James Bond gets free-to-play mobile game with ‘World of Espionage’

With the new Bond flick, Spectre, coming out soon, it means different promotions are going to pop up to promote the 24^th movie in the franchise. Glu Mobile and MGM teamed up to create the free-to-play mobile game James Bond: World of Espionage. It’s a multiplayer strategy RPG game that has you finding, recruiting, and developing spies for the MI6 HQ in London. And since you’ll be going on covert missions around the world, you need to have the best team with you.

You can also play things like the Alliance Wars or join limited time event challenges to help make your agency the best. The game employs over 100 real-world actors and models to play both agents and villains, making you feel like James Bond himself, even if it’s just for a game.

Source: Android Community + Flickering Myth | Download: iTunes App Store (Free) + Google Play Store (Free)

Apple buys Perceptio, startup specializing in advanced smartphone AI

The buying spree for Apple continues. This time, Apple has bought Perceptio. The startup specializes in developing technology to let companies run artificial intelligence systems on smartphones. What differentiates them is it isn’t sharing as much user data in the cloud. This seems in line with Apple’s stance of user data protection. And since this collects less data, they can stand by that idea. Again, Apple won’t confirm details about the deal and just issued the standard: “Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans.”

Source: Bloomberg

Twitter names Jack Dorsey as CEO

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Twitter has settled on making Jack Dorsey its permanent CEO after he held the position as the interim chief. Twitter plans to have a separate chairman though. Dorsey, at the same time though, is the head of mobile payments company Square. Twitter aims to rekindle growth following a rather abysmal result from the last quarter. Investors and analysts have praised faster product rollouts since Dorsey took over for Dick Costolo back in July.

According to Peter Currie, Twitter’s lead independent director, “To further simplify the demands on his time as well as to make sure we bring a fresh voice and new leadership to the board, the board has decided to separate the chair and CEO roles.”

Source: Reuters

YouTube for iOS gets Material Design refresh and in-app video editing

YouTube has finally brought the Material Design look to its iOS app. It’s also helping out on-the-go vloggers with new in-app video editing tools. It’s easier to look for recommended videos, favorite channels, and subscriptions with the new design. All you need to do is swipe left or right or tap on the new simplified icons. And as mentioned, you can edit your videos on the fly before you upload it on your channel. If you just want to send out a simple video for your followers, you can now do it within the YouTube app.

Source: 9to5Mac | Download: iTunes App Store (Free)