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IPhone 5C Vs the HTC One M8

ease date March 2014 September 2013 Form factor Touchscreen Touchscreen Dimensions (mm) 146.36 x 70.60 x 9.35 124.40 x 59.20 x 8.97 Weight (g) 160.00 132.00 Battery capacity (mAh) 2600 1507 Removable battery No No Bundled accessories Colours Gunmetal Grey, Amber Gold, Glacial Silver White, Pink, Yellow, Blue, Green SAR value NA NA Display Screen size (inches) 5.00 4.00 Touchscreen Yes Yes Touchscreen type Capacitive Capacitive Resolution 1080×1920 pixels 640×1136…

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PAX East Day 1&2 Recap

It’s edging close to the end of day two here at PAX, and boy, has it been nuts. Let me start by saying that this year is the 10th anniversary of PAX, so that’s cool, and the fourth PAX East, which is also really cool. With this being only the fourth PAX East, the attendance is obscene for a convention that young. This year, the number of attendees is inches…

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GearPop at PAX!

For those who don’t know, I am going to PAX East for GearPop this weekend, and my schedule is super full. My Friday is fully booked, and Saturday and Sunday, are about to fill up, once I respond to some emails. I’m super excited for this weekend, and wanted to remind you all that I’ll be there. I’m planning on making a montage video of the entire event, so if…

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Batman Arkham Knight Announced

Big news in the video game industry as Rocksteady Games announced their next Batman game with Batman Arkham Knight.  The game was leaked this morning and then Rocksteady went ahead and released the first trailer for the game along with some screen shots from the game.  The big news coming from the game is that it will only be coming for next gen and PC.  So Xbox 360 and PS3…

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Twitch Streaming Coming to Xbox One

People looking forward to Titan Fall, or may not, have some exciting news as Twitch Streaming will be coming at the same time.  Xbox One users will be able to stream Titan Fall matches over Xbox One with the launch of Twitch Streaming.  It will bring with it a bunch of new and old features people from PS4 streaming may know.  Of course the Kinect will provide picture in picture…

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Xbox One Deals Already Here

With the PS4 outselling the Xbox One in January 2-1, Xbox has finally responded.  Last week Target was giving away $50 gift cards with all Xbox One purchases.  Yesterday Microsoft announced that a new Titan Fall Xbox One bundle would be available at launch, which would include everything that comes with an Xbox one, Titan Fall, and one month of Xbox Live for the same $499 price.  Soon after Amazon…

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Review: Tomb Raider Definitive Edition

The PS4 and Xbox One edition of Tomb Raider was released just a few weeks ago and I finally had time to sit down and enjoy the game.  Now for the sake of the review I must say I never played the game when it was released last year and that this is my first experience playing it.  I cannot give a lot of answers as to the differences between…

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Flappy Bird’s Goose is Cooked

This will be a rather short article, but the recently popular app, “Flappy Bird”, will be gone tomorrow (February 9th, 2014). The indie game developer Dong Nguyen who lives in Hanoi, Vietnam stated that 22 hours from now, he will take the game down. He went on to state that, “it’s not for legal reasons”, and, “I just can’t keep it anymore.” Multiple people have tried to get in touch with…

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GearPop Tech News Roundup: Sony Done with Computers

  Sony Selling off Computer Division http://money.cnn.com/2014/02/06/technology/sony-restructuring/ That is one less PC manufacturer, which in my eyes is a bad thing.  But more recently I have just noticed the decline in the design of the Vaio compared to when it first came out.  When the Vaio was first released I remember it being a high end laptop that had a lot of features that were ahead of its time.  More…

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Microsoft CEO

Microsoft Appoints New CEO

Satya Nadella has been announced as the next Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, taking over from Steve Ballmer.  Nadella was formally the executive vice president of the company’s Cloud and Enterprise group, leading the development of one of the largest cloud infrastructures in the world. Nadella said: “The opportunity ahead for Microsoft is vast, but to seize it, we must move faster, push harder and continue to transform”. Microsoft founder…

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