tech giant introduced new cards that have flash storage. It comes with 32GB, 64GB, 128GB, and 256GB capacities and uses the JEDEC Universal Flash Storage (UFS) 1.0 Card Extension Standard. The JEDEC standard promises that these cards will be five times faster than any other card out on the market. These have read speeds of 530 megabytes per second and write speeds of 170MBps. For comparison, the new SanDisk Extreme 256GB microSD card has a read rate of 100MBps and write speed of 90MBps.

One of the things that might hamper adoption of these new microSD cards is price. We’re not sure yet how much Samsung plans to price these as flash storage is just starting to become affordable. These new cards are being positioned for camera use so another thing is the JEDEC standard needs wider adoption. And that means the likes of Canon and Nikon need to get onboard.

Source: The Next Web

‘Pokémon GO’ coming to Canada soon

People who aren’t in the U.S., Australia, and New Zealand are watching in envy (or trying to find workarounds) as these countries get to walk around their cities and try to catch ‘em all. Pokémon GO has been out for just a couple of days and has already hit the top spot in app stores. It’s faced technical issues with servers not being able to handle the amount of people who want to catch Pokémon. But news like that isn’t exactly surprising. What we want to know though is when will we get the game, too? The only thing we’re getting from Nintendo, The Pokémon Company, and Niantic is “coming soon.” Canada, Europe, and South America will be the areas to get the game. So, just keep your eyes and ear peeled for now (and possibly your wallets ready, if you plan on purchasing things within the game) .

Source: Forbes

Facebook for iOS finally lets you switch between accounts

Managing multiple Facebook accounts is now easier for iOS users, too. Facebook has enabled account switching within Facebook’s family of apps (FB, Messenger, and Instagram, to be specific). So, if you manage multiple accounts, such as those for your business, you can just add the extra account you handle. You’ll be able to see the option under Profile > Switch Account > plus sign to add the new account.

Source: The Next Web