Apple tracking everything

What came to my attention the other day. Apple have just been awarded the patent for tracking everything that you do, From strokes of the finger on the screen or how many times people open a certain application to what people type into the application or to spotlight search. I'm being serious, everything that you can think of and everything that you can do with iOS, Apple with track it.

A couple of years ago apple awarded a patent to track desktop interfaces and mouse strokes and nobody ever noticed, and now they've just been awarded the patent for tracking mobile interfaces. 

I personally don't mind about Apple tracking stuff in order to get there interfaces better, I've been used to it for ages with the amount of google services i have running on a regular basis. my granddad doesn't use Gmail or any Google service that holds information about him,  Because Google can look at all of our emails and that's ok because it's all in the terms and conditions. 

Thanks for reading guys and instead of doing a blog everyday, i'm going to be doing ones if they really interest me or something that's caught my eye.

Page turning animation... PATENTED!!

Everybody out there with the kindle application or android book store. Do you love the fact when you turn the page you can see the animation right in front of you.

Nearly Every manufactuer with a book store or a book application has this animation. So what have apple done? well i'll tell you what they've done! They've patented the animation when you turn the page! something that everybody has. So everybody is going to get sued by apple for having this feature.

http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/11/17/page-turn-patent/

Check out the link, it's fucking disgraceful for what apple have done! This is why they are winning so much, Because they wait until everybody has the feature and then sue the arses out of anyone who has the patent!

Samsung phone with 441 PPI! WTF

I know i haven't blogged in a while, since i've got a lot of work to do and the time i've been using to blogs, i've been using it to complete college work and train2game work and i've been updating my blog but it's not written blogs anymore, it's audio blogs on youtube and it's where i'm talking about technology, games and films.

Well there's one subject that i'd just liek to highlight here, it's come to my attention that samsung have or are going to bring out a device that has a PPI of 441. The human eye can't see past 300 pixels. Apple made a big deal back in 2010 when they brought out the iPhone 4 with amazing Display that was 326 pixels per inch. Making the pixels on screen being sharp and crisp as they can be.

Fast forward 2 years and we've got 1080p phone displays. It seems that people can't get that we need to advance the progression of battery life. Creating a new battery chemical other than lithium polymer so we can store more battery life into a smaller battery. 441 PPI is just too much on a device. obviously you have your own opinion and you could have more valid points that me but i honestly think that a device at 441 PPI is way too much for our battery's and CPU's and process.

Thanks for reading
http://www.technobuffalo.com/companies/samsung/samsung-to-introduce-4-99-inch-full-hd-amoled-display-with-441ppi-at-ces/
Article that got my inspiration.

Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 5 Features List!!

This is the list for Grand theft auto 5's features. If you can see there is a lot of things that are being introduced into the famous franchise. I recorded a podcast last night about the features of Grand theft auto without the features in front of me and there's a lot of features that i left out or couldn't remember. It's amazing how many features rockstar actually put into their games, Every new rockstar game has got new environments, new game mechanics.
if you can't be bothered reading this blog, just go over to my channel and you'll be able to listen to the features while you do something else.

• GTA 5 "evolves nearly every mechanic" found in previous games in the series.
• Features the biggest open world in the series' history - GTA 5's world is bigger than the worlds of Red Dead Redemption, San Andreas and GTA IV combined.
• Three playable characters who you can switch between "at nearly any time".
• Each character has their own specific abilities and story arc, with all three stories intertwined.
• Camera zooms out to a "Google Earth-style" perspective when switching characters.
• Character 1 - Michael, an ex-bank robber in his early 40s who retired after making a deal with the FIB. He has two teenage children and hates his wife Amanda. He's also the narrator of the original GTA 5 trailer.
• Character 2 - Trevor, a former war veteran and a "drugged out psychopath". An experienced pilot.
• Character 3 - Franklin, a repo man in his mid 20s described as a "young and ambitious hustler".
• Certain characters from GTA IV and Episodes From Liberty City will also make an appearance. Rockstar's Dan Houser says we'll never see characters from the PS2 era, though. "The five PS2 games are one universe, and this is the high definition universe, so they don't co-exist," he says.
• No major actors cast as any of the main characters.
• Focus on making more diverse missions.
• Heists and bank robberies are a big theme to the game.
• Characters will work together during missions, and you can switch between characters mid-mission to fulfill different roles. For example, during a chase sequence you can pilot the getaway helicopter as Trevor, snipe pursuing pilots as Franklin, or fire an assault rifle as Michael.
• Missions will have a "very different tone depending on who's on them, how many people are on them, and how much we're using switches", says Houser.
• Even when you're not controlling them, each character will still go about their own business across Los Santos. "You may be surprised by the situations they find themselves in should you switch back to check up on them," says Game Informer.
• Big advances to lighting and shader model. Greater draw distance.
• Improved vehicle handling and physics - "The cars hold to the ground better... It feels more like a racing game," Houser says.
• More vehicles than in any GTA to date, including BMXs, mountain bikes, road bikes, dirt bikes, cars, trucks, helicopters, planes, ATVs and Jet Skis, but vehicle manufacturers are still fictional.
• Fighter jets appear to be in. One screenshot shows a fighter equipped with missiles, as a helicopter explodes in the background.
• Improved shooting and melee combat. Melee combat "never going to be as big a deal as shooting," though, warns Houser.
• Pedestrians are fully mo-capped and more interactive.
• You can rappel down buildings, although it's not confirmed whether this is specific to certain missions.
• Los Santos is described as a "huge and diverse city", combining the best of Red Dead Redemption's "large open expanses" with GTA IV's "densely packed urban environment".
• Areas in the game world include beachfronts, mountains, the wilderness, a "Salton Sea" region, a military base and the suburbs.
• GTA: San Andreas was about gang culture. GTA 5 is about capturing the "contemporary culture of LA".
• There will be a "vibrant and fun" economy, but you won't be able to buy property.
• A variety of different side missions and "more sophisticated" minigames, including yoga, triathlons, Jet Skiing, base-jumping, tennis and golf. There's a full golf course in the game. You can go scuba diving along the coastline of Los Santos, or go to the gym on the seafront.
• Each character will have unique hobbies, including "one or two key minigame activities per character".
• San Andreas' RPG-like player customization is still absent, but you can customize the clothing of each character.
• GTA IV's romance feature has been removed.
• Like in GTA IV, players can make friends and hang out with certain NPCs, including Michael's wife Amanda and son Jimmy, Franklin's "crazy friend" Lamar, and Trevor's mate Ron.
• GTA IV's mobile phone returns, but a lot of its features have been altered. You can use it to access the internet.
• Dynamic missions - hidden missions dotted around the game world. "Going off-road in the desert, you may come across two parked cars and a sea of dead bodies around them... Investigate if you want."

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here's just an update. i'm also here to say sorry that i haven't written a blog in quite a bit, i've been concentrating on college work and train2game work and the only time i have to actually write a blog is when i'm suppose to be sleeping and i've virtually got no time to do one. at the moment, i'm doing nothing on my soap opera for college so i've decided to come onto the computer and just write a paragraph explainng my perdicment. Some of the blogs i've been uploading aren't my own and i've been copying and pasting from websites like technobuffalo and idownloadblog.

i've started getting into doing audio blogs where i basically talk about whatever is on my mind and what i've seen in the latest and greatest news.