Mike Adams Live

Amazon launches its Dash grocery scanner in the UK to help you order stuff

Amazon has launched its Dash grocery scanner in the UK to help consumers quickly and conveniently add items to their basket for easy checkout by scanning barcodes. Once the items have been added, all that's required is to complete the checkout process on a PC or using one of the official Amazon mobile apps.

As noted in Engadget's report, should two Amazon Fresh orders be completed before August 28, the Dash can be delivered for free. For those who don't, it'll set them back £35. There's also voice support, in case you'd rather say what you wish to have ordered, as opposed to messing around with scanning individual products.

All we need now are the Dash buttons so we can maintain an unhealthy supply of Monster energy drink.

from Android Central - Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help and Android Wallpapers http://ift.tt/2azWR5D
via IFTTT

Level-5's 3DS puzzle series is back with 'Lady Layton'

It's been awhile since Professor Layton has graced the 3DS with a puzzle-filled adventure, but the famous detective is finally back. Sort of. Level-5 has announced that the next game in its long-running puzzle series will star not Hershel Layton hims...

from Engadget RSS Feed http://ift.tt/2abU4im
via IFTTT

LG V20 is coming later this quarter

LG posted its second quarter earnings earlier today, in which the company revealed that a new phone in the V series will make its debut later this quarter. While LG didn't name the device, it is likely that it'll be called the V20.

LG didn't specify a launch date, but rumors suggest that the phone will be unveiled sometime in the month of September, barely 10 months after the LG V10 hit store shelves. The expedited timeline may have something to do with the company's mobile business, which recorded a loss of $132 million this quarter and $170 million in Q1 2016. Samsung's decision to unveil the Galaxy Note 7 on August 2 may also have played a part.

Either way, the V20 is coming this quarter, most likely in the month of September. With the LG G5 failing to meet expectations, LG needs a strong contender to the Note 7 in the V20. Last year's V10 was a decent phone in many regards, but LG wasn't able to translate that to strong sales. Here's hoping the brand does better this year.

What do you guys want to see in the LG V20?

from Android Central - Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help and Android Wallpapers http://ift.tt/2asvHhq
via IFTTT

‘Darksiders’ rides again on PS4, Xbox One and Wii U

Aside from the next Legend of Zelda Wii U owners don't have much to look forward to in terms of forthcoming games. Breath of the Wild is the lone glimmer of hope in the console's twilight years, but there could be another — perhaps even before that…

'Darksiders' rides again on PS4, Xbox One and Wii U

LG posts Q2 profit in spite of $132 million loss from the mobile unit

LG has announced its Q2 2016 earnings, recording an operating profit of $503.1 million (584.6 billion won) over revenues of $12.05 billion (14 trillion won). Strong sales of home appliances and TVs offset the mobile unit's operating loss of $132 million.

LG's mobile unit recorded a $170 million loss in the last quarter as well. The LG G5 managed to net a 12% increase in revenue from the previous quarter to $2.86 billion (3.33 trillion won), but the modular phone did not have the impact LG was hoping for. Shipments at 13.9 million units was a modest increase over the 13.5 million recorded in Q1 2016.

The brand noted that it met with "increased marketing expenditures and somewhat slow initial sales of G5 smartphone." Looking forward to Q3, LG is aiming for the V20 to boost sales in the high-end segment, with the K and X lineup of phones competing in the budget segment.

Elsewhere, the home appliance division posted a profit of $373.24 million (433.7 billion won). The TV segment recorded a $306.97 million (356.7 billion won) operating profit on revenues of $3.58 billion (4.16 trillion won), with LG witnessing a healthy increase in sales of high-end 4K TVs.

from Android Central - Android Forums, News, Reviews, Help and Android Wallpapers http://ift.tt/2ayYJyC
via IFTTT

Sky’s ‘Buy & Keep’ store now sells movie and TV box sets

It's taken a while, but Sky has finally come through on its promise to add TV shows to its "Buy & Keep" service. Just like its film offering, anyone in the UK can pay a single price to get both a physical and digital version of a TV box set. The…