Partial pile of kittens that we are rescuing. We hope to find new homes for them really soon. They are starting to get used to humans.
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow game is officially out on the Ten Year Anniversarry of the release of iPhone original (June 29, 2007 – 2017).
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow is developed by TinyCo, a subsidiary of Jam City, which porfolio includes Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff. Matt Groening, Futurama (and The Simpsons) creator, penned original story for the game. To celebrate the launch of the game, Groening, David X. Cohen, Billy West and John Dimaggio did a few AMA’s on the “Internet”; here’s one they did on Reddit.
The game itself is part clone of Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff, some RPG battles and others. By the way, Family Guy: The Quest for Stuff is also a clone of The Simpsons: Tapped Out game. It is somewhat funny since Family Guy had been accused for ripping off The Simpsons, as explained by South Park in Cartoon Wars Part I and Part II.
Apparently going off tangent is way too easy.
Back to the game…
The in-game graphics are faithfully recreated from the series, but some of the animations look a bit off. The music is also faithfully recreated from the series. The game itself is described by one of our colleagues as “laden with In-App-Purchases traps”. It is only day one with this game, so we will see how far it will go.
Futurama: Worlds of Tomorrow is available on Android and iOS (alphabetically).
New Gadget: JOYO BantamP ZOMBIE
The JOYO BantamP ZOMBIE we ordered last week just arrived. We saw the review by Ola Englund and finally ordered one from Amazon.com for $169.99 (June 26, 2017).
This should be a fun weekend, playing with this Mini Tube Amp.
Hey June, it is the Fifth.
It is June 5, 2017 and WWDC 2017 is scheduled to kick off with the Keynote at 10:00 a.m. PDT. Apple will be live-streaming the Keynote on Apple.com and Apple TV.
Apple developers and users are expecting:
- New betas of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watchOS
- Some new Macs
- iPad Pro
- New Apple TV
- Apple “shut up and take my money” products…
See you at the McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, California, USA.
Security Alert: Handbrake Download Mirror was Compromised
From Handbrake.fr:
“SECURITY WARNING
Anyone who has downloaded HandBrake on Mac between [02/May/2017 14:30 UTC] and [06/May/2017 11:00 UTC] needs to verify the SHA1 / 256 sum of the file before running it.
Anyone who has installed HandBrake for Mac needs to verify their system is not infected with a Trojan. You have 50/50 chance if you’ve downloaded HandBrake during this period.”
If you have Handbrake installed on your Macs, you should check if it is compromised by this Trojan.
Also:
“Based on the information we have, you must also change all the passwords that may reside in your OSX KeyChain or any browser password stores.”
YIKES!
May the 1st, 2017
First Amendment to the United States Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
April 24, 2017: Apple seeds new Developer builds of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watch OS
Apple seeds new Developer builds of iOS, macOS, tvOS and watch OS. Not much details on what new features will be included in these builds other than they are maintenace releases.
- macOS 10.12.5 beta 4 build 16F67a
- iOS 10.3.2 beta 4 build 14F5086a
- watchOS 3.2.2 beta 4 build 14V5485a
- tvOS 10.2.1 beta 4 build 14W5583a