Closed Beta Starcraft II: Heart of the Swarm on track

 

Blizzard announced that the expansion pack Heart of the Swarm for Starcraft II beta is now closed. The developer said that the first round of lucky players includes professionals, media members, fans and competition winners but there are plans to open the multiplayer component for more players soon.
It is recommended that players interested in participating can click the "Beta Profile Settings' within section Battle.net account management. Obviously, follow these steps does not guarantee that you will receive access to the closed beta but your chances increase to actively play StarCraft II using the same account.

Blizzard said they are also working with several fan pages and community personalities to offer additional opportunities in the beta. Participants suspect that the pages will be listed on the fan page for StarCraft II with the idea that they are well known. The company did not say exactly how many invitations are for the beta, but mentioned that players will be added as necessary to perform their respective tests.
The company traditionally sees several factors when choosing their beta players including system specifications and if these actively playing the game in question. Participation in this beta is open for both Windows and Mac users simultaneously in all regions although the language support is limited to English, German, French, and Korean.
Finally, the selected participants have to 'sign' a confidentiality agreement so I most likely will not see much of the content of the online beta.

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Rumor: Apple is negotiating licenses to create Pandora style service

 

Apple is preparing an online radio service like Pandora, according to sources close to the company who spoke to the Wall Street Journal . This supposedly music service will work with all Apple hardware and perhaps even Windows computers, which has led some to speculate that it will be integrated into iTunes instead of being a standalone application.
As expected, the sources believe that the service will not be available on devices with the Google Android operating system.
Enter the market for streaming seems a logical step for Apple though unlike what they did a decade ago with the iPod, not forging a new path. Actually are following well-established services like Pandora and Spotify - even though this market is very difficult. Pandora, for example, has yet to report profits despite significant growth in revenue mainly due to the high cost of the royalties generated by the transmission of music.
The sources also said that Apple is negotiating licenses that would give users the option to play any song as often as you want, which is a common complaint in Pandora. Cupertino apparently also is negotiating their own prices rather than simply accept the rates set so far by the federal government.
Negotiations are still in their early stages so the most likely will not hear anything about the event next week where they will be iPhone 5.

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Bing will be the default browser of Kindle Fire HD

What a surprise! Both Microsoft and Amazon itself has confirmed that the new Kindle Fire tablet HD use the search engine Bing as the default search engine.

Apparently, this agreement is very recent and the latest details of it were agreed yesterday.Besides appearing in the default HD Fire, Bing also will welcome in the new models of Kindle Fire (original) to be sold from now on.

If you, like me, do not like Bing, then do not worry, you can set another search engine like Google , Yahoo!, etc.. according to your preferences.

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Via.Me, app for sharing photos, video, audio and text from your Android

Via.Me is a great app for file sharing multimedia . This application works in conjunction with the site Via.Me , which is a platform that has been created to share images and photos, videos, audio and text.

To give you an idea about, is a fusion of other platforms such as Instagram, Streamzoo, Twitter, Tumbler and Audioboo.

Via.Me has a very intuitive user interface, making it easy to use, it also has some editing tools and can be a good idea if you are a little tired of using the other platforms just mentioned and you need a small exchange.

Via.Me has a free application that can be downloaded from here .

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Google acquires VirusTotal

VirusTotal is a cyber security firm that has just been purchased by none other than Google , the Internet giant. What will you do with VirusTotal Google? Probably better protect their Internet services.

The purchase will be beneficial for us users, as it can improve the quality and performance of search tools and cleaning malware, which, according to analysts, will begin to be used almost immediately in services such as Gmail and Play app store Google.

Apparently, VirusTotal, will continue to operate by itself independently, but obviously now have extra chores. Google did not announce what the cost of purchase or the terms of the agreement.

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Nokia Lumia 920 would be released in November

Nokia will begin sales of Lumia 920 in November, according to a new report.

Yesterday I commented on the official launch of this phone which were released to their specifications, but what was the company did not reveal its price or when it would be coming to market.

Now, in a Reuters report indicated that the Finnish company will launch its smartphone flagship during the eleventh month of the year, according to the statements of a European telecommunications operator. No mention was made of the release date of a new model, the Lumia 820.

By the way, I take to tell them, in addition to what we have seen, that the device will have 7GB Skydrive storage.

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Motorola Droid RAZR HD comes to light

Motorola finally unveiled that could be your best smartphone to date, the new Motorola Droid RAZR HD, and the truth is that is not bad.

As might be expected, the phone will ship with Android 4.0, but will have the opportunity to upgrade to the new Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. One of the things highlighted on this new Motorola smartphone is its screen, a HD (720p) of 4.7 inches which has a minimal bezel around it.

At only 8.4 mm thick, the company has placed the Droid RAZR HD S4 Snapdragonprocessor dual-core at 1.5GHz and also has a battery of 2500mAh. The device also has an 8 megapixel camera and features technology NFC to share files. The phone also has good resistance because the back cover is made ​​of Kevlar, the same material used in bulletproof vests.

We hope to have more details about the Droid RAZR HD soon.

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iPhone 5 will not have NFC

The iPhone 5 that Apple presented on September 12 in San Francisco is the N42 version of it, which was first seen in May. This version does not have NFC and was chosen to be sold instead of the N41, which does have NFC. The version codenamed N42 is the most we have spoken, and which is one that carries a 4-inch screen with resolution of 1136 × 640 pixels, has a better processor than the iPhone 4S and also incorporates more RAM.

They have also started running some rumors on prices that will have the device in the United States. As has become usual, there will be a white and a black version and the mobile have different memory storage capacities. There is talk that the prices will be $ 200, $ 300 and $ 400.

Besides the above, are already making lots of accessories for the N42 version of the iPhone 5, and although they have not been identified, it is likely that the case of bumplers, cables, adapters and the like, all designed for the small connector of the new iPhone. It is also said that Apple would initially the exclusive seller of adapters for 30-pin accessories that work well although the current generation iPhone will not be directly compatible with the new.

In a few days we will have more news .

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