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9to5Toys Last Call: Free $50 gift card w/ Bose headphones, Free iOS app Calendars+, games, more
From 9to5Toys.com: A large majority of the deals we cover each day come from a variety of ‘Daily Deal’ websites or are so popular that they don’t even last 24 hours. We know you can’t be at your computer every second, so we’re going to roundup the best deals each day to make sure you have a […]
HTC Unveils Butterfly S Smartphone
HTC today unveiled a newer, more powerful successor to its Butterfly series of Smartphones. While the new Butterfly S has a lot of features similar to its predecessor, the Butterfly J, like a 1,080P five-inch screen, the updated phone packs a more powerful processor and longer battery life, to name a few upgrades. Perhaps the [...]
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Mary Jane Cut From The Amazing Spider-Man 2 to Make Room for More Gwen Stacey
Despite the pacing and narrative problems of the first The Amazing Spider-Man, Sony’s set to make not just two but three more films for your friendly neighborhood web-slinger. They originally had a trilogy in mind but decided otherwise — and apparently this expansion that means that Mary Jane Watson’s being bumped from the second movie to the third. So what are they going to do with all those scenes Shailene Woodley has already shot? Who knows? Who cares? More Gwen Stacey, please!
Twitter Acquires Local Discovery Startup Spindle, Will End Spindle Service
Twitter acquired Spindle, an app that uses mobile devices and social networks to make a smarter localized search engine, today. The Spindle team will move to San Francisco and shutter the Spindle app.
“By joining forces with Twitter, we can do so much more to help you find interesting, timely, and useful information about what’s happening around you,” the company wrote in a blog post today.
Microsoft Capitulates, Removes Online DRM From Xbox One
So, remember when the Xbox One release confused the hell out of everyone and then Microsoft confirmed a bunch of hated, needless restrictions on used games and internet connection requirements? Then there was that whole thing at E3 where the crux of Sony’s presentation was, “Hey, at least we’re not Microsoft?” The backlash, as you can imagine was immensely fierce, with pissed off gamers who know inherently how important the used game market is and how stupid and insulting online requirements are.
Well, Microsoft apparently now knows it too, as they have done a serious about-face on nearly every single one of these plans. Xbox chief Don Mattrick stated on the Xbox blog:
“An internet connection will not be required to play offline Xbox One games – After a one-time system set-up with a new Xbox One, you can play any disc based game without ever connecting online again. There is no 24 hour connection requirement and you can take your Xbox One anywhere you want and play your games, just like on Xbox 360.Trade-in, lend, resell, gift, and rent disc based games just like you do today – There will be no limitations to using and sharing games, it will work just as it does today on Xbox 360.”
So, all’s well that ends well, right? Fans pushed back and Microsoft listened. Well, perhaps not. When you consider that the chief reason for the backlash was the obvious nature of restrictiveness and money-grabbing in Microsoft’s plans, I expect gamers to not be assuaged by those plans being walked back in the aftermath. The company has made it quite clear what they think of their customers and where their priorities lie. Many jilted people won’t be fooled by this new conciliatory tone.
There is a lesson to be learned here about how a company should treat its customers. Customers meaning the gamers, not the game publishers Microsoft seemed so focused on. I don’t believe they have wiped the chalkboard clean without stain with this announcement.
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Twitter nabs local discovery engine Spindle, shutters service and moves team to San Francisco
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LA to Give Every Student an iPad; $30M Order
(NEW YORK) — Los Angeles’ school system, the second largest in the country, is ordering iPads for all its students, handing Apple a major success in its quest to make the tablet computer a replacement for textbooks. The Los Angeles Board of Education on Tuesday approved the purchase of $30 million worth of iPads as the first part of a multi-year commitment. It found that the iPad was the least expensive option that met its specifications. Apple says the initial order is for more than 31,000 iPads. The Los Angeles Unified School District has more than 640,000 students in kindergarten through 12th grade. The textbooks will be delivered through an application from Pearson, a major publisher.