Rumours claim Beyoncé’s new album to drop digitally tonight

Following its world premiere on iTunes and availability on Jay Z’s Tidal music streaming service, rumours say Beyoncé’s new album, “Lemonade,” will be landing on the likes of iTunes, Amazon, and Google Play by Sunday night at midnight. At the moment, fans can purchase the visual album outright on Tidal for US$17.99 (about $22) without having to subscribe to the streaming service. It includes 12 songs and videos as well as the one-hour special shown on HBO. It should also cost roughly the same amount on other services.

However, if you’re waiting for the streaming version to show up on other services, you might be waiting in vain for that. According to an official representative from Tidal, “Lemonade” will be a streaming exclusive on Tidal “in perpetuity;” joining some of the albums that are tied exclusively to the service.

Source: MacRumors

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Curved screen and bigger battery rumoured to be coming to the Samsung ‘Galaxy Note 6’

New Apple Watch apps need to work without an iPhone

New Apple Watch apps need to work without an iPhone

A new requirement for Apple Watch developers will be a boon for users. Apple sent out a notice that new apps for the Apple Watch will need to run natively on the smartwatch before it’s submitted to the App Store. This means the apps will work on the Watch itself without having its paired iPhone nearby. Previously, Watch apps were streamed from the iPhone, meaning you needed to have the phone with you at all times and apps were slow to launch and a bit sluggish. Having apps run natively on the smartwatch will result in quicker response time and the ability to run more smoothly.

Developers who want to submit starting June 1^st will have to adhere to this. The apps will be built with the new watchOS 2 SDK because support for the 1.0 SDK and any apps built with that will be discontinued.

Source: SlashGear

Curved screen and bigger battery rumoured to be coming to the Samsung ‘Galaxy Note 6’

With the release of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, all eyes are now on Samsung’s next Galaxy Note device. What could be called the Galaxy Note 6 is said to have two variants at the moment that the South Korean brand is testing. One has a curved screen while the other has a flat one; both featuring Quad HD (2,560 x 1,440) resolution displays. The thing is, according to SamMobile, is Samsung will only be releasing one version of the Note 6. It’s said this will have a 5.8-inch display (which is 0.1 inches larger than the Note 5, 0.7 inches larger than the S7, and 0.3 inches larger than the S7 Edge) and a larger 4,000mAh battery (the Note 5 only has 3,220mAh).

Other rumoured specs include both a Qualcomm Snapdragon 823 processor and Exynos 8890 chip, 6GB of RAM, and 32GB internal storage. It’s said to run on Android N and will most likely have the same camera sensor as the S7 and S7 Edge: 12-megapixel rear camera and 5-megapixel front shooter, both with f/1.8 aperture for better low light performance. It won’t come as a surprise if microSD slot makes a comeback alongside water-resistance and fast wireless charging make an appearance. Of course, these are all rumours at this point and we have to wait until around July to get a look at the new Note.

Source: SamMobile