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Everything Nintendo announced during its E3 ‘Digital Event’ presentation

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by on June 10, 2014 at 4:52 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Nintendo held its special ‘Digital Event’ for E3 2014 today – forgoing a traditional press conference again in favor of a pre-recorded video. The segment was packed full of new video games, details and announcements, so if you happened to miss all the excitement – here’s a breakdown of everything the iconic developer and console maker had to show its fans this year. Super Smash Bros. (Wii U/3DS) Nintendo started with an in-depth look at the next Super Smash Bros video game, headed to both the Wii U and its 3DS handhelds later this year. An opening skit showed Satoru…

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Yammer for Web now supports 28 languages, Android and iOS apps get message translation by Microsoft Translator

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:48 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Mobile

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Yammer today announced major updates for its apps that focus on localization. The Web client now supports 28 languages, mobile apps now support 12 languages, and the Android and iOS apps now offer message translation powered by Microsoft Translator. First up, the Yammer Web client has been updated with an option to select your preferred primary language, the default is “English (US).” You can find the language picker in the bottom of the right pane under “Company Resources” on your home page or under “Access Options” in a group, or in the footer of every page that doesn’t support infinite…

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New The Legend of Zelda title headed to Wii U in 2015

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, E3, Insider

At Tuesday’s E3 presentation, Nintendo showed off the next game in its venerable The Legend of Zelda series. The trailer showed off a new art style with updated visuals, as the first HD title in the series. In it we see Link riding his horse into battle against a robot-like monster chasing him through an expansive field. Nintendo’s Eiji Aonuma talked about how they were able to use the Wii U’s processing power to create a vast, interconnected world, the likes of which they couldn’t in past systems. Unlike most previous titles in the series, this should allow for a less…

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Nintendo launches NFC-equipped Amiibo figurines that work alongside Wii U games

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Insider, Product Launches

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Nintendo is looking to integrate near-field communications (NFC) technology into figurines that work in tandem with specially designed Wii U games, the company announced at the E3 games conference today. The company said that the figurines can interact with in-game content, allowing you to develop and improve your individual character. The first game to support it will be Super Smash Bros for Wii U, but it will also be supported on more games in the future, including Mario Kart 8, Nintendo confirmed. Data is exchanged between the device and figurine when it’s placed on a Wii U game pad. There’s a two-way data exchange, which means that not…

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Your Facebook personality: Compare your use of language to friends and celebrities

Jun10
by on June 10, 2014 at 4:00 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Product Launches, Social Media

Language analysis is going in some interesting directions at the moment. Now a new tool from the team behind Five, a forthcoming social app, allows you to compare your personality traits with those of famous people and your friends according to the Five Factors of Personality. Analyzing the language used in your Facebook posts, the tool lets you see how you measure up against the likes of Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg.It’s a simple tool but one I was interested enough in to spend time comparing myself to others and wondering why I measured relatively high for neuroticism. At the…

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