Apple takes out original iPad mini from its online store

Apple has finally pulled the plug on the original, nearly three-year-old iPad mini and took it off the Apple Online Store this week. The iPad mini was announced back in October 2012 as the smaller alternative to the iPad. It has since been succeeded by the iPad mini 2 and mini 3. You might still be able to get your hands on the original iPad mini at third-party resellers but that probably will only last until leftover stocks run out.

Source: MacRumors

Skype adds French and German to Translator Preview program

Skype has just added French and German to its Translator Preview program, bringing the speech-to-speech langauges to a total of six. The program first had English paired with Spanish, Mandarin (Chinese), and Italian. This addition also now brings 50 IM languages to the table. The Skype Translator can be used not just for translating from one language to another but how it can help the hard of hearing and deaf communicate with each other. The Skype Translator preview is a pre-release version that works for users using Windows 8.1 and above. 

‘Halo 5’ won’t launch with split-screen co-op, but ‘never say never’

Much to the dismay of some fans, Halo 5: Guardians will not come with split-screen cooperative play when it comes out. It’s a major change for the Microsoft-developed game as every other Halo console title came out with the feature. But according to Microsoft General Manager of Games Publishing Shannon Loftis, this doesn’t mean it won’t possibly get the feature in the future.

Loftis said in a meeting at E3, "The priority feature for the release of Halo 5 was 60fps, so that's what the team has been focused on delivering. But, you know, never say never. The glorious thing about Halo and about Xbox is that we can deliver continuous improvements to any experience. But, no announcements being made here." Again, she isn’t confirming that it will get split-screen co-op but she is talking of the possibility after the game is launched.

Source: Engadget

Google brings Clock app to Play Store

Google has brought one more of its native apps into the Play Store, to make it easier order to push updates to its app. You can now download the Clock app from the Google’s app store. It’s similar to what you find in the Android M developer preview and even what Android Lollipop users are using now on Nexus devices. It works as an alarm clock, stopwatch, and a clock for checking time in cities around the world. If you use Google Now and command it to set the alarm, it’ll do so with this app.

Source: PCWorld | Download: Google Play Store (Free)