Battery Share lets you warn your friends once they’re low on power

New iOS app Battery Share has a fairly simple function: help you keep track of each other’s battery levels. This comes in handy when you’re trying to meet up and you need to send them details one last time before they lose power. The app also allows for VoIP calls within the app so you can even remind them to charge their phone or give them final details.

Source: Laughing Squid | Download: Apple App Store ($1.49)

‘Marvel Avengers Academy’ get a dose of ‘Civil War’

Captain America: Civil War is now entering schools or more specifically, the Marvel Avengers Academy. A limited time event, that’ll be ending on June 7, has Iron Man and Captain America going at it again. This time, they have opposing views on how to keep the Academy safe and they want the students to join their sides. The game will feature combat and a promise of having new fun ways to send your heroes and troops into the fray, as TinyCo Narrative Designer Allen Warner said. New mechanics are also introduced to help boost strength. And like the Guardians of the Galaxy event, a separate mission board with keep you and your heroes busy while progressing through the main storyline.

The story won’t exactly follow the movie’s teams and Warner said this is part of the story. And you will have access to all available content during this event. Some of the new characters here include Black Panther, Winter Soldier, Crossbones, and Agent 13. Premium unlocks include Wonder Man and Sif as well as Captain America’s WWII Outfit.

Source: Marvel | Download: Apple App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Apple Music now offers student discount

Apple Music is cutting down its prices for the students to cost US$4.99 (around $6) per month, which is also the price Spotify offers students. What Apple is emphasizing here though is that the Spotify discount only lasts for 12 months, while Apple Music will offer the discounted rate for four years after sign up. Of course, you need to verify your enrollment status once you sign up.

At the moment, the offer is available to students in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Denmark, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand. It’s rolling out throughout the day so Apple might be bringing it to your area soon.

Source: Lifehacker

An introduction to VR through the HTC Vive

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

I've long been a skeptic when it comes to Virtual Reality or VR. I've covered the technologies and evolution of virtual reality since the mid-90's when the idea was that the internet and VR could easily create a connected, immersive and interactive reality alongside reality itself.

But like many widely heralded buzz-worthy technologies, VR always felt like a hollow promise mired by compromise at every turn. It required expensive and enormous headsets, a ton of wires connected to a supercomputer, and the content was, for the most part, as low-rez and blocky as what one could get out of a PlayStation One console.  It is now 2016 and companies are flying high the VR flag again, what's different this time is that there are actual consumer products as well as content generated specifically for VR.

HTC invited me to try their HTC Vive VR headset in a Toronto hotel a few days ago and I brought a healthy dose of skepticism with me. Here's what I learned.

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