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IOS 4.1 is already among us

Gary Singer — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:36:14 +0000

In the musical event on iPods, which happened in early September, Steve Jobs announced the news of the new version of IOS. Yesterday on September 8, it was finally released for 3G iPhones, 3G and 4 and iPod touch 2G and 3G.Because Apple had already announced, Game Center is not available to all mobile devices. Only the iPhone 3G and 4 and the iPod touch second generation onwards can enjoy the core game.

Among the latest IOS 4.1 we have the aforementioned Game Center, iTunes Ping, the ability to upload HD videos to YouTube and MobileMe (using the Wi-Fi) and the HDR photos. Also corrected the problems in the proximity sensor, Bluetooth and bugs related to the iPhone 3G.

It is possible to upgrade the IOS through iTunes and remember always make a backup of your data before installing the operating system.

Bing Entertainment : Comprehensive Resource on Entertainment

Gary Singer — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:50:03 +0000

A survey from Bing reveled the hard fact that most people (near about 76%) wishes for one comprehensive resource to get movies, TV, music and games information. Ad everyone wants speedy information and does not want o involve in clutter and waste their time in searching. To keep this in mind Bing has introduced BING ENTERTAINMENT which specializes in above mention entertainment fields.

This platform will surely work for you as decision engine because it is designed to make better entertainment decision

The press release informs that Bing Music allows you to find out and sample more than 5 million songs and lyrics for free. Now people can purchase song just by one click from itunes, amazon or Zune Now the people can directly but from Zune catalogue over the web from Zune.net – anytime, anywhere.

Through bing one can play 100 basic games from the search result itself.now its easy to Acess TV shows and buys tickets.. Complete information has been provided on these links

Bing Entertainment is available at Bing.com/entertainment.

Screenshots and a Fact Sheet regarding Bing Entertainment are available at Microsoft News Center.

For more info about Bing Entertainment check out the Bing blog post

Portal 2 arrives on PC and Mac

Ernesto Custodioe — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:22:18 +0000

Valve Software has announced the release later this year of Portal 2. Portal, who was at the base, a small bonus to the Orange Box edition is now a full game. The game is ready to be released on Mac, Xbox 360 and PC platforms.

Valve announced a host of innovations in terms of game play, counting a good section on the contribution of physics. New objects, allowing fans to push the items, paint can change the physical nature of the walls through the “Portal Gun” Portal 2 seems to offer many interesting ideas. Moreover, it will also provide a novel co-op mode where participants can control both heroes bionic.

The developer Valve will benefit from the Game Developers Conference, being held this week in San Francisco.

Superbowl ad courtesy Google

Gary Singer — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:21:40 +0000

Google CEO Eric Schmidt implicit yesterday that Google may be running their first ever Superbowl ad in a Tweet he sent out and through details leaked to search blogger John Battelle.

Battelle believes that the ad Google will run is called “Parisian Love.” It’s a sweet tale of searching for love and finding it–without ever leaving the comfort of your laptop.

He also kindly pointed to a 2006 Schmidt quote that described brand advertising as “the last bastion of unaccountable spending in Corporate America.”

The tweet has following text Can’t wait to watch the Superbowl tomorrow. Be sure to watch the ads in the 3rd quarter (someone said “Hell has indeed frozen over.”) — Eric Schmidt

Teens like Sony, Nintendo bigger than Microsoft

Nancy White — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:10:03 +0000

The Global Habbo Youth Survey measures teenagers’ attitudes towards major technology brands and reveals some interesting insights into how the yoof of today feels about names like Sony, Apple, Nintendo, Microsoft and Nokia.

Habbo’s Youth Survey Brand Update 2009 polled 112,000 teenagers aged 11 to 19 to find the amongst the gaming platform holders the PlayStation brand was the most persuasive.

Sony came first and Apple came second for consumer technology globally, followed closely by Nintendo. Among UK teenagers, Apple won but Nintendo remained in third with Sony holding on to second place.

Among websites, MySpace and YouTube snared the number one and two spots respectively, with Facebook getting the third spot. Furthermore, in mobile phone category, Nokia is still the leader with around 21 percent of the respondents voted for the brand, down from 29 percent last year, followed by Sony Ericsson.

Habbo UK manager commented: “It would seem teen brand loyalty is directly linked to desirability of the product. Technological innovation is attractive to teens, but it is equally important for brands to excite young people by engaging with them in ways that are relevant”.