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Star Wars: Tiny Death Star fulfills your planet destroyer fantasies, 8-bit style Oct 7th 2013, 06:59, by Juan Carlos Torres Who said building a planet-sized world-destroying space station has to be a chore? Definitely not Disney Mobile as it embarks on a quest to push the popular apartment management simulation game back into the public’s consciousness with a different twist that only a cute 8-bit Darth Vader could give. With a twitch of his hand and some dark Force help, of course. Collaborating with Star Wars license holder LucasArts and Tiny Tower developers NimbleBit, Disney Mobile will be bringing together the addictive gameplay of Tiny Tower, simple yet irresistibly fascinating 8-bit artwork, and the most loved, or hated, characters and species from the Star Wars universe, all in one mobile package. You probably never imagine being able to fit a whole Death Star in your bag, much less your pocket. In Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, you take the role of a true landlord from hell, Emperor Palpatine or Darth Vader, and control your own Death Star. But unlike the drab, militaristic, and violent space station in the films, your Death Star has one goal and one goal alone: to attract Galactic bitizens in order to stuff your pockets with their business, and build up your beloved space station, which may or may not destroy their homeworlds in the future. Disney Mobile has not given much details aside from some teaser text and a tasty game cover. The game will be available for both Android and iOS and will be released worldwide soon. VIA: SlashGear Samsung Galaxy Note 3 can now be region unlocked thanks to RegionLock Away Oct 7th 2013, 06:30, by Juan Carlos Torres Remember that pesky region restriction on the Galaxy Note 3 that has gotten Samsung a lot of flack for lately? That may now be a thing of the past thanks to XDA elite developer Chainfire’s new app that will open up the device to territories previously unavailable. The gist of the matter is that the Galaxy Note 3, and apparently some other handsets once the appropriate update has been applied, are configured to work only with SIM cards in the region they were bought in. While this won’t affect normal usage, it becomes a huge obstacle to people who routinely travel to other countries, as they will be forced to use their original SIM card, and accumulate roaming charges, instead of being able to switch to a cheaper local SIM. Although Samsung has issued a statement clarifying the issue, as well as a way out of the problem, the problem still exists for majority of uses and the damage has somewhat been done to tarnish Samsung’s image. XDA’s Chainfire might have another solution at hand via an app called RegionLock Away. It seems that the region lock mechanism is based on a blacklist that blocks carriers and countries from functioning. Sounds simple enough, but there are a few caveats. First, as with most apps of such nature, the Galaxy Note 3 has to be rooted in order for it to work. Secondly, it only works on device models SM-N9005 that are running MI7 firmware version. Meet these requirement and you’re good to go. Here’s a video showing how the RegionLock Away works. Such methods might not be to every user’s taste and some might prefer to go the official route via a SIM unlocking procedures. Still, it’s good to know that the developer community have made an alternative, just in case. SOURCE: XDA Develoeprs

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