Archive for June, 2011 - Page 9
Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, Droid X2 & More to Get Gingerbread At an Undisclosed Date
We have bad news, Motorola Android smartphone owners! Well, not for everyone, just for those people out there that like Motorola Droid phones. Well, not for all of them either, only for those of you that you actually have a Motorola Droid 2, Droid 2 Global, Droid X2 or Droid [...]
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Just 6,000 Xbox 360 Consoles Sold In Japan In May
Here at TFTS World Headquarters, the Xbox 360 is probably the gaming console of choice. I’m a PC gaming snob, but both Steve Andersen and Eric Abent are Xbox 360 gamers. But while the Xbox 360 is popular around here, it’s not popular in Japan. It’s no secret that Microsoft [...]
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ExEn Xbox 360 Port for iPhone Coming Soon; Even More Reasons for Apple to Build Its Own Console
Is Apple going to enter the console gaming business in the following months once it introduces its own Apple-branded TV? That’s something we already talked about a bunch of times here on TFTS, and today I have some more circumstantial evidence that point us in the same direction: the ExEn [...]
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Google+ vs Facebook or How Google Wants to Make a Few Enemies Too
Well, Facebook, it looks like Google is ready to up the ante in the social networking business. Google+ is the name of Google’s social network, which was made official today, and it’s pretty clear that, if there’s something tech-related out there getting interest from consumers, Google wants a piece of [...]
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Apple Selling A $50 Thunderbolt Cable, But Just A Number Of Uses So Far
There are just a handful of Thunderbolt accessories out there, and what is out there is pretty expensive. So? If you’re still ready to use that new Thunderbolt port on the back of your Mac, then Apple is ready to help you out with an overpriced cable. The company has [...]
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Minecraft Beta 1.7 Is No Longer The Adventure Update
A few weeks ago, upon his return from E3, Minecraft creator Markus ‘Notch’ Persson announced that beta update 1.7 was going to be the adventure update, an update that makes exploration and combat more rewarding. Now it seems that we won’t be getting the Adventure Update with 1.7, as Notch [...]
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iPhone 4S Not Coming This Year, Should We Expect Just the iPhone 5 This Fall?
To be or not to be? This seems to be the question regarding the upcoming fifth-generation low-end iPhone. Some people say that Apple will launch two new iPhone models this year, a low- and a high-end iPhone, meant to address the needs of the current smartphone customer base. Others say [...]
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Design A Shield For Dark Souls, Get Your Name In The Credits
Namco Bandai’s giving you a chance to have your name credited along with the developers of Dark Souls in their new community competition being held over Facebook. They want their fans to send in their own shield designs for Dark Souls, and they’ll select the best ones to be offered [...]
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More Map Packs Coming For Call Of Duty: Black Ops?
Even though the third Call of Duty: Black Ops map pack, Annihilation, has yet to launch on all three consoles – it launched on 360 today and will be available sometime next month for PC and PS3 – Treyarch is already teasing that there might be more on the way [...]
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MySpace Still Up For Sale, News Corp Now Looking For $30 Million
And so, the dramatic story of MySpace, which was one of the biggest social networking sites around but quickly lost ground in the face of competitors like Facebook and Twitter, is slowly grinding to a halt. The newest word says not only have they announced plans to axe fully a [...]
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