May 23, 2013

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BenQ’s “R100″ to be launched in early 2011

BenQ ‘s R100 Android Tablet Image

BenQ is expected to launch its first tablet PC powered with Android in Q1 2011 in Taiwan and China, R100 tablet features 10.1-inch touch screen LCD display with 1024 x 600. A processor used in this tablet-based ARM made by Samsung is running at 833 MHz, according to BenQ. BenQ is coming to a competition [...]

Flipboard Adds Google Reader and Flickr Support

Flipboard Adds Google Reader and Flickr Support

iTunes application store today released the latest version of iPad social magazine application “Flipboard”. New version adds support for Google Reader and Flickr services, support, changed the navigation system, and improved content sharing capabilities. In addition, Flipboard also added support for Flickr service. Flickr excellent results in the iPad in look, you can view photos, [...]

Apple Launching “Mac App Store” on December 13th ?

Mac App Store Image

Rumor is going around that Apple might be targeting to launch the Mac App Store as early as December 13th. Jobs himself said that it would go live “within 90 days” back when the iOS-inspired App Store was announced on October 20th, that’s mid January, if the timeframe is carried to its fullest extent.Even though Apple [...]

OnLive Announces $10 Monthly Game Streaming Plan

The streaming video game microconsole, OnLive has revealed details behind an upcoming subscription plan called “PlayPack,” which will beginning January 15 and will offer a specific backlog of games on the OnLive service for unlimited play for a flat rate of $9.99 a month. The service, named OnLive PlayPack, has 14 games at the moment, [...]

BBC Global iPlayer Subscription Based App for iPad Coming Soon

BBC iPlayer Image for Apple i Pad

BBC has plans to launch their global version of the iPlayer as a subscription-based app for the iPad. According to a report by the Financial Times, quoting Luke Bradley-Jones, managing director of BBC.com, as saying that the network plans to expand its UK-only iPlayer platform “to initially launch just on the iPad platform, as it [...]

Activision CEO Says CoD Multiplayer will Never be Subscription Based

Activision Call of Duty Multiplayer

Call of Duty multiplayer will always be free. That’s according the head of Activision Publishing, Eric Hirshberg, who refuted claims made by Michael Pachter that Activision would roll out premium subscriptions for online play. Supposedly Activision is waiting until the backlash will have less of an effect from the current sales of Black Ops. The [...]

“Apple iOS 4.3 “- launching on December?

Apple iOS image

Even though Apple just released iOS 4.2, its latest operating system for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch, version 4.3 could be right around the corner. Earlier this month a secret project was reported between Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch (pictured above) to get people interested in paying for news again. French Apple fan site [...]

D-Link Boxee Box HD Player Review – More Videos Emerges

The D-link Boxee Box HD Media Player! Watch, organize, share, you are now in full control of your TV for the first time. The freedom to watch what you want. It’s thousands of TV shows ready to watch, instantly. It’s tons of free movies, Hollywood blockbusters, and critically acclaimed films. It’s your videos, your Pandora [...]

Roblox Gameplay : First Look Review Video

Roblox MMO Gameplay

Roblox is a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) virtual playground and workshop designed for children aged 6 and over. Players can, if they choose to, building games with blocks, in various shapes, sizes and materials. Roblox users can script the places they design with Lua 5.1. First of all, lets get this out of the [...]

Roblox Multiplayer Online Game Review

Roblox Multiplayer Online Game

Roblox is an open ended browser based MMO where players create and explore Lego-like worlds. There are no levels or goals in Roblox, instead creativity and socializing are encouraged. The site itself is designed much like MySpace with groups to join and friends to be made. What sets game apart is the fact that all [...]

Qualcomm Prepares to Halt Flo TV (Chrysler’s In-Car TV Service)

Qualcomm FlowTV

Qualcomm has preparing to halt sales to consumers of mobile 3G-based TV devices, called “Flo TV”  by the company, with service to the devices being halted in spring of next year. Flo TV content provided to handset phones (such as Verizon’s VCast) is “unaffected at this time,” but the company is holding talks with various [...]

Microsoft Increased Xbox Live Gold Subscription Rates for Xbox Live Online Community

xbox logo

On Monday, Microsoft announced it is raising the price of admission to its Xbox Live online community where people can play videogames or watch movies using Xbox 360 consoles. Yearly subscriptions will increase from $50 to $60, quarterly subscriptions will jump from $20 to $25, and monthly subscriptions will go up from $8 to $10. [...]