Minecraft 1.5 Redstone update will arive on March 13th News Softonic

Minecraft fans will be happy to know that version 1.5 will arrive March 13th with some big updates. Version 1.5 will include "Redstone" enhancements, new ores, more useful death messages, and a ton of bug fixes.

The Redstone updates will include daylight detectors and comparators. This will help players set up automation for their games. Minecraft's entire lighting system will change for the better with this release.

Here's the complete changelog for version 1.5 of Minecraft:

Mojang has pre-release (beta) versions for download. Hit up the source link to find the files.

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New Samsung design in the works, codenamed “Design 3.0″ SamMobile

New Samsung design in the works, codenamed “Design 3.0″

Today, a very important meeting about Samsung’s new design strategy, codenamed “Design 3.0″, held at Samsung HQ in Seoul,?Korea. The meeting consisted of high-level executives,?including top managers Yoon Boo-keun and Shin Jong-kyun, reports.?The meeting was held mainly to discuss Samsung’s new design strategy for future products.

Firstly, let’s talk about the code name. I think every Samsung Mobile device, before the Galaxy S III, was Samsung Design 1.0 and after the Galaxy S III every device was Samsung Design 2.0, which was mostly inspired by Nature. Even Samsung’s latest flagship device, the Galaxy S4, comes under Samsung Design 2.0.

Since the original Galaxy S, launched in 2010, Samsung has been using plastic as it’s main build component for the Galaxy S line. We were hoping that Samsung may use high-quality materials with the Galaxy S4 but that didn’t happen, whereas all other smartphone manufactures are shipping devices which are made out of glass or aluminium, and we got a minor redesign over the Galaxy S III’s design. I know plastic is a durable material but let’s face it, a device made out of plastic with a hefty price tag doesn’t feel any premium at all.

“During the conference, new ideas on current design trend in the electronics market and strategies were exchanged,” Yoon said. “Everyone at the meeting agreed that consumers should be able to identify Samsung products easily.”

“Design 3.0,” Samsung Electronics’ new design strategy, focuses not only on external beauty and technical practicality of new products, but also about creating positive values and connecting with consumers, the company said.

This is a very good news for all us Samsung fans out there, as now we can finally hope for a better build quality and design by Samsung. The Galaxy Note III will not feature the new design but will feature a S4-like design instead, the new “Design 3.0″ will make a debut in 2014.

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Penguin appeases EU regulators by ditching e-book deal with Apple

Thursday, July 25, 2013, 10:56 am PT (01:56 pm ET)

Penguin appeases EU regulators by ditching e-book deal with Apple

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The European Commission on Thursday announced that it has reached an agreement with book publisher Penguin, ending its antitrust probe against the company.


The European Union's legislative arm officially approved the conditions it and Penguin reached , the commission announced in a press release. Per the terms of those conditions, Penguin will not make any agreements that would allow it, and not a retailer, to set prices on titles.

The agreement brings to an end the so-called "most favored nation" pricing agreement Penguin had with Apple, which allowed the publisher to set content pricing as long as it didn't sell said content to another retailer for less.

Major book publishers and Apple had agreed to an "agency model" of pricing when the iPad with iBooks debuted. That was a change from the "wholesale model" they had before with book sellers like Amazon, which were allowed to resell e-books at or below cost.

Apple's e-books deals found the company under fire on both sides of the Atlantic. Apple and the accused publishers outside of Penguin reached a settlement in Europe , but Apple fought an antitrust suit from the U.S. Department of Justice in its home country.

But Apple , as a judge found that the iPad maker had conspired with book publishers to raise the price of e-books. Apple has appealed the decision, but if the ruling stands, one estimate published Thursday speculates that Apple could pay in damages.

Nokia Lumia 720 Goes on Sale in Russia

Pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 720 kicked off in Russia about a week ago, and now the smartphone is available for purchase.

reports that Russian retailer Svyaznoy now sells the Lumia 720 for 14,990 rubles outright, which is about $485 or €370. The smartphone is available in four color options: black, white, red, and yellow.

The smartphone comes equipped with a dual-core processor clocked at 1GHz, 512MB of RAM, and 8GB of internal memory, which can be further expanded up to 64GB via microSD memory card.

sports a 4.3-inch ClearBlack display that supports 480 x 800 pixels resolution and features Corning Gorilla Glass 2 coating.

There’s also a 6.1-megapixel camera on the back, which features Carl Zeiss optics, autofocus, LED flash, and HD (720p) video recording. A secondary 1.3-megapixel camera is included as well.

Here is your second chance to win an iPad mini

A few weeks ago, we ran one of our , which allowed to go home with an iPad mini. With thousands of entries, it was a very popular giveaway, to say the least.

Today, we team up with the fine folks at to offer you a second shot at winning an iPad mini. Big Fish Games is a huge iOS game developer that has dozens of apps under its belt, and not only will they give away an iPad mini to one of you, but they also decided to give a copy of to all of you.

Now let’s find out the details of this giveaway, shall we?

How to enter to win an iPad mini

We’re going to make this very easy to enter the giveaway, with a few twists for those of you who want to increase their chances to win.

All you have to do to enter to win is to:

You comment should look like this:

Here is the promo code I used KK7NFRXT6L4E, and here is my Twitter username @SebastienPage

Note that the game is only available in the following countries: United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

For additional chances to win, you may do any or all of the following:

Who can enter?

Anyone of any age living in the following countries can enter: United States, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and United Kingdom.

The fine print

For logistic reasons, we won’t be able to ship an iPad mini to someone who lives outside the US. Instead, if you live outside the US and win this giveaway, we will send you an Apple Store gift card worth $329. If you live in the US, then we’ll ship a 16GB iPad mini of the color of your choice, or an Apple Store gift card.

The winner will be selected next Wednesday and be contacted via Twitter DM. Good luck to everyone, and thanks to Big Fish Games for sponsoring this giveaway.

Apple iPad mini event now available for streaming

For the first time in more than 5 years, Apple offered up of this morning’s media event to the public. So if you had an Apple TV, iPhone, or were at your computer, you could watch the event unfold live.

But if for some reason or another you didn’t catch the live feed, we have some good news for you. Apple has just posted the video to its website and it’s now available for playback. More details after the break…

You can watch this morning’s event in its entirety by visiting the following link??on a computer or iOS device. Just remember that certain restrictions do apply.

You must have Safari 4 or later on Mac OS X 10.6 or later, ?Safari on iOS 4.2 or later, or QuickTime 7 on Windows. And streaming via Apple TV requires a second- or third-generation model, with software 5.0.2 or later.

If you don’t feel like watching the whole clip, or are just craving more information on today’s happenings, stay tuned to iDB. We’ll continue providing you with up-to-the-minute news throughout the day.

Samsung confirmed to be manufacturer of Apple's new A7 chip in iPhone 5s

Friday, September 20, 2013, 10:53 am PT (01:53 pm ET)

Samsung confirmed to be manufacturer of Apple's new A7 chip in iPhone 5s

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Apple has once again turned to Samsung to manufacture its new 64-bit A7 processor that powers the flagship iPhone 5s, an analysis of the system-on-a-chip has confirmed.


The silicon experts at Chipworks revealed that the new A7 ARM CPU, custom designed by Apple, was in fact fabricated at Samsung's foundry.

They are still looking for closer details, but suspect that the processor will utilize Samsung's 28-nanometer Hi K metal Gate. If that prediction proves accurate, it would mean Apple is using the same process as the Galaxy S4's Exynos Application processor.

Chipworks also found the new M7 motion coprocessor inside the iPhone 5s, which is labeled as the NXP LPC18A1. It's based on the LPC1800 series Cortx-M3 microcontrollers made by NXP

As for the enhanced camera in the iPhone 5s, the iSight module was discovered to be a custom Exmor-RS sensor from Sony. Other parts in the handset include a touchscreen controller from Broadcom, an LTE modem by Qualcomm, and NAND flash from SK Hynix.

But it's the CPU that powers the iPhone 5s that has been of , as all of custom A-series chips to date have been built by Samsung. There have been indications that Apple would prefer to move away from Samsung, and potentially to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., for its chip production, as Samsung is Apple's chief competitor in a number of markets.

Apple has worked in recent years to lessen its reliance on Samsung for other key parts, such as flash memory found in the iPhone and iPad. But to date, Samsung's silicon fabrication facilities in Austin, Tex., have been responsible for all A-series chips.