Leak shows off new Samsung Galaxy Note 5, Galaxy S6 Edge+

Well-known tipster Evan Blass (a.k.a. @evleaks) showed off what Samsung has up its sleeve for its August 13^th event. He tweeted what looks like official product shots of the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and S6 Edge+ as well as supposed specs of the Note 5.

The new phablet looks to be a refinement of its predecessor with a 5.7-inch quad HD display, 16-megapixel rear camera, and 32GB of internal storage. It’ll also supposedly be carrying the Galaxy S6’s octa-core processor, 4GB of RAM, and a 5-megapixel front camera. Unfortunately, it’s said this’ll lose the microSD card slot, too. The Note 5 is said to be shipping with Android 5.1 and most likely will be carrying some new pen-related features. Not much was said about the S6 Edge+ though. At the moment, these are all still rumours so you must take them with a grain of salt. We just have a few days to wait anyway to see what’s real and what isn’t.

Source: Engadget

Dr. Dre to drop new album after 15 years, will be exclusive to Apple

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Dr. Dre joined Apple when Beats was bought by the Cupertino-based tech giant. So it comes as no surprise that Dr. Dre will be creating exclusives for the company. The hip-hop mogul announced on his Beats 1 radio show "The Pharmacy," that he’ll be dropping his first new album in 15 years entitled “Compton A Soundtrack.” He describes it as his “grand finale” on Twitter so we speculate it’s his last major album, but then again we can be wrong. The album comes out just in time for the release of the "Straight Outta Compton,"movie which chronicles Dr. Dre and rapper Ice Cube's meteoric rise as rap's supergroup N.W.A.

The album is already available for preorder on iTunes and will drop on August 7^th. It’ll also be up for streaming on Apple Music. As mentioned in the title, this’ll be an Apple-exclusive release.

Source: 9to5Mac

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Google Auto, the future of Google cars?

Google Auto has been around for a while. They’ve been responsible for the self-driving car experiments Google has been doing. The division has been set up as a distinct company back in 2011 and they’ve been partnering with car manufacturers since that time to bring their auto-related experiments to life. As a company, they can legally manufacture cars on their own. It’s worth noting that Google Auto’s the first Google product that has been spun off into its own company. Perhaps, it’s been done that way to shift risk away from Google or make filing paperwork easier. Either way, we won’t be surprised if there might be Google-branded self-driving cars in the future.

Source: Gizmodo