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Nintendo will close its online play ‘Wi-Fi Connection’ service for DS and Wii today

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by on May 20, 2014 at 9:10 am
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Nintendo is shutting down its online play ‘Wi-Fi Connection’ service for a large number of Nintendo DS and Wii titles today. Online play, matchmaking and leaderboards are all being switched off, although the online marketplace for each console – the Wii Shop Channel and Nintendo DSi Shop – will remain unaffected for now. Video on-demand services, including Netflix, Hulu and YouTube should also still be available. Some of the Wii’s most competitive games will be impacted by the closure. Mario Kart Wii, Super Smash Brothers Brawl and Pokemon Battle Revolution stand out, although they’re joined by smaller fan favorites such as…

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Windows Phone 8.1-equipped Nokia Lumia 630 goes on sale in the UK on May 29 for £89.95

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by on May 20, 2014 at 8:52 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Gadgets, Mobile, UK

Microsoft has confirmed that the Nokia Lumia 630 will go on sale on May 29 priced at £89.95. The 4.5-inch display equipped, Windows Phone 8.1-toting smartphone has a 1.2GHz quad-core processor and support for microSD cards up to 128GB in order to bolster its 8GB of onboard storage. The device will be offered via Carphone Warehouse, EE, O2, Tesco and Amazon. Clearly, with a sub-£100 price tag, it will be going head-to-head with lower-end Android devices like the recently announced Moto E. And just like with the Moto E, if you get bored of the color of your phone, you can just swap…

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