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Windows Phone developer head leaves Microsoft
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone division has yet another high end defection to deal with. ZDNet reports that Brandon Watson, the head of developer experiences for Windows Phone, has announced he is leaving Microsoft. Watson is heading over to Amazon where the report says he will become the director of the Cross Platform team for Amazon’s Kindle division.
In an email, Watson said, ” … it was a hard decision, but the opportunity placed in front of me that was too big to pass up.” There’s no word on More >
Diablo 3 Release Date
0Diablo 3 is arguably the most anticipated game this year, and the latest word is that it will release sometime in March/April. Gamestop and most major retailers are currently taking pre-orders for the Diablo 3 collector’s edition and regular game version.
Diablo 3, at least in its current form, has been in development for nearly 4 years now. With numerous drawbacks, and even a couple missed [estimated] release dates the game itself has become something of a legend, a myth if you will.
When More >
Chrome loses market share after Google penalizes itself
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Google Chrome lost market share for the first time in two years, dropping in market share from 19.11 percent in December 2011 to 18.94 percent in January 2012, according to data from research firm Net Applications. This drop is likely due to Google penalizing Chrome’s search results after a linking scandal last month.
The scandal was the discovery that Google was essentially paying to improve Google Chrome’s performance in search engine results, which is a violation of Google’s terms of More >
Xbox 360 best selling game console worldwide in 2011
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Microsoft can now lay claim to having the best selling game console worldwide in 2011. Geekwire points out that Microsoft has admitted, via its own financial reports, to worldwide sales of 14.9 million Xbox 360 units for 2011. It’s the first time that Microsoft has the number one best selling game console for a full calendar year.
The Xbox 360 sales numbers for 2011 narrowly beat Sony’s Playstation 3 console, which had worldwide sales of 14.1 million for the past year, and Nintendo’s fading More >
BlackBerry Playbooks to developers
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When you’re struggling with sales, cutting prices can help to boost sales. When you’re struggling with users, giving away free devices is perhaps an even better way to draw some press to your device when you’ve already cut prices. This seems to be the concept followed by RIM, as TechRadar reports.
Research in Motion have announced plans to give out free BlackBerry PlayBook tablets to Android developers if they simply submit their apps to the BlackBerry App World (the equivalent of the Android More >
Megaupload files could be recovered by users
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Millions of users who stored files on the Megaupload web site got caught by surprise in January when US law enforcement officials shut down the site and arrested several of its team members on online piracy charges. However some people may feel about these actions, the reality is that some users of Megaupload did use the site for completely legitimate reasons.
Now one of the two server hosting companies that Megaupload used, Carpathia Hosting, has announced it is teaming up with the non-profit More >