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Minecraft is coming to Gear VR! Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

The free Gear VR headset you got with your new Galaxy S7 is about to get even more entertaining.

Microsoft has confirmed that hit building game Minecraft is coming to Samsung’s futuristic wearable, allowing you to immerse yourself in amazing blocky worlds like never before.

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Google is finding increasingly effective ways to keep its data secure. Photo: David J. Roger

The latest Google Transparency Report shows that since January 23, 77 percent of all requests to its servers have used encrypted connections.

The numbers on the new report are current as of February 27, and the company says it’s “working hard” to achieve full encryption across all of its services.

New York Cheesecake anyone? Photo: Sabotrax/Flickr (CC-licensed)

New York Cheesecake anyone? Photo: Sabotrax/Flickr (CC-licensed)

We don’t know what Android N’s official nickname will be yet, but we do know it won’t be as silly as the codename it has been given internally.

Android 6.0.1 with TouchWiz on Galaxy S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

Android 6.0.1 with TouchWiz on Galaxy S7. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android

If you’re still waiting for Android 6.0 Marshmallow to come to your Samsung Galaxy smartphone, you’re missing out on a whole bunch of great new features. But you don’t have to miss out on the new look.

Samsung’s new icons and user interface changes can be had on Lollipop-powered handsets thanks to the new TouchWiz 6.0 theme.

More of your Android apps are going to look like this. Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac

More of your Android apps are going to look like this. Photo: Rob LeFebvre/Cult of Mac

Your Android apps are going to get an iOS-style makeover soon, thanks to new design guidelines from Google.

Mostly concerned with the bottom of Android apps, Google is looking to have its developers place a bar across the bottom of their apps that will let users navigate between different sections of the app, just like iOS currently does.

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