Microsoft to roll out new Xbox next month (Dispatch)
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) will unveil its much-anticipated next-generation Xbox on May 21 after months of speculation that the company is gearing up to announce a new video game console this summer. The company sent out media invitations last week, hinting that it would be announcing the successor to its 7-year-old Xbox 360. A new console from the software company will come on the heels of rival Sony’s announcement in February that it will launch the PlayStation4 in this year’s holiday season. Microsoft’s May event will be held at its Xbox campus in Redmond, Wash., just a month before the Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los Angeles, the gaming industry’s largest annual convention, where next-generation consoles will be spotlighted.
Google Pays $189,000 Fine to German DPA For Unlawfully Collecting, Storing Wi-Fi Data (BNA)
Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) has paid a €145,000 ($189,000) fine imposed by the Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information after the internet giant allegedly unlawfully collected and stored internet users’ unencrypted Wi-Fi data during the company’s Street View mapping project. “In my estimation, this is one of the most serious cases of violation of data protection regulations that has come to light so far,” Hamburg Data Protection Commissioner Johannes Caspar told BNA April 22. Between 2008 and 2010, Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) collected and stored “large quantities” of personal data, including emails, passwords, photographs, and chat logs, from internet connection holders in Hamburg as it gathered data to be used in Street View, according to Caspar.
Google Glass Explorer Edition being loved by users: apps, battery life, features (NVONews)
Google Glass, the most anticipated gadget of the year, has finally rolled out to its eager customers, thereby ending the long wait ever since the gadget was first announced by its developer Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) Google Glass, developed by the search engine giant is a wearable computer with a head-mounted display (HMD) that is being developed by the company in the Project Glass research and development project with the mission of producing a mass-market omnipresent computer. Google Glass displays information in a smartphone-like hands-free format which is capable of interacting with the Internet via natural language voice commands.
BlackBerry Q10 Fastest Selling BlackBerry Ever, Demand Surges in the Enterprise (HotHardware)
The feel-good moments for BlackBerry (or the company formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY), if you prefer) keep coming ever since the Canadian handset maker launched its BlackBerry 10 (BB10) platform along with new devices. One of those devices is the BlackBerry 10, the first BB10-based phone with a physical keyboard, and it’s selling like gangbusters in the U.K. BlackBerry’s Q10 device is only available at Selfridges in the U.K., which is a high-end department store chain. Selfridges said the Q10 was its fastest-selling consumer electronics product ever at its London, Birmingham, and Manchester stores, The Guardian reports. “Selfridges’ initial stock of the BlackBerry Q10 sold out in stores within two hours,” the store said in a statement. “Stock of the BlackBerry Q10 is being continually deliver on the hour, every hour to keep up with demand.”
BlackBerry seeks buyers for its Rockstar stake, but a deal is not certain (IAM-Magazine)
BlackBerry is looking to sell its stake in Rockstar, according to several sources that have been in touch with IAM. The Canadian company, which as Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY) was one of the five founders of the NPE after the Nortel auction took place in June 2011, has been involved in talks with prospective buyers over recent months, but as yet has not found anyone willing to commit to a deal. Although there seems to be some interest in acquiring Research In Motion Ltd (NASDAQ:BBRY)’s stake in the Ottawa-based NPE, we have been told, there are also several reasons why it is not the highly attractive proposition the cash-strapped telecoms business might be hoping for.
Skype Coming to BlackBerry Z10 (MobileBloom)
Skype has finally been released for the BlackBerry Q10, and is on the way for the BlackBerry Z10. Several unofficial sideloadable applications have arrived recently via third-party developers, but the good news for Skype lovers is that with the release becoming official for the Q10, the Z10 edition cannot be far off. The handset currently retails for around $99 at select online retailers like Amazon, and delivers the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, a speedy dual core processor and large high-resolution screen.
