Tweeting Consoles

The Twitter Xbox 360 is Socially Fun

 

The Twitter Xbox 360 will definitely cause tweeps and Xbox fans alike to pose a number of different questions. Would it automatically tweet gaming results? Can it help players socially connect with other gamers worldwide?

No words are finalized if the Twitter Xbox 360 is indeed in the works; however, it does not mean that it could never happen. The future of social media has integrated itself so heavily into modernity that as of now, the world is its oyster. Play on gamers.

Tantalising Game Teasers

EA Unveils The Battlefield 3 Teaser Trailer

For fans of EA’s Battlefield series, this Battlefield 3 teaser trailer is definitely something to drool over.

The hugely popular game franchise pits players in the heat of battle and affords them access to a wide variety of weapons, soldier classes and vehicles (land, sea & air), and the recent announcement of the latest addition to the series has rocked the internet and gamers everywhere. Although short, the Battlefield 3 teaser trailer does exactly what it needs to do by combining epic imagery with a great score, causing much anticipation for the game’s release this coming fall.

Battlefield 3 allows you to feel the full impact of battle like never before.  Powered by Frostbite 2, the next generation of DICE’s cutting-edge gaming engine, Battlefield 3 delivers spectacular visuals, earth-shattering destruction and real as hell combat gameplay providing a dramatic immersive First Person Shooter experience.

Interactive Football Apps

The Vualla iPad App Makes Super Bowl-Viewing an Interactive Experience

The Vualla iPad app The Vualla iPad appis a nifty tool geared specifically towards making TV-viewing more interactive and social.

Meant to serve as a “second screen” for television viewers, the Vualla iPad app puts a plethora of information at its users fingertips such as programming, cast and crew and show news. For the upcoming Super Bowl in particular, users will also be able to check out a whole bunch of awesome extras like archival commercials and historic clips.

A Videos section includes highlights from both teams, the past season, and last year’s Super Bowl. A Commercials sections includes YouTube videos of memorable Super Bowl ads… Similarly, a Halftime section includes clips from past halftime performances…The chat, Twitter, and Facebook links found on other show pages are also included in the Super Bowl section. “This is the type of experience we’re trying to build,” Khelil said of the Super Bowl-themed content in the app.

Paul Steiger

Paul E. Steiger is the editor-in-chief, CEO and president of ProPublica.

Steiger served as the managing editor of the Wall Street Journal from 1991 to 2007. During his tenure, members of the Journal’s newsroom staff were awarded 16 Pulitzer Prizes. In addition, a ProPublica reporter received a Pulitzer Prize in May 2010.

Steiger is the chairman of the Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based nonprofit that advocates for press freedom around the globe, and a member of the steering committee of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, based in Arlington, Va., which provides free legal assistance to journalists. From 1999 to 2007, he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize Board, serving as its chairman in his final year. He is a trustee of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, based in Miami, that funds efforts to enhance journalism and the functioning of American communities.

Awards include the Columbia Journalism Award, the University of Missouri Honor Award for Distinguished Service in Journalism, the Goldsmith Career Award for Excellence in Journalism from Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center, the Gerald Loeb Award for lifetime achievement from the John E. Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA, the Dean’s Medal for Distinguished Leadership from Brandeis University, the Fourth Estate Award from the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the National Press Foundation’s George Beveridge Editor of the Year Award, the Decade of Excellence Award from the World Leadership Forum in London, and the American Society of News Editors Leadership Award.

Steiger worked for 15 years as a reporter, the Washington economics correspondent, and the business editor for the Los Angeles Times, and for 26 years as a reporter and editor for the Wall Street Journal. He received a bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University in 1964.

Fail Whale Tissues

The Whale Tissue Holder Has a Clever Kleenex-Spurting Design

If you’re a Twitter addict, you’ll get why the Whale Tissue Holder looks like the “fail whale” logo.

Even if it wasn’t inspired by the Internet meme, this wooden box is still super cute and adorable. It’s a clever design that the soft Kleenex gets pulled out of the top, looking like spurting water. When the soft tissues run out of the Whale Tissue Holder though, you can definitely use the term “fail whale” to describe this circumstance.

 

Search Engine Geo Apps

The New Google Latitude Lets You Check Into Places

 

The new Google Latitude has just added a feature which allows you to check into specific places.

One key feature that differentiates Google Latitude with other geo-based leaders like Foursquare is that it checks you out of your location upon leaving, so your friends aren’t left guessing if you’re still there. With the popularity of location-based apps, it’s a surprise that Google has taken this long to add the check-in service, but knowing this search engine leader, its online strategy probably has more cool initiatives up its sleeve.

Free Facebook Flights

Seven Major Airlines Team Up to Provide Free In-Flight Facebook for February

 

Seven of the biggest airlines in America have teamed up with aerial Internet provider GoGo and Facebook to offer free in-flight Facebook. Virgin America, United Airlines, American Airlines, Delta, AirTran, US Airways and Alaska Airlines are all participating in the promotion which runs until the end of February.

The free in-flight Facebook promotion is designed to help sway people towards paying for in-flight Wi-Fi. Travelers will only be allowed access to Facebook, with all other Internet addresses prompting payment and an eventual series of back-clicks.