It's been a pretty interesting 24 hours or so if you happen to be a games console fan; and with Microsoft having earlier showcased a bunch of new, upcoming features encircling its popular Xbox 360 console, Sony has also had its say on proceedings by showing off its Cross Play feature, along with one or two other significant announcements.
In this wonderful modern world that we live in, there isn't really a great deal that can't be proved or disproved by applying science and logic to the situation, but what about those instances when we want to generate results by using concrete? Yes, you heard me, concrete. Common sense should really dictate that when it comes to smartphones, gravity and rock solid concrete, there will really only be one victor, but when has common sense ever stopped us from doing anything?
If you are like me and make use of a number of different web browsers, then it can become a little confusing to keep up with release schedules and what has actually been included when a company like Mozilla or Google pushes out a new update. For those who use Firefox regularly, you will probably be aware that for one reason or another Mozilla have changed the way they release updates, and whether or not that is to keep in line with competitors is open for discussion.
EA has been especially busy during the opening half of this year, and that work ethic shows no sign of petering out with more details emerging about the upcoming Battlefield 3 Premium service. Gone are the days when a game would be sold and that was that, publishers are now really upping their game (pun intended) in offering additional content for the hardcore players, and the Battlefield 3 expansion looks rather tasty indeed, although will set gamers back a cool $50.
Being big fans of technology, we were somewhat hoping for a big announcement of some juicy new hardware at E3, but just because Microsoft didn't unveil anything gadgety, that doesn't mean to say there wasn't anything on show of significance.
Not long ago, there was a rumor that Microsoft was going to announce a feature called SmartGlass for tablets and phones at E3, allowing users to interact with content on the Xbox using their "second-screen" devices. Well, that rumor has panned out to be true; during its E3 keynote, Microsoft did officially announce the service.
Microsoft’s Don Mattrick has kicked off Microsoft E3 event today by announcing its flagship Xbox 360 console has gone from being the biggest selling console in North America to the most popular console worldwide.
While the US is usually first in line when it comes to product releases, the release of Samsung smartphones goes spectacularly against the grain. The release of the Google Galaxy Nexus (manufactured by the Korean electronics giant), was delayed by months as stateside tech fans waited on an apparent whim for the landmark release.
The Redsn0w jailbreak tool is what the jailbreak community considers to be the "Old Faithful". Sure, plenty of other groups get in on the act with their various jailbreak utilities, but it seems as though no matter what firmware version is released, the iPhone Dev Team always comes though with alterations to its iconic tool in order to help iOS users liberate their otherwise heavily-restricted devices.
Regardless of whether you are the type of person who fully embraces the social network culture and repeatedly update your status and timelines, or the type of person who totally disagrees with broadcasting your every move while waking through the world, the fact is that Facebook and Twitter are big business and are undoubtedly here to stay. With the public launch of iOS 5 last October, we saw the first steps of a social trend, with Apple integrating Twitter into iOS and allowing system-wide sharing of information directly to the service.
