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This week the folks at Google and Niantic have released their cages from the “closed beta” edition of Ingress to allow this augmented reality game to all. The game remains in “beta” mode, though we’re essentially seeing the entirety of this environment’s gameplay live right this minute. This game will be available to iOS users in the future, but for the time being – it’s all about Android. The big draw with this game is partially in how it’s been closed off as an exclusive title until now – but there’s also the fact that you’re playing on a real landscape, using Google Maps to see where you need to go to take over your neighborhood. At the moment the Android restriction for this game stands. Google has promised an iOS version of the game in the future, but it may be in the wings until early 2014 – not that long off. This game was promoted several times in a big way over the past several months. We saw invites handed out to all developers at the 2013 edition of Google I/O. Google al...

Stylish yet powerful , the new Xperia Z1 (aka Honami) is Sony's latest  flagship smartphone to join the Xperia Z series of smartphones and tablets , The new Z1 , with its all new display , new camera sensor and a new engine has managed to keep everything slim at 8.5mm ,and the overall dimensions of the unibody device measure in at (144x74x8.5 mm) which makes it only a few millimeters larger than the Xperia Z it replaces .The new Xperia Z1 features a 5" "TRILUMINOS Display" with 1920x1080 resolution and now features higher color saturation and reproduction and it now has greater viewing angles compared to its predecessor. Although the display is a sure treat , the main highlight of this device is its camera .The Sony 1/2.3 type Exmor RS 20.7 megapixel G sensor which is said to be the first of its kind on a smartphone , the camera features a 27mm wide angle lens with a f 2.0 aperture and it offers 8x lossless zoom , HDR video ,Sony's augmented reality tech...