We have still not even seen the PlayStation 4 console, but both companies have announced the specifications and what the consoles can do and what services will be offered. It is hard to really call a final winner, given Microsoft and Sony have been quiet about a few issues and features, but we can put a straight view at what both consoles offer.
The Xbox One was revealed at Redmond, Washington to a mixed response, many took jabs at the Xbox One hardware, its focus on TV and the problems with always on and used gaming.
Microsoft finally revealed their next generation console, the Xbox One, an all in one entertainment system with swift gaming, access to cable TV, on demand content and application integration.
Android users always crave the newest operating system, but with the current system fragmentation, it is unlikely last generation smartphones will get updates to the latest version.
On the eve of the new Xbox release, prototype secrets have leaked out onto the web involving Microsoft’s prototype models for the next generation gaming console.
Yahoo has officially acquired Tumblr for $1.1 billion in mostly cash, the rumours about this deal have been circulating for weeks, with Tumblr fans dead set against the idea of Yahoo coming in and slapping ads all over the microblogging site.
The Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire still reign supreme in the seven inch tablet market, with the iPad Mini clogging up the mid-range eight inch market and the iPad still running the show in the ten inch market. Hisense is a Chinese manufacturer and currently trying to make waves in the US market, they recently bought a huge booth at CES to show off their current product line.
Yahoo has been on a startup acquisition spree since Marissa Mayer took charge, with 10 startups sinking into the Yahoo foundation, for the most part these startups served the purpose of technology or talent.
Google revealed a new personalised mapping experience and has built both Google Maps on mobile and on the web from the ground up, to make sure these changes make big effects on the user.
Google brings cloud gaming and music streaming to Android