High import taxes are the reason for the PS4′s astronomical price in Brazil
“It’s not good for our gamers and it’s not good for the PlayStation brand,” says Sony executive. In most markets around the world Sony is attempting to create some uniformity in pricing for the Playstation 4, if that uniformity only means 399. Brazil, on the other hand, is an exception: the console will cost a [...]
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‘Titanfall’ heading to Xbox One, Xbox 360 and PC on March 11
One of the most eagerly awaited Microsoft-exclusive titles will be launching on March 11. Titanfall is a first-person shooting game that features a lot of heavy mechs. Players can play as a Titan, which is a heavily armored mech, or as a pilot. The game only has an online multiplayer mode, in which players go [...]
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Microsoft removes ‘RT’ from Surface’s name
Microsoft spokesperson says removal is to “stay consistent” with naming structure. Microsoft’s ARM-based Surface will no longer be known as the Surface RT after today. After dropping the RT designator for the newly-launched Surface 2, Microsoft has removed the RT from all of the product pages of the original Surface as well. The RT in [...]
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HTC Chairwoman wants to regain customer loyalty, emphasizes ‘end-user experience’ as company’s new focus
HTC’s Chairwoman and co-founder, Cher Wang, will clock in more hours at the office in an effort to revitalize and inject some confidence into the company’s workforce. Competition in the smartphone market has intensified to the point where even an established firm like HTC is struggling to capture the attention of shoppers worldwide. The company’s [...]
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OS X ‘Mavericks’ released as free download
Today at its event in San Francisco California, Apple revealed that the latest update to Mac OS X – Mavericks – will be launched today as a free download to Macintosh users. This release follows the company’s conference held in June, when it unveiled version 10.9 of Mac OS X, and promised the operating system [...]
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Apple announces the iPad Air and iPad Mini
Apple unveiled its next-generation iPad, which will be called the iPad Air. The iPad Mini has also been refreshed and comes with a Retina display. The iPad Air is thinner, lighter and faster. It comes with a 9.7-inch Retina display with a 43 percent thinner bezel size and is 20 percent thinner than the iPad [...]
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Apple announces new 13 and 15-inch Macbook Pros
Apple unveiled new versions of the 13-inch and 15-inch Macbook Pros today at an event in California. Apple’s first announcements at its fall keynote were two refreshed models of its Macbook Pros: a new 13 and 15-inch model. The 13-inch Macbook Pro has a Retina Display, weighs just 3.46 pounds, and is thinner than the [...]
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Sony once considered an Xbox-like design for the PS4 controller
In another world, the Playstation 4’s controller would have had an analog stick above the directional pad. Sony once toyed with the idea of taking design cues from Microsoft’s Xbox controller, Sony product planning manager Toshimasa Aoki said in a recent interview with GamesBeat. According to Aoki, planning started on the PS4’s controller in 2010 [...]
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Google acquires DroidBooster startup to speed up Android performance
Android might be getting another performance boost in the near future, thanks to Google’s acquisition of FlexyCore, a startup known for releasing DroidBooster. The DroidBooster app, which is no longer available, helped in improving Java code execution on Android while taking less CPU cycles. While the acquisition – which is supposedly worth $23 million – was [...]
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Plastic shell and 16 MP camera gain credence as possible Samsung Galaxy S5 features
Rumors are a dime a dozen ahead of each and every high-profile mobile tech unveiling, and, with so much time left until Samsung Galaxy S5′s formal intro, it’s definitely not wise to take anything for granted just yet. But even in the quicksandy rumor arena, there are stories as fake as a two-dollar bill as [...]
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Microsoft starts selling Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2 tablets, but is anyone buying?
Right on schedule, Microsoft has rolled out the second wave of Surface tablets, this time running Windows 8.1 and RT 8.1. But with lukewarm critical reception, extravagant pricing structures and severe software glitches, can they wipe the slate clean and make MS money instead of bleed it? Judging by how many people are reported to [...]
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Apple iPhone 5c sales reportedly gaining traction, especially on American soil
A lot of virtual ink has been spilled in the past couple of weeks on how Apple’s iPhone 5s is copiously dominating the “unapologetically plastic” 5c at the worldwide box-office, but before writing off Cupertino’s first colorful handheld you may want to hear a final word from Localytics. According to the world-renowned leading analytics and [...]
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NVIDIA brings new ‘console mode’ to SHIELD handheld
Nvidia has announced that the SHIELD's GameStream service will roll out to the public on Oct. 28, and that a new 'console mode' will afford new functionality to the handheld in a manner similar to micro-consoles like the Ouya and the PS Vita TV.
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T-Mobile CEO tweets eternal Samsung Galaxy Note 3 love… via iPhone
Ever since John Legere took over T-Mobile US, things started looking rosier and rosier for America’s number four wireless service provider, despite it still being kept at bay by Verizon, AT&T and Sprint as far as subscriber counts go. But even Big Red’s bosses have to admit T-Mo’s “UnCarrier” strategy, dropping contracts and subsidies, has [...]
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Official Instagram app debuting on Windows Phone ‘in the coming weeks’
Instagram, one of the most sought-after apps in the mobile world, will soon be making its way to Windows Phone. The announcement was made by Stephen Elop at the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi, where the company unveiled long-rumored devices like the 6-inch Lumia 1520 and the Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet, and it’s [...]
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Nokia unveils 6-inch Lumia 1520 and 1320 smartphones, Lumia 2520 tablet, and low-end Asha phones
Phablets, Windows RT tablet and three low-end smartphones unveiled during Nokia World keynote in Abu Dhabi. Stephen Elop took to the stage in Abu Dhabi for the first time as Nokia CEO to unveil his company’s latest offerings of smartphones as well as its first tablet. The Lumia 1520 and 1320 both feature a 6-inch [...]
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Gearbox boss buys Pen Jillette’s ponytail
In a crowdfunding effort for an independent movie, magician Pen Jillette has promised to give his ponytail to one lucky pledger, Gearbox’s Randy Pitchford. It may sound like I’m writing nonsense in order to get fired, but indeed, Gearbox boss Randy Pitchford has just bought Pen Jillette’s ponytail. The ponytail was the pledge reward Pitchford [...]
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Telescopes still lead search for Earth-killing asteroids
Tracking asteroids and other objects that could kill us, is still largely based on amateur and professional astronomers making chance observations with regular telescopes. Space is very, very large, and asteroids, even the big Earth-killing ones, are tiny in comparison. So how exactly do astronomers keep us informed about the various rocks tumbling through our [...]
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Dell claims ‘all your favorite Windows 8 apps will run and sync’ on the Xbox One
Dell has recently made quite a promising claim on its website that outright states Windows 8 apps will run on the Xbox One, introducing the console to Microsoft's dynamic ecosystem.
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Netflix is now bigger than HBO
Internet streaming company now counts 40 million subscribers worldwide and 31.1 million in the United States. Investments in original programming such as House of Cards and Orange is the New Black gave Netflix a record quarter, earning the company $32 million on revenue of $1.1 billion — four times the profit of $7.7 million it [...]
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