Friday, April 18, 2014

  • Nike rumored to be axing Fuelband hardware division

    Here's one to take with a grain of salt, simply because as of now it's not official. Sources at CNet say that most of the FuelBand team is to be let go, and that Nike will halt production of the hardware altogether. This includes the planned "slim" version to be released later this…

  • 'Beats Music' Updated With In-App Subscriptions, Offline Mode and More

    Beats has updated its Beats Music streaming music app with in-app subscriptions, Facebook friend search, an offline mode and more. The move allows users to subscribe to the Beats Music service via their iTunes account. What's New in Version 1.0.7 You asked for it, and we listened! Some…

  • Nike Fires Majority of FuelBand Team, Plans to Stop Making Wearables

    Nike plans to no longer make wearable hardware, as it has fired the majority of its 80-person team responsible for the FuelBand fitness tracker and will instead focus its efforts on fitness software, according to an unnamed source that spoke to CNET . The shoemaker isn't throwing in the towel on…

  • Facebook Updates 'Paper' App With Birthdays, Events, Photo Comments and More

    Facebook has updated its news creation and curation app Paper with birthdays, events, group updates, photo comments and much more, filling in the app with features from the "main" Facebook app that users have requested since its debut. Thanks again for your feedback on Paper. We've…

  • Apple offers unclaimed WWDC tickets to select developers

    Apple is offering select developers a chance to buy WWDC tickets that remain unclaimed after the first round of attendees were chosen , according to 9to5mac . Developers who were offered second chance tickets were given 24 hours to purchase them at $1599 each. Continue reading →

  • Nike has reportedly fired most of its FuelBand team and is getting out of the hardware business

    Nike has let go most of the members of its FuelBand wearables unit and will stop developing new versions of the device, according to a report by CNET. The tech news site quoted an unnamed person "familiar with the matter" as saying that the firm has […]

  • Beats Music starts selling subscriptions through iTunes system

    Following an update today for its iPhone app, Beats Music is now accepting new subscriptions using Apple's iTunes billing system. The reason revolves around the high number of iPhone users … Continue reading

  • Now Android fans can play one of the greatest computer games ever on their tablets

    Old-school RPG fans still get nostalgic when you bring up Baldur's Gate, the classic Bioware D&D-based adventure that set the standard for computer RPGs when it was released all the way back in 1998. In fact, the Balur's Gate series's popularity has been so enduring that studio Beamdog has…

  • Blizzard's free Hearthstone card game conquers the iPad

    Blizzard's new Warcraft-inspired card game soft-launched on iPad in early April, and was released worldwide earlier this week as a free download. However, in less than a day the game took the App Store by storm, quickly becoming the top application in the Top Free Apps charts in many markets.…

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