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  • The Best Recently Released PC Games

    With Christmas fast approaching, PC Games remain as popular as they’ve ever been and with the latest advances in PC technology, there’s no limit to what gamers can now do in these majestic online worlds. For those seeking some of the best and brightest games on the market at the moment, be sure to check Tesco’s range of great PC games.

    Call of Duty: Black Ops 2

    As the latest installment from the acclaimed first-person shooter series of video games, Black Ops 2 has a reputation to uphold and does so with gusto, improving aspects of the game’s single-player campaign whilst providing an extensive online world for those that wish to fully utilise the game’s multi-player mode.

    Football Manager 2013

    Another popular franchise returns with a back-to-basics style; Football Manager 2013 improves on its predecessor with added complexities and features but also harks back to the traditional aspects of the game with a newly included ‘classic’ mode. The game becomes more accessible for those who wish to remain casual players and provides another strong offering from Sports Interactive.

    Need For Speed: Most Wanted

    The arcade-racer genre is pushed to the limits with this exhilarating game from Criterion. With the gleaming cars improved upon significantly and the game modes representing physical and technological excellence, the final product is a highly polished gaming experience that won’t be beaten by anything else within this generation of computing consoles.

    Hotline Miami

    Described as a 2D top-down action game, Hotline Miami is a violent yet stylish look at an amalgamation of gaming conventions that blend together nicely in order to form one coherent narrative and experience. The game is fun, escapist action, worthy of utmost enjoyment with its fully fledged game modes.

    Natural Selection 2

    Another addition to the first-person shooter craze, this game blends first-person action and real-time strategy, offering a unique and complex experience. The dynamics are first-class and the vibrant world that the players inhabit is well crafted and features an abundance of entertaining game modes.

  • Final Fantasy Versus XIII Centric Conference Rumored For January

    The long awaited RPG title by Square Enix – Final Fantasy Versus XIII is rumored to be showcased at a conference held by Square Enix is January next year. The conference will supposedly show off new gameplay footage of Final Fantasy Versus XIII along with new details about Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy and Final Fantasy X HD as reported by TheSilentChief.

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    Square Enix held a similar conference two years ago which showed off the last Versus XIII trailer. Do note that this is just a rumor for now, don’t get too excited and wait for January.

    Are you looking forward for Final Fantasy Versus XIII? Let us know your thoughts on the game in the comments below.

  • iPhone 5 Reveal Date Confirmed For September 12th

    According to The Loop Apple has started sending out media invites for an upcoming event on September 12th. We highly believe this to be the day the iPhone 5 is finally revealed. The tagline of the invitation says “It’s almost here.”. Its pictured below:

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    The event will take place in the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco at 10:00 AM Pacific / 1:00 PM Eastern. If you look closely at the invitation you’ll notice a 5 in the shadow of 12 leading us to believe that the next iPhone will be called the iPhone 5 and not the iPhone 4GS, iPhone LTE or like the latest iPad the New iPhone. Along with the iPhone 5 Apple is also supposed to show a final build iOS 6.

    What new features are you expecting to show up in the iPhone 5? Let us know in the comments below.

  • iPhone 5′s New Camera: ‘same as iPhone 4S but thinner’

    The iPhone 5 comes with a brand new camera but its not ‘that new’ as Apple explains: “Same as the iPhone 4S, but thinner.”

    Its an 8-megapixels with a 3,264 x 2,448 backside-illuminated sensor, five-element lens, and f/2.4 aperture great for low light pictures. The camera is 25% thinner to match the iPhone 5′s 7.6mm thin body.

    The camera is still branded the iSight camera which when coupled with the new A6 processor takes quick and highly detailed images.

    iPhone 5 camera iPhone 5s New Camera: same as iPhone 4S but thinner

    New features of the camera include the new dynamic low light mode, “smart filter” which helps in color matching images, 40% faster shutter speed and the ability to capture still images in video. There’s also a brand new panorama mode which joins multiple smaller images into a huge 28 megapixel image.  Apple is also improving on the image sharing capabilities of the iPhone 5, images can now be shared with multiple persons who can later comment on them.

    Video recording is still the same as the iPhone 4S offering 1080p 30fps capture with improved image stabilization. The front camera also got a small upgrade in the form of 720p video in Facetime.

    Image Credit: The Verge

  • New Slender Game is in Development

    Most of us know about Slender, especially due to the increasing popularity of the Slender Man through the internet. Slender is a short, yet satisfying game in which the player is tasked with finding eight pages in a dark forest, with nothing but a flash light. As the player finds the pages, the soundtrack builds up and the Slender Man begins to stalk and follow you. The eight pages can be found anywhere in the forest and their locations change in each playthrough, which adds to the suspense and horror effect. Who knew that a short PC game by Parsec Productions could be one of the most terrifying experiences ever?

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    Now,  Parsec Productions and Blue Isle Productions have teamed up for a new Slender game called ‘Slender, The Arrival’. This new game will have improved visuals additional levels and even a proper storyline, which might give us a better insight into the character of the Slender Man.

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    There has been no release date for the game, but Blue Isle’s website claims that the game will be available in the coming months. The question is: Will the second game match up to the standard of horror that was raised by the first?

  • iPhone 5 is out, Which iPhone is worth its value?

    Apple’s latest product is always a fashion for people, they want to grab it in first place. iPhone5 is also a hype for people, they want to grab it on very first day. iPhone 5 made a dramatic entry in the market, and some reports shows, iPhone 5 has broken all market records and it’s sold on a large scale on its very first day of release. Being an Apple fanatic I would love to buy this new masterpiece iPhone but before making iPhone 5 a last option we should look at facts and figures. Though iPhone 5 is now on stores but iPhone 4 and 4s are still on stores and offering a lot of features in discount deals.

    iPhone 5′s features list shows that it is best iPhone until now, as far as specifications are concerned. A6 chip with 1 GB RAM and 64GB version shows better aspects of iPhone 5. Camera result, panorama effect and face time are extra features but still price and other things should be considered while selecting a iPhone for purchase in this summer.  iOS 6 upgrade comes up with different features but they work almost same for iPhone 4s.

    So before going for purchases you must have a look at comparison between three iPhones in stores. Comparison is set accordingly with the services they come up with iOS6 installation.

    iphone comparison iPhone 5 is out, Which iPhone is worth its value?

    iphone5, iphone 4s and iphone4 comparison

    After having a quick view of these features I must say iPhone 4S is the best deal until now. iPhone 4S comes up with an economical deal that you can easily deal with. Though availability issues also need consideration and rise & fall in market may inclined to change your decision but statistically iPhone 4S is best iPhone to purchase now.

  • Pakistan Authorities Have Blocked Over 13,000 Adult Websites

    Never have I seen a banning of this scale and caliber. The Pakistan Telecom Association, also known as PTA, has blocked well over 13 thousand inappropriate / adult / anti-government websites over the past two months. While no definitive list of blocked websites has been revealed, sources close to TechDeville say the banning has not stopped yet as the number of inappropriate websites is just beyond imagination.

    I applaud PTA for taking a positive step for providing a controlled and safer environment for our children and youth to surf online. A lot of the major proxy websites have also been blocked. While the sad part still remains, there are still limitless ways to bypass these bans, but the efforts are still appreciated and it will continue in a positive direction.

    While some people are calling this an attack on the freedom of speech, I simply don’t see how adult websites were contributing anything to “Freedom of speech”, freedom of clothes maybe.

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  • Download USB drivers for your Android device

    USB drivers are needed to successfully connect your Android device to a computer. This is especially important when you’re flashing a new firmware using ODIN or using fast boot. Whatever phone or tablet you may have, it needs proper and official drivers in order to avoid and issues upon connecting it with a computer. Most phones will install drivers automatically when you connect them for the first time to your PC, but sometimes they won’t so use the links below to get them for your device.

    Installing drivers is pretty easy, just download them and double click. Still, if you have any trouble installing them, let us know in the comments below.

    Below is a compiled list of all major OEMs along with the links to download the USB drivers.

    Google Nexus: Download Google Nexus Drivers

    Samsung: Samsung USB Drivers or Download Samsung KIES (drivers included).

    HTC: Download HTC USB Drivers (HTC Sync).

    Motorola: Download Motorola USB Drivers (Motorola Device Manager).

    Huawei: Download Huawei USB Drivers or Download HiSuite

    LG: Download LG USB Drivers.

    •  LG website > Search for product > Resources > Download driver.

    ASUS: Download ASUS USB Drivers or Download ASUS PC Suite (drivers included).

    SONY: SONY PC Companion

    If any of the links die, please report them in the comments below.

  • Apple’s mobile market share stands at 5.5% in Q3 2012

    The smartphone market is an extremely competitive market. Many different manufacturers fighting to take their shares of the market and profits. In order for them to achieve this they need to come up with new products all the time to keep customer interest and keep competition in check. Apple is one such company. Apple’s mobile market share has always been somewhere in the top 3. Figures just released by Gatrner enforce that fact.

    The above table shows figures from this quarter. Apple’s mobile market share currently stands at 5.5%. Compared to same time last year it’s a growth from 3.9%. Sales increased from 17 million to 23 million. Apple’s mobile market share is still a distant third to Nokia and Samsung which stand at 19.2% and 22.9% respectively. Samsung even managed to sell nearly a 100 million phones. Nokia managed 82 million. It’s however important to note that most of these high sales figures come from cheap feature phones in developing markets. Apple’s iPhone isn’t exactly cheap and neither is it part of many developing markets. Apple’s iOS accounted for 13.9 percent of the smartphone operating system market share

    Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012. overall mobile phone sales were down 3.1%, smartphone sales were up 47% year over year.

  • Google preparing Google Maps app for iOS

    When Scott Forstall demoed iOS 6 way back in June, he showcased the new Apple Maps as the single biggest addition to iOS’s latest iteration. Backed by TomTom and with novelty features like 3D, Apple’s hopes were to replace the existing Google Maps with a better alternate. We all know how badly it eventually turned to be. So much so that it cost Scott Forstall his job. The hopes of iOS users are for a Google Maps app for iOS. We’ve heard rumours about this much awaited app before but nothing concrete.

    Wall Street Journal reports that Google is currently working on a Google maps app for iOS and that the company has distributed a test version of this app to some people outside the company. Google is currently putting on the finishing touches on this before they put it on iTunes for approval. When that will happen is unclear at this point though previous speculations pointed towards a December release.

    What’s even more important is whether Apple will approve this app or not. Google Maps app for iOS will compete directly with the built in Apple Maps, and we all know how Apple feels about apps replicating built in functionality. As an iOS user, fingers crossed.