In the age of Photoshop, you never know what photos have been edited beyond belief.
But sometimes, weird optical illusions can occur. These photographic tricks leave our brain filling in the gaps in hilarious, weird, and sometimes raunchy ways.
Let yourself do a double take, because not everything is as it seems.
Fun fact: Microsoft Office's Clippy was among the first smart assistants made widely available to consumers. That same technology has since meandered over into the world of audio, where internet-connected speakers are now capable of pairing with other devices and being controlled by a listener's voice.
With more and more electronics companies dipping their toes into the smart speaker marketplace to meet surging public demand, there are a lot of options for consumers to consider. There's tough competition out there, y'all. But it's a newcomer that's got everyone else beat in terms of sound quality and high-tech features: the Apple HomePod. Read more...
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February 10th, 2019 will mark five years since Flappy Bird creator Dong Nguyen pulled the beloved game from the App Store and Google Play, causing worldwide hysteria. Devices with the game pre-installed were even put up for sale for hundreds and thousands of dollars.
Fast forward to 2017, the game has effectively become extinct. iOS 11's shift to 64-bit meant it could no longer support the 32-bit apps. Flappy Bird, as we know it, is now gone...but it will never ever be forgotten.
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More about Gaming, Video Game, Online Learning, App Development, and Mashable ShoppingNintendo has cut its ambitious annual Switch sales forecast despite enjoying a strong Christmas Q3 quarter.
The Japanese games giant recorded a 104.21 billion JPY ($958 million) profit on revenue of 608.39 billion JPY ($5.59 billion) between October and December 2018. Revenue was up 26 percent year-on-year, which is an impressive feature given that quarter was a successful one for Nintendo, yielding its biggest operating profit in a Q3 for eight years.
The Nintendo Switch is now closing down on lifetime sales of the N64. Nintendo shifted a record 9.41 million consoles during the three-month period, up 30 percent annually, to take it to 14.49 million this financial year, which began in April 2018. However, despite a success last quarter, likely helped in no small amount by Christmas, Nintendo has trimmed its ambitious goal to sell 20 million Switch units this financial year. Instead, the target is 17 million, which means it is estimating around 2.5 million sales during January, February and March.
In terms of games, a bunch of new releases performed well in the last quarter. Pokémon: Let’s Go sold million titles since its November release, Super Smash Bros. Ultimate sold 12.08 million since its December launch and Super Mario Party, released in October, reached 5.3 million sales. Total game sales jumped by 101 percent to reach 94.64 million sales during the period.
Nintendo’s retro consoles — the NES Classic and Super NES Classic — sold 5.83 million. But there is bad news for Nintendo loyalists, the upcoming Mario Kart mobile game won’t ship in March — its revised launch date is this summer.
