Microsoft readies new Xbox as entertainment hub

Attendees play video games at Microsoft's Xbox 360 display at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show at the Las Vegas Convention Center January 10, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. AFP FILE PHOTO

Microsoft offers a glimpse Tuesday at a new-generation Xbox as videogame consoles evolve into home entertainment centers and adapt to competition from smartphones and tablets.

Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories,Photos & Videos | Read More »

Yahoo! vows not to ruin Tumblr after $1.1B takeover

Marissa Mayer has made her boldest move to date as chief of Yahoo! with the billion-dollar purchase of Tumblr, a popular blogging platform she vowed not to ruin after protests from youthful users.

Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Yahoo! confirms Tumblr deal for $1.1B

A news headline about the Tumblr sale to Yahoo scrolls on a building in New York's Times Square, Monday, May 20, 2013. Yahoo is buying online blogging forum Tumblr for $1.1 billion as CEO Marissa Mayer tries to rejuvenate an Internet icon that had fallen behind the times. AP PHOTO/RICHARD DREW

Yahoo! announced Monday it would acquire blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion, saying the two companies “share a vision to make the Internet the ultimate creative canvas.”

Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Internet,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Mobiles offer financial lifeline to Asian migrants—study

Asia’s mobile revolution is set to transform the region’s financial services industry, offering a cheap way for millions of migrant workers to send money home to their families, a report said on Monday.

Posted: May 21st, 2013 in Gadgets,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Metro’s traffic situation may now be monitored via smart phones, tablets

Monitoring the traffic flow in the metropolis’ major thoroughfares is now at the motorists’ fingertips with the latest addition to the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority’s digitized traffic information system.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Yahoo! to buy blog-maker Tumblr for $1.1B—report

Yahoo!’s board has approved a deal to purchase the popular blogging platform Tumblr for $1.1 billion in cash, The Wall Street Journal reported Sunday.

Posted: May 20th, 2013 in Apps and Softwares,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Free Inquirer tablets for lucky INQSnap readers

A free app, with free extra content—and, for the first two months, a chance to win an Inquirer tablet package for free.

Posted: May 19th, 2013 in Gadgets,Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Hong Kong launches first electric taxis

Hong Kong saw its first electric taxis hit the streets on Saturday in a step towards reducing the city’s high levels of roadside pollution.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

DepEd website now up and normal

The website of the Department of Education was up and running again on Saturday after being attacked early this week by pro-Taiwan hackers.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Report: Yahoo nearing $1.1B acquisition of Tumblr

Yahoo CEO Marissa Meyer poses for a photo at the Yahoo! On the Road Concert Series at Turner Hall, Sunday, May, 12, 2013 in Milwaukee. AP

Yahoo may be on the verge of closing its biggest acquisition during the 10-month reign of CEO Marissa Mayer as she tries to attract more traffic and advertisers to the Internet company’s website and mobile applications.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Headlines,Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

‘Sonic’ video games coming to Nintendo

This undated publicity image released by courtesy of game publisher Sega, shows Sonic, left, and sidekick, Tails, in the 2006 video game "Sonic the Hedgehog," for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. Sega says it will exclusively release the next three games starring the iconic blue critter on Nintendo platforms. AP photo

Sonic the Hedgehog is rolling with Nintendo.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

‘Hatchet hitchhiker’ arrested in US murder

CORRECTS SPELLING OF LAST NAME - In this undated photo downloaded from the Union County Prosecutors website, Caleb Kai Lawrence McGillvary is shown. McGillvary, 24, is being sought by New Jersey authorities on a murder warrant in the beating death of a New Jersey lawyer he befriended in New Yorks Times Square. The homeless hitchhiker had previously gained Internet and TV celebrity status by using a hatchet to intervene in an attack in California on a utility worker on Feb. 1, 2013. (AP Photo/Union County Prosecutors Office)

Life on the run for the Internet sensation known as “Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker” ended when he asked for a cup of coffee. A Starbucks employee was credited Friday with recognizing 24-year-old Caleb “Kai” McGillvary, wanted in the beating death of a man nearly three times his age.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

Telcos to Comelec: What weak signal?

The country’s two major telecommunications providers have denied claims that weak signals played a major role in the delayed transmission of results in Monday’s elections.

Posted: May 18th, 2013 in Latest Technology Stories | Read More »

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