Author: Robert Ortega

Google’s answer to Apple’s AirDrop feature has been released today on select Samsung and Pixel devices. The tech giant announced that they’re currently working to introduce the sharing feature to more Android smartphones in the coming weeks. Nearby Share allows Android phones to receive and send files that are in close proximity to each other. Once opened, it will show a list of devices for receiving or sending files. After accepting, it will be sent via peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, WebRTC, Bluetooth Low Energy or Bluetooth. In terms of security, you can choose to change your phone’s privacy settings to ‘all contacts’,…

Amazon is partnering up with Paizo, a tabletop RPG company in hopes of bringing their RPG game Starfinder to devices that have Alexa. The pilot episode and the first three ones are now available to play. To start, you can say ‘Alexa, play the Starfinder game’ and it will start. The fourth, fifth and sixth episodes are set to be released in October this year. Starfinder’s voice actors include Laura Bailey, Nathan Fillion and 11 others. Amazon claims that the interactive game takes around 13 hours in its entirely and is comprised of a 745-page script and more than a…

Sony reports an impressive 2020 Q1 financial earning of 91 million PS4 games, an 83% increase from previous years’ sales. Understandably, most of the game console owners stayed indoors during the COVID-19 pandemic and bought digital video game copies, which accounted for 74% of the total figure. Additionally, PS Plus subscription numbers swelled, up 44.9 million members from 41.5 million during the last quarter. Sony mentioned in the investor’s report that although the company is facing challenges such as international travel restrictions and working constraints, the company has taken preparations for the PS5 to be released in this year’s holiday…