Starting today, users in the UK will finally get a chance to check out Facebook's App Center. The service, which launched in the US early in June, features both mobile and web apps that are integrated with Facebook in some way. The UK version appears to be virtually identical, with popular apps...
Facebook apps for everyone
Last month, rumors of a Sony smartphone with the somewhat-odd "LT30p" name started making the rounds, but now there's more concrete info on this phone thanks to the Bluetooth Special Interest Group. Apparently, the LT30p will be part of Sony's...
Microsoft's Windows 8 Pro upgrade offer will also apply to users of the Release Preview edition, the company has revealed. The deal, that lets Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 users upgrade to Windows 8 Pro for $39.99, will be offered to Release Preview users once the final version is available. However, a previous valid license of Windows will be required for upgrade eligibility.
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Higgs boson discovered, new PS3 uncovered, and Galaxy Nexus sales... shuttered
Sitting down to read a website with a name as loaded as The Verge, you take some sort of comfort in the fact that you have an edge on your friends. Developments at the intersection of technology and culture are second-nature to you, and your mastery of networked content — digital and otherwise — is something your contemporaries are guardedly envious of. You are a nerd in the post-Weezer...
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There have been plenty of flight simulators over the years, but very few games have tackled the experience of being the CEO of a burgeoning airline. Pocket Planes does just that, putting mobile gamers in an airline boss's chair, letting them expand their service all over the digital globe.
Pocket Planes is all about time and resource management. You have to know where to expand, when to send...
Earlier this week Cisco came under fire from users after some of its Linksys Wi-Fi routers automatically updated to the company's Cisco Connect Cloud service. After reversing the decision and providing an option to turn off the automatic updates, Cisco now says that it has simplified the opt-out process for users. Once again Cisco took to its blog to address the problem, explaining that "we believe lack of clarity in our own terms of service has contributed to many of our customers' concerns." In addition to simplifying opting out of the service, the default setting has also been changed...
This is the final part of a five-part series on the state of games, written by the editors of Polygon, following Thursday's "State of gamers," Wednesday's "State of mobile," Tuesday's "State of indies," and Monday's "State of AAA." Part five will be published tomorrow. The entire series will be re-published in total on Monday. — Ed.
"Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change" —Frankenstein, Mary Shelley
If the first four parts of our State of Games series have made any one thing clear, it's that the video game industry is experiencing great and sudden change. Just as in Mary Shelley's classic consideration...
British Airways is rolling out a new customer service program that will see its employees searching Google for photos of customers. BA hopes the initiative, called "Know Me," will help it provide a higher level of individual service to its clients. Staff using the iPad-based system will have access to various types of passenger data, including previous travel arrangements, complaints, meal requests, and Executive Club status. An example of how...
Do you care if a company Googles your name?
After all the hype and hoopla of last month's E3, you might be forgiven for thinking that consoles are the only way to game. And yet, the stalwart PC continues to defy exaggerated reports of its demise with hugely popular series like Battlefield, Crysis, Diablo, StarCraft, and Total War offering...
Google's latest version of the Android operating system is here and will be rolling out to a precious few devices later this month. Unlike the last iteration, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is more about refinement than revolution, but a new feature called "Google Now" has the potential to finally...
AT&T will launch a new service for reporting and blocking stolen devices on Tuesday, according to a trusted source. The service will allow customers to deny voice, data and SMS access to any individual phone or tablet while keeping their account...
Samsung's successor to the Galaxy Note is expected to be unveiled in August at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Germany. MK Business News reports that the Galaxy Note II will be unveiled at the show, with a launch date rumored for October. We'd previously heard that...
Researchers from the University of Arizona has built a pair of robotic legs that mimics our own. While bipedal movement is nothing new in robotics — Honda has had a free-walking robot for some time now — the research team describes its creation as "biologically accurate." It developed a...
Microsoft issued its advanced bulletin notification for its July 2012 Patch Tuesday this week. The software maker says it will release nine patches in total next Tuesday, with three of them rated critical and six listed as important. Out of the three critical patches, one will address a vulnerability that affects Internet Explorer 9. "It doesn't affect IE9's predecessors, which means that it was introduced in the...
While the fact that the Raspberry Pi ships without a case might be off-putting to some, it's a clear boon to those with the ability to make the most out of the tiny Linux machine. It's not a surprise, then, that we're starting to see some...
The Dark Knight Rises doesn't hit movie theatres until July 20th, but Nokia has teamed up with Warner Bros. to create a 3D map of Gotham City. Available in a Flash-based mini-site, the map lets you explore the fictional metropolis and key locations such as City Hall, Gotham City Stadium and Wayne...
Kodak sold off its Gallery online photo sharing service to Shutterfly as part of ongoing restructuring efforts, and the transition is now taking place. Kodak Gallery has closed for business, with...
The team behind the popular CyanogenMod ROMs for Android devices has taken stock of everything that Google announced at I/O last week and is ready to move forward with the next version, CyanogenMod...
The International Football Association Board has unanimously voted to approve goal-line technology, in a move that could put an end to crucial split-second decisions going the wrong way. The...
Expanding the storage capacity of a MacBook is typically an expensive or warranty voiding process, but a new Kickstarter project called the Nifty MiniDrive seeks to turn the integrated SD card slot...
HTC has reported its Q2 2012 earnings today, which the company already warned would be lower than previous revenue targets. For the period between April and June, HTC's unaudited figures show $3.05 billion (91 billion TWD) in gross revenue, $275 million (8.2 billion TWD) in operating income, and $248 million (7.4 billion TWD) in net profit. The final figure is obviously the most important for...
Almost exactly nine years after first blasting off from Earth, the Mars rover Opportunity just keeps trucking on — and its latest return is as impressive as ever. That photo you see up top (click here for a larger version) is a panorama stitched together from 817 separate images taken at...
