Rumor: Apple negotiated investment in Twitter

Last week, EA released a gameplay video for "Need for Speed: Most Wanted" showing a slightly "Burnout" with punch and turbo on all sides.

The video explains some specifics of the game, as you open the city to explore, the police chases that start after the race, the points that compare their online racing with his friends, collectibles, and various maneuvers.

At the end of advertising, an image appears suggestive. It is the picture of the box the game for Xbox, with a purple belt, used to indicate that certain game works with Kinect.

Despite rumors, EA Games has not ruled on the matter and no clues as to how this integration would work.

The expectation is that news about the game to be announced next Gamescom, which will take place on 19/08 in Cologne - Germany.

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Android follows dominant, but moves away from the U.S. iOS

The Android is still the most widely used mobile system in the United States, but the distance to the IOS decreased during the second quarter of 2012, according to CNET .

The Google system dominates the market and is present in 56% of U.S. smartphone, but participation has declined compared to June 2011, when 61% of the Android mobile devices used. The sale of appliances with the platform fell from 15.3 million last year to 13.4 million this year.

At the same time, demand for smartphones Apple grew in one year, as well as the participation of the IOS on the market. In the second quarter of 2011, 5.9 million iPhones were sold, up from 7.9 million in 2012. This made the Apple market share grow from 23% to 33%.

Meanwhile, the BlackBerry goes down. Smartphones RIM had 10.5% share in 2011 and now account for only 6.5% of the market - the sale of equipment fell from 2.7 million to 1.6 million. According to Strategy Analyst, the drop in sales of the devices is due to "limited portfolio of BlackBerry with a touchscreen and the frequent delays in launching the BB10 system. "

In the coming months, the trend is that the distance between iOS and Android decline even further. Apple may launch iPhone 5 this quarter, and the company believes that sales of its smartphones are lower than expected due to the expectation for the new device.

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5 iPhone hits stores on Sept. 21, says site

 

Apple will announce the new iPhone in a special event to be held on September 12, according to information from the blog iMore from sources "that have proven accurate in the past."

The device would be put on sale nine days later, on 21. And besides the iPhone 5, must also be shown the iPad Mini and the new version of the iPod nano.

Although dates have not received the sales of these two products, iMore believes they will be in stores along with the iPhone.

See a video below that shows the potential of the new housing unit.

 

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Plugin Ubisoft leaves computers vulnerable, says Google engineer

 

The information security engineer at Google, Tavis Ormandy noticed a security flaw in Uplay, plugin Ubisoft that comes along with various securities of the company.

The extension allows you to embed malicious code on any site, causing the charge by the page able to install software on a victim's PC without asking permission.

In Seclists , discussion forum about security, Ormandy noticed the account that failed to install "Assassin's Creed: Revelations" in his notebook.

There have been no reports of a malicious use of the fault, but the magazine Forbes confirms that the gap is present in browsers Google Chrome, Opera, Mozilla Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Sought by the team of Digital Look, a spokesperson for Ubisoft in Brazil said the company has not yet ruled on the matter.

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Final Fantasy available on Android

 

The Final Fantasy series is one of the most popular story, and now the first game of the franchise, originally released in 1987, has come to Android devices in the form of app . Square Enix has released the original Final Fantasy for mobile and tablets that run Android.
We can get the game through the Google store Play . The cost is about $10 and the weight of the application is about 47MB.

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Light Tetris, a great lamp for our room

I bet everyone knows, Tetris, probably the game most popular in history. What we see in the picture is nothing less than a lamp called Tetris Light that has been created by Firebox. Each of the cubes that make up Tetris measure 4cm Light edge and we can put the lamp in different positions to change a bit the atmosphere of our room, but obviously can be used anywhere in our home .
Firebox already taking orders for Light Tetris, which is priced at $ 47.

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Mountain Lion in more than 2 million Macs

 

Just 48 hours after the release of OS X Mountain Lion, and as detailed in a report, the new version of the OS of the computers Mac Apple is already present in more than 3.2% of the equipment.
At present, we believe that Mountain Lion and must keep up the old OS X 10.4 Tiger, but still has a long way to reach Snow Leopard, the most popular version that is chosen by 45% of users. To upgrade to the new version 10.8 is necessary to have at least version 10.6.6, so most insurance who have Snow Leopard will skip the upgrade to version 10.7 Lion (which had mixed reviews) and go straight to the 10.8.
If you have a Mac not very old (say from 2009 onwards), you can upgrade to Mountain Lion for $ 20 and be part of more than 2.2 million users who already use the desktop OS world's most advanced (as Apple).

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28nm chip shortages could lead to a delay in the launch of the iPhone 5

 

If you are one more of those who waited for the presentation and the launch of the iPhone 5 by Apple , then you may have to wait even longer. According to reports coming from China, Apple could delay the launch of the smartphone due to lack of 28nm chips, which are incorporating mobile.
It seems that Qualcomm is the largest supplier of chips for Apple, has problems with the 28nm chip production and these disadvantages can be solved just about year-end date by which everyone expects to have the iPhone 5 in your hands . If this information turns out to be right, forget about putting your hands on the future iPhone in October or September, because you will probably have to wait until early 2013.
Of course, if it is bad news for Apple, is very good for Samsung and other manufacturers, enabling them to sell more units before the apple back on the attack.

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