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Halo 5: Guardians will arrive on Xbox One in fall 2015

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by on May 16, 2014 at 10:03 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Microsoft today revealed that the next chapter in Master Chief’s adventures will be called Halo 5: Guardians. The first-person shooter will be produced by 343 Industries and will be released in fall 2015. The game is being developed to run at a silky smooth 60 frames per second, and will be hosted on dedicated servers for stable, reliable multiplayer bouts. In a blog post, 343 Industries General Manager Bonnie Ross said the game would have the “scope, features and scale” the team has craved for over a decade. “It’s a task that we, at 343 Industries, are taking very seriously…

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Samsung is rebranding London Heathrow’s Terminal 5 as ‘Terminal Samsung Galaxy S5′

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by on May 16, 2014 at 9:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Mobile, UK

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Samsung’s marketing budget is phenomenal. We all know that. But completely taking over Terminal 5 at London’s Heathrow Airport? That’s a crazy and ostentatious move, even for the mammoth Korean gadget maker. Starting next Monday (May 19), Samsung will be invading every nook and cranny of the busy British terminal for two weeks. The signage, wayfinding, website and plethora of digital screens will be used to push its new Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone in people’s faces. You won’t be able to move without a luxurious band-aid handset invading your eyeballs. On top of that, Samsung will be reworking the entrance…

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Uber rival GrabTaxi launches a limo service for Southeast Asia, starting in Malaysia

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by on May 16, 2014 at 9:14 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Asia, grabtaxi, Southeast Asia

(Left to Right) GrabCar Driver, Low Ngai Yuen (President, Kakiseni), Freda Liu (Producer & Presenter, BFM 89.9), Anthony Tan (Founder & Group CEO, MyTeksi), Nina Teng (General Manager, Grabcar)
GrabTaxi, the taxi-booking service that operates in Southeast Asia, is taking a leaf out of big rival Uber’s book after it unveiled its first private car booking service. The current GrabTaxi service lets users summon nearby public taxi cabs in Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam and Singapore — but the company describes its new ‘GrabCar’ offering as a “limo service.” That’s most definitely Uber territory. Initially available in its home market of Malaysia, GrabCar bookings can be made from inside the existing GrabTaxi app, which the company today revealed has passed 1.2 million downloads across those five countries. GrabTaxi explains that its limo car rates are “calculated…

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Buy Me a Pie for iOS updated with advanced sharing and private list options

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by on May 16, 2014 at 8:58 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Insider, Product Updates

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Buy Me a Pie, the grocery shopping list app for iOS, has been updated with new features which include advanced list sharing and the introduction of private lists. Following its visual revamp, the most significant new option is the ability to separate different shopping lists to share between different accounts. Although sharing was possible before, giving someone access to your shared lists gave them access to all your lists. So, if you find yourself needing to share different lists with different groups of people all the time, this should now be easier. Of course, you can still share with non-users via email or SMS. Lists…

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