Wednesday, December 5, 2012

IT News Head Lines (Digital Trends) 06/12/2012

Digital Trends Most mobile Web traffic comes from iOS, not Android, study says A new study has shown that most Internet traffic from mobile devices comes from iOS devices, such as various models of iPhones and iPads.
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Verizon CEO: Redbox Instant won’t launch until early 2013 The partnership between Verizon and Redbox won't bear fruit as quickly as some had hoped, with Verizon's CEO telling reporters that the service won't launch this month as rumored, but instead at some undisclosed point within the first half of 2013.
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Digital Trends’ 2012 Gaming Awards Nominees As the year comes to an end, we look back at the year in gaming.
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Despite mankind’s woes, Earth remains pretty in NASA book NASA has released a new coffee table book and downloadable PDF and iPad app that illustrates stunning photography of our planet.
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Facebook’s hated policy changes set to pass without a fight Facebook’s recently proposed changes to it its terms of service and privacy policy will pass, despite overwhelming opposition from users, if the rate of voting continues at its current pace. Voting for the proposed changes to Facebook’s Data Use Policy (privacy policy) and Statement of Rights and Responsibilities (terms of service) began on Monday, December
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Disney inks new Pay-TV deal with… Netflix? Disney has signed away its exclusive TV rights from 2016... to a company that isn't even on television. For three years, Netflix will control the House of Mouse when it comes to small screens everywhere.
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Android will remain most popular mobile platform through 2016, IDC says Google's Android mobile operating system accounted for most of the mobile market share in 2012, and it is expected to keep that spot for another four years.
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Ignore previous designs – this is what the new Yahoo homepage will look like The latest reported design for the new Yahoo homepage under Marissa Mayor, CEO of Yahoo, looks promising and uses responsive design to fit mobile devices.
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2013 Ford Fusion and C-Max Hybrid EPA ratings don’t hold up in the real world The 2013 Ford Fusion and C-Max hybrids carry impressive EPA ratings, but road testers say they aren't living up to those numbers in real-world driving.
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Mini digicam channels the spirit of Polaroid A design group in Hong Kong has created a small digital camera that replicates the look of the iconic Polaroid SX-70 One Step instant camera.
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New domain name registrations hint at Valve’s movie plans Valve cultivates scrutiny and intrigue. The Half-Life studio is so secretive about its plans that every single thing it does triggers wild speculation about its plans. The latest: New Valve domain names suggest the company is making movies.
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Hands on: Samsung’s AllShare Hub turns any TV into a mirror of your phone The AllShare Cast Wireless Hub makes it possible to mirror your Samsung smartphone, tablet, or PC screen to an HDTV, but is the convenience worth $100?
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Toshiba’s new 10-inch Jelly Bean tablet set to launch this Friday for $350 Toshiba has announced that its Excite 10 SE tablet, the successor to the Excite 10 LE, will launch on Dec. 6. It features Android 4.1 out of the box.
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Apple hiring ‘dozens’ of Texas Instrument engineers to improve chips A report indicates Apple is hiring ex-Texas Instruments employees in Israel to work on chips for iOS devices and computers.
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Square Enix apologizes for short-lived Hitman ad campaign Square Enix rolled out yet another poorly planned attempt at advertising Hitman: Absolution again, one that it was forced to remove less than an hour later.
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USPTO denies Microsoft’s application for Killer Instinct trademark Microsoft hyped up old school fighting game fans in September when it announced it was refiling its trademark for Killer Instinct, but the USPTO has denied the application due to a cancelled Fox TV show.
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Under Defeat HD review: The shooter preservationist society G.Rev's Under Defeat HD is a period piece in the best possible way, a polished recreation of a cult classic but also an ideal specimen of a lost gaming craft. They simply don't make shooters like this anymore, and this game demonstrates why that's a shame.
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With the new S-Class Mercedes-Benz hasn’t reinvented the wheel but nearly everything else Mercedes-Benz push for S-Class innovation is twofold: to keep drivers safe and to remain at the forefront of automotive engineering and innovation.
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Facebook Messenger boots own signup system for name, phone number on Android Facebook has uncharacteristically removed its own Facebook signup system to enable new users to sign up with just their name and phone number.
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Think before you sync: A few things to consider before enabling Facebook Photo Sync Before you go ahead and sync your smartphone photo gallery to your Facebook, consider a few of the privacy and security implications. As the social network makes a dive into the deep end of big data, there are a handful of reasons we need to think twice before connecting all of our mobile photos with our accounts.
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Watch a beaded, stop-motion Mario take on reality Using beads, heat and stop-motion animation, two amateur Nintendo fans were able to bridge the Mushroom Kingdom and our reality, forcing Mario to tackle the real world.
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Windows 8 is a video game industry failure according to Valve and the NPD Group Valve co-founder Gabe Newell called Windows 8 a "catastrophe" earlier this year. After more than a month on shelves, Microsoft's new operating system has certainly lived up to Newell's words in the gaming industry.
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The Walking Dead hits retail in one week Come December 11, those of you who've skipped the episodic digital releases of Telltale's brilliant adventure game adaptation of Robert Kirkman's The Walking Dead will finally be able to pick up a disc containing all five chapters of the first season.
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Best fitness gadgets and tech to get you into shape Get svelte after the holidays and lose those pounds with our rundown of the best fitness gadgets and technology out there.
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Motorola loses battle to ban Microsoft’s Xbox 360 in US and Germany Microsoft won a crucial battle in its ongoing patent war with Motorola this week as an International Trade Commission judge rules that the Xbox 360 won't be banned from sale in the US and Germany.
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Rumor: Darkseid plays the villain in Justice League movie Will the Justice League square off against the intergalactic villainy of Darkseid in their inevitable feature film debut? Latino Review certainly seems to think so.
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Saleen 351 Mustang: Legendary name returns to the Mustang tuning game There are many tuned Mustangs, but the Saleen is backed by one of the best names in the business, and 700 hp.
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Tweetro is back up on the Windows Store, but the Twitter app doesn’t come cheap Due to Twitter's API limits, Tweetro is the latest third-party client to go the paid route.
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Gmail 2.0 launched for iPhone and iPad updated with new features, Google+ integration Gmail is the email service of choice for many people, but the mobile app that accompanied it was barely usable for far too long. Stop looking for alternatives and head back to the source, because Google has updated Gmail for iOS. Version 2.0 has a new look and desperately needed features.
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How to access your iCloud Photo Stream from your Mac Taking full advantage of you iCloud Photo Stream syncing can be less intuitive than you might guess. Here are two quick and easy ways to instantly access your iCloud Photo Stream pictures from your Mac.
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