ReadWriteWeb:
In this edition of the Weekly Wrapup - our newsletter summarizing the top stories of the week - we analyze a new breed of content site that is rapidly gaining momentum, look into recent statistics showing that Gen Y is using Twitter more, compare five recommendation services for iPhone apps, review the new-look MSN, and mor (Read More)
: He asks if massive content sites gaining momentum is "cause for concern about the future of the Web?" - my thinking on this is it's cause for rejoicing. Regardless if you're building your site(s) for fun or profit, the point is constant and quality content creation should ultimately be rewarded.
Mashable!:
Each week we do a Lunchtime Poll to get a sense of what tools Mashable readers use and which of today’s services and apps are your favorites. Last week we asked you about your favorite Facebook apps, and we have the results below.As it turns out, like much of Team Mashable, many of you aren’t actually using too many Faceboo (Read More)
Crunch Gear:
Thank the gaming gods for retail competition. You know the Xbox 360 Walmart is running today, right? Yeah, Amazon is going to match it. At 9:00 am EST and 3:00 pm EST Amazon will give you a a $100 promotional code when you purchase an Xbox 360 Arcade for $199. You better be sitting in front of your computer all signed in an (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Remember that Walmart add featuring a $100 Xbox? Well, Amazon is matching the offer, so you can skip the crowds. There'll be other electronics deals running all day starting at 9 a.m. EST. [Amazon via Cheap Ass Gamer]
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TechCrunch:
So much for the coming mobile nirvana of free mobile content – at least for iPhone users in Germany. Today Europe’s biggest newspaper, the German newspaper BILD-Zeitung intends to use, in effect, brute force to force users buy its new iPhone app. The paper tabloid is to block anyone using an iPhone browser from accessing it (Read More)
VentureBeat:
VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat.DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon Valley’s most dynamic startups and developers: How to get your social game or mobile application noticed in an age of noise?It will be held in the afternoon of Dec. 8 at the Aut (Read More)
Gizmodo:
You've had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple's crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you're going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here's what you need to know. It's All in the Google Cloud Android phones don't sync with your computer. That's (Read More)
Gizmodo:
You've had it. Maybe with AT&T. Maybe with Apple's crushing, dictatorial grip strangling the App Store. Whatever the reason, you're going to Android: Land of freedom, carriers not named AT&T, and the great Google. Here's what you need to know. It's All in the Google Cloud Android phones don't sync with your computer. That's (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Microsoft indirectly admits that Xbox 360s are receiving an updated tamper-resistant warranty sticker. And that's pretty much all they're willing to share on the matter.
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Gizmodo:
18 programmable buttons. E-I-G-H-T-E-E-N! Forget the 512k of flash memory, analog Xbox 360-style joystick, basic scroll wheel and whatever-else-is-in-there. 18 buttons! Yes, I'm a button lover. Yes, I just had an orgasm. And yes, I will waste $75 on this. Sure, it's not that attractive looking and it's probably awkward as a (Read More)
Gizmodo:
The tale of Netflix on the PS3 is sad: Sony's solution is only now shipping after sitting pretty on the Xbox for more than a year, and to add insult to injury, it comes on a disc. Thankfully, it's slick. The interface is technically new in that it's visually catered to the PS3, but it should look familiar to anyone who's us (Read More)
Engadget:
Oh, brother. Here we go again. Just over a year after Nintendo's own Reggie Fils-Aime denied the existence of a forthcoming Wii HD, the bigwig is having to make that very same denial again. Naturally, a few new rumors of an HD-enabled Wii have surfaced since that fateful day in October of 2008, and with the recent price dro (Read More)
VentureBeat:
The posting last Thursday on Craigslist was alarming. Someone was selling a Modern Warfare 2 Xbox 360 bundle, with both a console and a game, for $500. The problem was that Modern Warfare 2, one of the most anticipated games of the year, doesn’t officially go on sale until Nov. 10.Activision Blizzard, the game’s publisher, (Read More)
Gizmodo:
Gamestop never released that new Xbox 360 wireless n dongle on 11/3 for $100. Meanwhile, Costco just listed the product for $88 with a November 10th ship date...right before pulling the page. Tracking this thing has become unnecessarily difficult. [Engadget]
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Gizmodo:
I'm a sucker for great paintwork, and this airbrushed 360 from largomods reminds me how much I loved the ThunderCats as a kid. Too bad WB put the CG-animated movie (directed by Jerry O'Flaherty from Gears of War) on hold. Concept renders from the movie's pre-production, here, if you're into it. Hooo! [Xbox Freedom]
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