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Sony Announces Gran Turismo 6
After 15 years since the first Gran Turismo, Sony today announced that Gran Turismo 6 is on its way. The sixth edition of a best-selling car racing game will be released in August, but it is unknown if the game will be available only on PS3, or we could see it on PS4.
ASUS Quietly Launches Zenbook UX51VZ With Retina Class Display
ASUS has quietly launched a new Zenbook Ultrabook that comes with a very competitive display. While there are an increasing number of 1080p Ultrabooks on the market, ASUS has launched a 15.6-inch Zenbook with Retina class display that boasts a 2880 x 1620 pixel display.
AT&T Plans To Discontinue The HTC First
HTC First was the first device that comes with the Facebook Home interface for Android. Although it was presented only five weeks ago, AT&T first lowered the price and now plans to discontinue the phone and return every unsold inventory to the company.
NEC Medias X Liquid Cooled Smartphone
NEC innovated the first liquid cooling for smartphone SoCs, its first implementation is the Medias X, which uses a tiny coolant channel to keep a Snapdragon 600 chip cool. Liquid cooling could be the way forward for designers striving for slim, lightweight devices.
Windows Blue Officially Windows 8.1, Free for Windows 8 Users
Speaking at the JP Morgan Technology, Media & Telecom Conference, Microsoft product manager for Windows Tami Reller made some big announcements about her company's next major operating system we've come to know as "Windows Blue." First preview coming this June.
BBM Coming to Android and iOS, for Free
The biggest takeaway from BlackBerry's Orlando media event this afternoon wasn't the BlackBerry Q5, which takes BlackBerry 10 platform to the masses; rather the company's announcement of taking BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) to them, by announcing free Android and iOS apps.
NVIDIA Shield On Pre-order from the 20th
NVIDIA announced that its Shield handheld gaming console will be up for pre-order on the 20th of this month, and that the first orders should begin shipping out in June. NVIDIA set price competitive with other consoles, and is betting heavily on Tegra 4 and Android.
BlackBerry Announces Q5
BlackBerry Q5 is the company's latest, and most affordable device based on its BlackBerry 10 platform, unveiled today at an event in Orlando. It covers the non-enterprise essentials of the platform, while keeping the Q10's DNA, and targeting the youthful masses.