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Microsoft Reveals Xbox One, Talks About TV

Shak Hussain — Wed, 22 May 2013 11:53:05 +0000

On Tuesday 21st May, Microsoft revealed their next generation of gaming, with the Xbox One. However, despite being touted as a gaming device for the past few months, Microsoft spent 75% of the time talking about TV and sports, announcing just two exclusive titles at the event, only one of … [Read More]

Chat Apps Overtake SMS For First Time Ever

Shak Hussain — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 07:03:56 +0000

Instant messaging applications on smartphones such as WhatsApp and Viber have overtaken the SMS market for the first time ever according to research firm Informa. Informa’s research suggests that 19 billion messages were set each day on chat apps, compared to 17.6 billion SMS messages in 2012. Another research company, … [Read More]

Google Play Found to be Hosting 32 Malware Infested Apps

Shak Hussain — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:19:06 +0000

Lookout, a mobile security provider, has revealed that they have found no less than 32 apps on the Android Google Play Store, that are infected with a new strain of malware known as BadNews. According to statistics on the Google Play store, the combined affected applications have been downloaded … [Read More]

Adam Orth, Microsoft Creative Director Deletes LinkedIn Account

Shak Hussain — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:38:51 +0000

Adam Orth, a Microsoft Games Studios creative director who caused a massive row on Twitter, Neogaf and several other gaming websites when he dismissed ‘Always Online’ DRM as a major issue in gaming, has now not only protected his tweets on Twitter, but has also removed his account from … [Read More]

Microsoft Creative Director Suggests ‘Always Online’ for Next Xbox

Shak Hussain — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 17:51:30 +0000

Adam Orth, a Creative Director at Microsoft Studios, has suggested that the next Xbox, commonly known as Durango or Xbox 720, will require users to be always online whilst playing games or running apps. In an ill-thought out Twitter tirade with Senior gameplay designer at BioWare, Manveer Heir, Orth posted … [Read More]

Unreal Engine 4 Split-screen PS4 vs PC Comparison; PS4 Impressive

Shak Hussain — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:35:15 +0000

During the Game Developers Conference (GDC) this year, Epic Games unveiled an Unreal Engine 4 demonstration running in real-time for the PlayStation 4. This Elemental demo was also shown last year running on PC, and we were very impressed at the time, so we decided to make a quick split-screen … [Read More]

Xbox 720 to Require License Keys and Activation?

Shak Hussain — Sat, 23 Mar 2013 16:34:08 +0000

One of the big rumours that’s hit the internet recently is that the next Xbox, often referred to as the Xbox 720, will force users to install all the games that they buy to the hard drive, and will not require the game to be in the drive once they … [Read More]

Apple Retail Store Now Open in Leeds

Shak Hussain — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:26:04 +0000

The UK’s 36th Apple Retail Store has today opened for business in Leeds. The shop is located at Trinity Leeds Shopping Centre in Leeds, so you can learn all about the Mac and iPod, check out an iPad and see everything an iPhone can do. And if you find something … [Read More]

eBay to Lower Seller Fees in Competition with Amazon

Shak Hussain — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:53:36 +0000

eBay has announced that it will be lowering seller fees on its popular auction website, in order to better compete with rival Amazon. The company will be simplifying it’s final value fee system, which will now be determined by product categories rather than a percentage fee based on the item’s … [Read More]

Adblock Plus Pulled from Google Play Store

Shak Hussain — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 13:09:50 +0000

Google has recently decided to remove all ad-blocking applications for Android operating systems from it’s Google Play store, citing a line from their terms and conditions as the reason. As such Adblock Plus has been removed from the store, as well as several other popular ad-blocking apps which required the … [Read More]