Poor RIM. The media is bashing the company over and over again with no restrain. Common criticisms include the PlayBook’s utter failure and RIM’s incapability to keep up with advances in the mobile industry. I agree wholeheartedly. In fact, I was making these types of complaints a year ago while everyone else remained fairly confident…
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A little over three years ago, Facebook introduced Chat to the world. Every single user would soon see a gray bar pinned to the bottom of the browser window. From there, they can send and receive instant messages to their heart’s content without having to use other clients like AOL Instant Messenger. It also served…
Street Fighter X Tekken (pronounced “cross” not “ex”) was on my must-play list even before I stepped into the exhibit hall. I am an avid fighting game fan, and I always debated who would win in a fight: Jin or Ryu. Fortunately, Yoshinori Ono, Deputy Head of Consumer Games R&D Division, was present at Sony’s…
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I am not embarrassed to say that I always wanted to be a superhero. Whenever a video game comes out that allows me to exercise my fantasy, I have to play it. Unfortunately, the love children of comic books and video games tends to be pretty mediocre. However, every once in a while, a Spider-Man…
Apple announced the latest version of iOS just yesterday, appropriately named iOS 5. It brings over 200 features to iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. For once, I think it delivers a nice balance between brand new features and improvements or additions to current features. iOS easily claims the title as the most polished mobile operating…
In case you were not already aware, E3’s press conferences start tomorrow with the official event beginning on Tuesday. The LA-based convention is the place to be for some of the year’s biggest video game announcements and revelations. We already know that Microsoft, Sony, and Nintendo will be holding press events, but plenty of video…
One of the most memorable reveals at last year’s E3 2010 was undoubtedly Kinect for Xbox 360. Over the past year gaming companies have been spurred by consumer demand, churning out numerous titles for the popular Microsoft 3D motion controller since its launch back in November 2010. Considering that Kinect sold over 8 million units…
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We are just a weekend away from the Worldwide Developers Conference Apple holds each year at Moscone West in San Francisco, California. This year, Apple fed the technology community some brief details before the event on upcoming products being announced. Steve Jobs will present further information on Mac OS X Lion and unveil iOS 5…
About an hour ago, I pulled out my trusty iPhone 4 and opened the Pulse news app to catch up on any technology news I missed today. I could not believe what I was seeing when the first headline appeared at the top: Apple pre-announced Mac OS X Lion, iOS 5, and iCloud. The first…
I might be an Apple fanboy, but I absolutely have to give credit to Google for doing a tremendous job with the new Chromebook. These new devices really do define an entirely new category of computers. They are not exactly netbooks, at least not yet. Up until now, Windows-based netbooks have sacrificed power for ultra-portability….