Jul 05

Call of Duty Online trailer debuts

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Activision has got a new Call of Duty game up its sleeve, but this one is a little different from the rest. It worked together with Tencent to create Call of Duty Online: a free to play (F2P) first person shooter designed for gamers in China. Like other F2P games, the game should cost nothing to play – but gamers who want access to certain upgrades to their weapons and gear will probably have to pay for them.

Judging by the trailer, it looks just like any other Call of Duty game and even features fan favorite maps from previous games in the series. For more information on the game, check out this interview that MMO Culture had with Activision recently. Trailer embedded above.

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Call of Duty Black Ops: Declassified and Assassins Creed III: Liberation on the PS Vita, Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 details leaked?,

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Jun 30

Nexus 7 Review

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Google has made it official: the search giant launched the Nexus 7, a powerful and affordable 7-inch tablet running the new Android Jelly Bean 4.1 operating system, powered by NVIDIA Tegra 3 SoC (system-on-chip) and made by ASUS.

The highly rumored device lived up to our expectations, for a starting price of $199 (8 GB version) the quality is awesome. The 1280×800 IPS display enhanced by the new ASUS TruVivid engine delivers a great viewing experience, with well contrasted colors. Additionally, the quad-core 1.3 GHz Tegra 3 processor with a 12-core GPU brings serious power to the mix, enabling an enjoyable entertainment experience.

To keep the price down, the elegant device has been stripped from anything unnecessary, connectivity-wise, you’ll get only a Micro USB port and an audio jack, it seems that 3G will not be supported and there is no rear camera.

The 8GB version will be priced at $199 while the 16GB model will cost $249, both devices
come with preloaded entertainment such as the Transformers: Dark Side of the Moon movie and the Bourne Dominion book. Lucky Nexus 7 owners will also get $25 credit to spend in Google Play.  It is available for pre-order via play.google.com and is expected to begin shipping in mid-July.

We got a unit on the first day of Google I/O and we spend the next day to test it for you.

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Jun 25

Rude Facebook changes email address without prior permission

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Facebook logoFacebook seemed to have lost some of its manners, having changed its users’ listed email addresses without asking for permission prior, to one that ends in “@facebook.com.” This change was first stumbled upon last Saturday, where users saw their @facebook.com address being listed – or just to have the rest of their email addresses hidden. First announced a couple of years ago, the @facebook.com email service did not pick up any speed at all compared to other email services, and this latest round of self-promotion without prior permission certainly ticked off certain groups of people, even though it is not that big a deal when you think about it.

For those affected and want to make a change to the status quo, just go to your profile, select “Update info,” scroll down to “Contact Info” and click “Edit.” Choose just who you want to share your individual email address(es) with, and whether you would like your email to be shown on your timeline or not. What’s your take on it – are you nonchalant about it, or are you peeved with Facebook’s latest shenanigan?

By Ubergizmo. Related articles: Facebook lets you find your friends now, Facebook hires ex-Apple UI design manager,

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