Listen to the latest from Wale on Xbox Music and Watch The Imitation Game on Xbox Video
Every week, new stuff drops on Xbox Music and Xbox Video that it becomes hard to keep up. Well, that’s where we come in. Every weekend we’ll highlight some of the hottest albums and singles on Xbox Music. We’ll also let you know what movies and television shows just dropped on Xbox Video for your viewing pleasure. It’s the weekend, and we’ll help entertain you.
Grab an Xbox One and Halo: MCC for £249 at Asda until April 16
Deals time has rolled back around for British shoppers and Asda has a humdinger for anyone looking for an Xbox One. Until April 16 you can snag the console with included X-Men Blu-Ray and Halo: Master Chief Collection for just £249.
RHA T10 earbuds: A great music experience for your Windows Phone
We spend so much money on smartphones to use partly as music players, why wouldn’t we invest in a good quality pair of earbuds or headphones?
Not everyone desires the type of higher-quality sound you get from some of the more premium offerings, but if you do, RHA has a pair of earbuds you just might want to look at. The T10 earbuds have been designed specifically without an in-line remote which often isn’t compatible with non-iPhones, and as such sees a small price cut. They’re not the cheapest earbuds you’ll ever buy, but they’re going to serve you well.
OnLive announces its shutdown after Sony acquires “important parts”
Cloud gaming service OnLive has announced it will be shut down later this month. The reason for the shutdown is that Sony has acquired “important parts” of the service and the company has no plans to continue operating OnLive. That decision makes sense considering Sony operates PlayStation Now, another cloud gaming service featuring titles from the platforms vast catalog. So the pieces of OnLive being acquired by Sony are almost guaranteed to be integrated into PlayStation Now.
Data centers supporting OnLive’s services will cease to exist on April 30. Subscribers will no longer be charged and games will go inaccessible on that date. All data will be deleted after accounts are closed.
The following notice was left on OnLive’s customer service site:
It is with great sadness that we must bring the OnLive Game Service to a close. Sony is acquiring important parts of OnLive, and their plans don’t include a continuation of the game service in its current form. Your service should continue uninterrupted until April 30, 2015. No further subscription fees will be charged, and you can continue to play all of your games until that date.
After April 30, 2015, our data centers will shut down and the service will be offline. All accounts will be closed, and all data deleted including game save data, achievements, and credit card data will be deleted. If you purchased a Steam game from OnLive, that game will still be available on Steam. No refunds will be available for any game purchases, hardware purchases, or subscriptions.
We will have extremely limited coverage for customer service over the next 30 days. We hope the FAQs below will answer all of your questions. We thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being an OnLive customer, and we wish you all the best.
Source: OnLive
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This textured hard case with kickstand for iPhone 6 Plus is only $6.95 today
Made from a smooth and durable polycarbonate, this SnapOn Case provides excellent drop protection thanks to the thick edging and impact resistant shell. The back features a custom patterned texture along with a fold-out kickstand for easy viewing.
Report: Sony expects to sell 38 million handsets this year
The mobile industry has not been kind to Sony for the last few years. Sony has failed to recognize it needs to change in order to stay competitive and considered leaving the industry altogether because of this. It seems like the company will remain involved in mobile for the next year or two because a new campaign promotes their devices’ capabilities. Also, leaks have revealed that a Xperia Z4 is on the way. The Xperia Z4 and other handsets cause Sony to believe that it will sell thirty-eight million handsets in 2015, according to Digitimes. The report notes that Sony’s goal for the year has been lowered because of changes within the company’s mobile division. Sony now has a focus on mid-range and high-end devices.
Source: Digitimes
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Bill Gates celebrates Microsoft’s 40th anniversary by looking to the future
Saturday, April 4 is the 40th anniversary of the founding of Microsoft. Today, one of the company’s co-founders, Bill Gates, sent out an email to all of Microsoft’s employees to mark the occasion, but also took the time to look into the future of the company and technology in general.
HTC Desire 826 reaches India next week for Rs. 25,990
The HTC Desire 826 will be available next week for consumers located in India. The mid-range handset carriers a price of Rs. 25,990 (or about $420). Both the inside and outside of the Desire 826 impresses. It has a 1080p display, Snapdragon 615 processor, and 13MP rear camera. Behind HTC’s Sense user interface is Android 5.0 Lollipop.
Here are the specifications, as noted by Fone Arena:
- 5.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) display
- Octa-Core (1.5 GHz & 1.0 GHz) Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor with Adreno 405 GPU
- 2GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 128GB with microSD
- Android 5.0 Lollipop with HTC Sense UI
- Dual nano SIM
- 13MP rear camera with LED Flash, f/2.2 aperture, BSI sensor, 28mm lens, 1080p video recording
- Ultrapixel front-facing camera, f.2.2 aperture, wide angle lens
- 3.5 mm headset jack
- 7.74mm thick and weighs 155 grams
- HTC BoomSound, Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, Dolby Audio
- 4G LTE Cat.4 / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11a/b/g/n (2.4 & 5 GHz), Bluetooth 4.0 with aptX, GPS
- 2600 mAh battery
Color options include White Birch, Blue Lagoon and Purple Fire.
Source: Fone Arena
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[Deal] Best Buy takes $75 off the Nexus 9
Want one of the best Android tablets around? Then head over to Best Buy and purchase the Nexus 9. The electronics retailer is selling Google’s flagship tablet for $75 less than its normal price and both 16GB and 32GB models are eligible. That means the 16GB model costs $324 while the 32GB model has been lowered to $404. The Indigo Black and Lunar White color options are available in either storage size with the discount.
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BlackBerry App Roundup for April 3, 2015
A weekly look at new, exciting, and cool apps to
Howdy CrackBerry nation! Hope you all are ready for the weekend. This week we not only saw pre-sales start for the BlackBerry Leap in select countries, which I’m sure you’re all excited about, but the BBM Shop celebrated it’s one year anniversary and BlackBerry shared some statistics on its usage over the last twelve months. Last, but certainly not least, what better way to enjoy the holiday weekend but with a ShopCrackBerry Easter Sale whereby all you have to do is enter in the coupon code and get 20% off your entire cart.
Now it’s time to bring you this week’s picks for all your passionate BlackBerry addicts out there. You can find each app and game I’ve rustled up for you by clicking through the gallery below. If your favorite did not make the cut this week, remember you can help by offering your suggestions at the end.
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