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PlayStation 4 and PS Vita coming to China on January 11

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by on December 11, 2014 at 12:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, Gadgets

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After a long wait, gamers in China are finally going to be able to get their hands on Sony’s PlayStation 4 console early next year. The PS4 and the PS Vita portable gaming system will be available in the country on January 11, reports Reuters. Sony will retail the PS4 at $468 (2,899 RMB) and the PS Vita at $210 (1,299 RMB), with both available in black and white variants. Along with Sony’s SCE Worldwide Studios, over 70 game developers and publishers are expected to launch titles in the country. Foreign consoles were banned 14 years ago until this January, when…

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Prezi now lets users deliver and watch live presentations from anywhere

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by on December 11, 2014 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web

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Web- and mobile-based presentation platform Prezi has just launched a new feature that allows users to deliver presentations remotely to audiences anywhere, in real-time. To present to a widespread audience, users can select collaborators who already use Prezi, or share a special link with anyone (even unregistered users), and begin navigating through their presentation. A presenter can also pass control over to a colleague at any time with a single click. Meanwhile, up to 30 participants can follow along on their desktop clients, web browsers or mobile devices. The feature is live now and users on all Prezi plans can…

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Spotify now lets you track your friends’ most-listened songs

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by on December 11, 2014 at 11:44 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

Spotify is rolling out a new feature today that allows users to keep abreast of their friends’ favorite tracks from the catalog of millions of songs. While Spotify has allowed you to see what your friends are listening to for quite some time, the new feature, eloquently called ‘Top Tracks in Your Network’, does exactly as its name suggests – it surfaces the songs your friends have listened to most over the last seven days. Next to each song in this chart is a drop-down list of the people that have been listening to it. The feature has been integrated across…

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Microsoft rolls out suite of MSN apps for iOS and Android, including Weather, News and Sports

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by on December 11, 2014 at 10:33 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Launches

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Microsoft has today launched its recently rebranded mobile apps for iOS and Android devices. Following the overhaul of its MSN portal in September, the company today made MSN News, Sports, Health & Fitness, Food & Drink and Money all available to download. MSN Weather is also available to download now for Android devices, but the iOS version of this specific app is due to arrive “in the coming months,” Microsoft said. The suite of apps will also work with Amazon’s Android-based devices too. All the new apps offer seamless syncing across multiple platforms, making it easy to pick up and carry on across multiple operating…

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Blinkist’s curated mobile reading platform now includes audio capabilities and one free book per day

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by on December 11, 2014 at 10:00 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Updates

Berlin-based Blinkist, a platform that takes nonfiction books and presents them in a specially abridged mobile format, today announced a significant revamp of its platform. It’s also tweaked its pricing to entice new users to try the service. Available for both iOS and Android devices, Blinkist now has new audio features, allowing users to do listen to key sections of non-fiction books while driving or exercising, for example. A spokesperson confirmed to TNW that for launch there’s around 50 recorded versions of bestselling books on Blinkist, and that it plans to add five new ones per week, with that pace accelerating early next year.…

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