LG G4 to hit some markets this week

LG’s latest flagship smartphone will be hitting a few markets this week. Aside from South Korea, Hong, Turkey, Singapore, and Russia will be the first to be getting the leather-clad G4. LG won’t say though when it will be hitting the other markets. They said it will “eventually” come to “most of Europe,” North America, Southeast Asia, Eurasian states, Africa, Middle East, and South and Central America. Pricing will be announced separately for each market.

Source: Mashable

Blast from the iPod past with Click Wheel for iOS

Waxing nostalgia about the bygone era of iPods? If you’ve been wanting to get the click wheel feel on your iPhone. Third-party developer Adam Bell created the Click Wheel keyboard app for iOS. It comes complete with the iPod scrolling sound we’ve come to love. But it will be a lot of work. You’ll be scrolling through one letter at a time after all. But you’ll also have access to those hundreds of emojis included in iOS 8.3.

Source: The Verge | Download: Apple iTunes App Store (Free)

Pirated Windows 10 desktops will have watermarks on them

Microsoft caused a bit of a hullaballoo when a remark they made was interpreted as the company allowing pirated users of previous Windows versions to gain access to the free upgrade of Windows 10. Terry Myerson, EVP of OS for Microsoft, said that pirated copies of Windows 10 will be getting permanent watermarks on the desktop to serve as a reminder that they’re using an illegal copy of the OS.

They plan to make people with non-genuine versions of Windows to through the Windows Store to upgrade, which would more or less mean they have to pay. Myerson said though that they intend to offer “very attractive” genuine upgrades for these kinds of users. What they plan on doing, we don’t know just yet. Aside from the watermark though, Microsoft can go as far as not sending essential security updates to the pirated copies.

Source: Ubergizmo

Apple acquires Coherent Navigation for precision GPS mapping

Perhaps Apple is looking to improve its mapping services with its latest purchase. The tech giant just bought Coherent Navigation, a company specializing in High Integrity GPS. We don’t know exactly what Apple plans to do with the company because they won’t disclose details about it. According to MacRumors though, some Coherent employees have been moving to Apple so it could be an acquisition both for talent and technology.

This isn’t Apple’s first purchase of a mapping company though. They’ve bought companies like Placebase, Hopstop, Locationary, and Embark.

Source: MacRumors + Slash Gear