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It’s a stormy, miserable day in Tokyo. The rain is falling sideways and the wind is whistling its way through the sea of vending machines, but inside the Makuhari Messe convention center it’s warm and dry. That’s good, because that’s where the games are, and that’s where we are, hanging out with Major Nelson and the crew from Joystiq. Microsoft is about to kick off the 2010 Tokyo Game Show and we have the blow-by-blow waiting for you just a click away.

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Live from Microsoft’s TGS 2010 press event originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 15 Sep 2010 21:14:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Not a huge surprise here, but Apple’s just announced iTunes 10 alongside all those new iPods, complete with a brand new logo that finally ditches the CD. What is something of a surprise, however, is the standout feature of iTunes 10: Ping. That’s Apple’s take on a music-centered social network (think Last.fm), which will let you follow people (including artists), establish a “circle of friends,” post comments, check out custom song and album charts, and even find over 17,000 concert listings (which you can of course let folks know your attending). What’s more, Ping is also making the jump to the iPhone and iPod touch, and it’s available with iTunes 10 today. Head on past the break for the full press release.

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Apple announces iTunes 10 with Ping social network originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Steve Jobs just dropped a few numbers on us. Firstly, that big one above, 120 million iOS devices — that’s iPhones, iPod touches and iPads, for the forgetful in the class — have been shipped since the original iPhone made its grand debut back in 2007. 230,000 is the next number of significance — that’s the tally of daily iOS activations. Moving down to even more granular stats, Apple says 200 apps are being downloaded every second, which has resulted in the mind-bending 6.5 billion total downloads of iOS applications. This is from a catalog of over 250,000 total apps, with 25,000 of them being available for the iPad. Yeah, Apple’s just blowing its horn, but it sure is a big one, isn’t it?

Apple ships 120 million iOS devices since iPhone’s launch originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:04:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Apple’s fall event is tomorrow, and we’ll be there live! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:45:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Had enough gaming news today? Hardly. We’re on-hand here at Sony‘s E3 keynote in Los Angeles, eager to be world’s away from the smog just outside of the door. So, what’s Sir Howard have in store for us? A legitimate PSP2? An unthinkably large PlayStation 3? The return of Saturn? Keep it locked right here — we’ll be bringing you the blow by blow as soon as things commence.

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Live at Sony’s E3 2010 keynote! originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 15 Jun 2010 14:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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