Will Google Buzz Displace Facebook?
Digital News Report – As Google unveiled their social networking solution today insider wonder if Facebook will be displaced similar to the way Facebook displaced MySpace? Sure MySpace is still popular, but Facebook has garnered more popularity over the past couple years.
What do you do if you can’t buy a major social networking [...]
Urban Dictionary Name Definitions Sparking Controversy
Urban Dictionary Screenshot
Digital News Report: The Urban Dictionary has been around since 1999 but recently picked up steam especially with name look-ups. The reference pages are filled with off-beat slang definitions you will not find in Webster’s or even Wikipedia.
Typically the dictionary will feature a standard definition in the top slot, but [...]
Digital Nation – Multi-Tasking
Douglas Rushkoff and Rachel Dretzin
Digital News Report – The PBS show Frontline did a segment back in 2007 about our digital lives and last night they built upon that foundation with their broadcast of “Digital Nation”. Our world has indeed changed over the past decade.
Are we getting “dumbed down” or has the new media [...]
Three New Cameras From Pentax
Digital News Report – Pentax unveiled three new digital cameras today. They say these cameras are not “just another silver digital camera.”
Optio I-10
The company released information about their new Optio I-10 which will go on sale in February. This is a 12-megapixel camera that will sell for around $300. With 5X-optical-zoom, the [...]
Sims 3 Outsells All Other PC Video Games In 2009
Sims 3
Digital News Report – The successful franchise, The Sims, was the top PC game last year. The new Sims 3 PC game was a bestseller of 2009, according to the NPD Group, a consumer and retail market research company.
It even outsold World of Warcraft. EA said that this is the 6th time in [...]
Motion Controller For PS3 Pushed Back Until Fall 2010
Sony PS3
Digital News Report – Sony is pushing back their release date for the PlayStation 3 Motion Controller. This is bad news for PS3 players looking forward to a controller similar to the Wii.
Earlier in the week Sony said they couldn’t give the games the quality experience they were looking for by [...]
Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf To Be Released In June
iPhone PGA Tour
Digital News Report – There is good news for Tiger Woods’ fans, the new PGA Tour 11 game will be released for multiple platforms in June.
EA Inc, the maker of the golf game, says the game will be available for Sony Playstation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360, Nintendo Wii and even the Apple iPone. [...]
Ubisoft Sets Date For Assassin’s Creed II Release
Assassin’s Creed II
Digital News Report – Assassin’s Creed II will be released January 28th, according to Ubisoft.
The company reported on their Twitter feed: “DLC 1 is a worldwide release, out on PS Store and XBL Marketplace on Jan 28 everywhere it can be”. DLC stands for Downloadable Content.
Set in 2012, players control [...]
NASA Needs More Money To Complete Survey Of Asteroids And Comets
Illustration of the impact event
Digital News Report – Digital News Report – A group of scientists released a report today recommending NASA launch an infrared telescope to monitor Near Earth Objects (NEO). NASA has been tasked with cataloging and protecting the earth from a collision by 2020.
Various objects including comets, asteroids and meteorites can [...]
Nokia Moving Closer To Dominating The GPS Market
Nokia Map App
Digital News Report – Companies come and go in business, and Nokia may have developed the GPS killer. For years Magellan, TomTom and Garmin have produced ever-improving GPS systems, but their days may be numbered.
Free integrated map and GPS applications for Smartphones are the game-changer. Nokia and other companies have been [...]