‘The Revenge of Shinobi’ comes to Android and iOS

In case you missed the news, the 1989 classic SEGA game The Revenge of Shinobi joins the SEGA Forever initiative. The program brings many of the classic SEGA titles to mobile devices. This time we’re getting the side-scrolling beat ‘em up. The Revenge of Shinobi, like the other SEGA Forever titles, will be free-to-play but will support ads. The game also lets you play it with a Bluetooth controller and play offline, which the other games can’t do. It has four difficulty levels and eight districts with its own unique boss battles. If you want to try it out yourself, it’s available on both iOS and Android.

Source: Phone Arena

Leaked training manual shows specs of the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active

A leaked training manual for the Samsung Galaxy S8 Active shows us just how rugged and powerful the phone can be. Android Police got their hands on the manual and it shows most of the specs you’d want to find out about it. It’ll run on a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM, and Android 7.0 Nougat. It’ll have a 5.8-inch Super AMOLED display with 2,960 x 1,440 resolution and Corning Gorilla Glass 5, 64GB internal storage with microSD expansion, 4,000mAh battery, and 12-megapixel dual-pixel rear camera and 8-megapixel front camera.

Keeping true to its name, the Galaxy S8 Active will have both an IP68 certification and MIL-STD-810G US military standard. It’ll also come with Bixby built in and get its own button as well. There isn’t any word yet when it’s coming out and where. 

Honolulu bans use of smartphones at crosswalks

If you find yourself in Honolulu any time soon, make sure to not text while you cross the street. The Hawaiian city just passed a law that will fine people who are using their phone while crossing the street. Starting October 25^th, Hawaiian authorities can fine first time offenders for looking at devices (even laptops and digital cameras) between US$15 and $35. It can go as high as US$99, depending on whether you’re a repeat offender. The only exemption is if you’re calling emergency services while crossing.

The Distracted Walking Law is important for the city. According to Mayor Kirk Caldwell, the city has more crosswalk impacts than “almost any other city” in the US.

Source: Engadget

‘Big things’ are in store for us with Samsung Galaxy Note 8 launch

Galaxy S8 (left) Vs Galaxy S8 Plus Vs Galaxy Note 8 (right) | Benjamin Geskin

It looks like Samsung is leaving big crumbs for both the media and tech fans to follow ahead of the official launch of the new Galaxy Note 8. This time they give us clues about how big the phone could be and its general shape. The invite for the August 23^rd event comes with the tagline “Do Bigger Things.” Several leaks have said that the new Note device will get a 6.3-inch display with a 19.5:9 aspect ratio and that seems to be in line with said catchphrase. Similar to the invite for the Galaxy S8 and S8+, Samsung shows off a silhouette of the device in the invite. Forbes shows off an extrapolated image with the three devices together and it shows the bigger footprint of the Note 8. It shows the same Infinity Display but with slightly more squared off bezels. What do you think? Are you considering getting the new Note 8?