Amazon's new games show what only the Fire Phone can do

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img src="http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/midas/ae369b2c715d0ccd6f96870d85709308/200296386/amzn4.jpg" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-top: 1em;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Looks like Amazon plans to take advantage of the Fire phone's head-tracking tech at every turn, so it put its Game Studio to work developing two new titles especially for the device. The first one called <em>Saber's Edge</em> is a strategic pirate puzzle game, while the other, called<em>To-Fu Fury</em>, is a puzzle platformer (think <em>'Splosion Man</em>) that stars a tofu martial artist. They sound like funny, typical mobile games, other than the fact that they support the Fire phone's "Dynamic Perspective" feature that tracks the movements of a user's head. Sadly, you can't exactly control the games by moving your noggin (that might sound silly, but at least that'll make the games truly unique), but you can peek around the corners to see hidden obstacles or bonuses. Of course, you can always just tilt the phone if you don't want to look silly in public. If you don't mind the games' limited support for the feature, you can grab em for $1.99 each -- but only if you're also getting the Fire Phone, which starts shipping this week.</span></div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 384px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" id="fitvid974564" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/84OYT-1r9Jk?wmode=opaque" style="height: 384px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 630px;"></iframe></div> </div> <div style="color: #333333; line-height: 25.600000381469727px; text-align: center;"> <div class="fluid-width-video-wrapper" style="padding: 384px 0px 0px; position: relative; width: 630px;"> <iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" id="fitvid317159" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/z8x4GnKri3c?wmode=opaque" style="height: 384px; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px; width: 630px;"></iframe></div> </div> </div>

Amazon's new games show what only the Fire Phone can do

Looks like Amazon plans to take advantage of the Fire phone's head-tracking tech at every turn, so it put its Game Studio to work developing two new titles especially for the device. The first one ca…

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amazon drone delivery program is taking pace

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The plan for <a href="http://www.amazon.com/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="Amazon">Amazon</a> to begin shipping deliveries via drone is gathering pace as the company sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (<a href="http://www.faa.gov/" style="color: #0092dd;" target="_blank" title="FAA">FAA</a>) this week. The global giant is “incredibly passionate about” its Amazon Prime Air feature.  The service would see airborne drones delivering packages to registered customers “in 30 minutes or less,” according to the letter.</span></div> <div class="wp-caption alignnone" id="attachment_17322" style="background: rgb(236, 240, 244); color: #5f6d80; float: none; line-height: 23.310400009155273px; padding: 10px; text-align: center; width: 718px;"> <a href="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/www.pcworld.com_.jpg" style="color: #0092dd;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><img alt="Amazon Prime Air Drone Program" class="lazy size-full wp-image-17322 data-lazy-ready" data-lazy-src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/www.pcworld.com_.jpg" data-lazy-type="image" height="385" src="http://news.filehippo.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/www.pcworld.com_.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border: 0px; display: inline; max-width: 708px; padding: 10px;" width="708" /></span></a><br /> <div class="wp-caption-text" style="font-style: italic;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Amazon Prime Air Drone Program</span></div> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">According to the letter, Amazon has said they are developing drones, which can travel over 50 miles per hour and be capable of carrying packages of up to 5 pounds.  Amazon state that covers 86% of all the packages, which are sold on Amazon. It also asks the FAA to allow the company “expedited operational authorization” to develop and research civil unmanned aircraft under the FAA Modernization Reform Act of 2012.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Amazon’s VP of global public policy Paul Misener, said in the letter the company is already working on their eighth and ninth-generation drones, and they have been conducting private research indoors at a facility in Seattle. To begin testing the drones for outdoors use, however, Amazon will require special permission.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The FAA Modernization Reform Act of 2012 gave the FAA increased funding to update their air traffic control regulations.  This was necessary before commercial drones can legally take to the skies. The act also allows for certain exemptions for the development and research of drones. That’s what Amazon is requesting in this letter.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">People were initially sceptical of the drone plan, since the announcement first came to light just before the 2013 winter holiday season.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">What do you think?  As always, if you would like to leave a sensible comment, then please do so in the comments section below.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #5f6d80; line-height: 23.310400009155273px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">source-<a href="http://news.filehippo.com/2014/07/amazon-requests-permission-faa-drone-program/" target="_blank">techbeat</a></span></div> </div>

amazon drone delivery program is taking pace

The plan for Amazon to begin shipping deliveries via drone is gathering pace as the company sent a letter to the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) this week. The global giant is “incredibly passi…

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