Microsoft has beaten Apple and Google to the acquisition of R2 Studios, a small home entertainment technology startup from the founder of Sling Media. R2 is famous for an Android app that allows users to control things like lighting and appliances throughout their homes, and its thought the company’s technology will help Microsoft push its Xbox console even further into home entertainment.
People familiar with the matter have today confirmed the deal to The [Read More...]
You know, computers aren’t just for getting things done. They’re also for getting your game on. With that in mind, the latest Cult of Mac Deals offer has packed 10 fun games that are compatible with both Mac and PC systems into one bundle known as The Entertainment Games Bundle.
And for a limited time we’re offering it to you for just $ 29!
Here are all of the games you’ll get:
You know, computers aren’t just for getting things done. They’re also for getting your game on. With that in mind, the latest Cult of Mac Deals offer has packed 10 fun games that are compatible with both Mac and PC systems into one bundle known as The Entertainment Games Bundle.
And for a limited time we’re offering it to you for just $ 29!
Here are all of the games you’ll get:
You’ve got a bit under six days left to get your grubby little Temple Run mitts on the first issue of the new Temple Run comic book, published by Ape Entertainment and Imangi Studios. This limited collector’s edition is only available for a limited time and is print to order only, which means that come November 5th, you’ll no longer be able to order it again.
Unless you buy it from someone [Read More...]
iPads will soon replace the current entertainment options aboard Qantas B767 aircraft.
Earlier this week, we reported on the move by Australian airline Qantas to swap out the 1,300 BlackBerries used by its staff (and the related infrastructure) in favor of iPhones. It looks like Qantas is doubling down on Apple and iOS. The airline also announced this week that it will begin offering streaming entertainment on iPads across all the planes [Read More...]
Sony Pictures Entertainment has bought the rights to make a movie on Steve Jobs life, based on the upcoming biography by Walter Isaacson. While this was initially a rumor, the New York Times has since confirmed the news: The studio late this week concluded a deal to buy film rights to the authorized biography “Steve Jobs,” from Walter Isaacson, according to a person who was briefed [Read More...]
You can fly an plane with an iPad but airlines still won’t loan you one to watch “Friends with Benefits” on it while sitting in coach. Australian airlines Qantas is once again touting its iPad-inflight entertainment scheme- it has been talking about getting it on board since June 2010 – but the concept has still failed to launch in any meaningful way. Spokespeople are now saying Qantas will trial the [Read More...]
It seems May isn’t going to be any better than April for Sony after the Japanese company was forced to take its Sony Online Entertainment servers offline due to another security breach.
The people behind online games such as DC Universe Online, SOE’s systems breach means that yet [Read More...]
