I’ve been called a twitter whore for the number of tweets I post but now there’s a genuine Twitter whore! Check out her Twitter page here and if you have £50, why not give her a tweet?
Earlier today I tweeted this:
Ten minutes later I check Twitter to see (as an @reply to me) this:
How cool (and geeky) is that?
[Edit: Thanks to Tim for pointing out I had a screencap of my wrong tweet, but it has been fixed now]
The latest rumors to come out regarding Apple (cos you know there’s GOT to be a rumor about Apple going at all times) is that iTunes 9 will support Blu-Ray and therefore there are Blu-Ray drives coming to future Macs. Hooray! I care not.
The part of the rumor I DO care about is that there’s going to be a social networking aspect to iTunes. By the sounds of it (and really this is what I want) it will allow you to “share” songs on Twitter, Facebook etc. Recommending songs to friends? Sign me up. However my guess is that it’ll link back to iTunes Store for buying the songs therefore Apple is upping it’s profits.
Also it sounds like some kind of Last.FM integration is coming judging by this page at MacNN. I really hope scrobbling could be built into iTunes now as it’s annoying having to have the Last.FM app going seperately
Well that is how you do a conference! Microsoft just set the bar really high and I’d be amazed if Sony and Nintendo can top that.
Some of my most exciting things:
Halo ODST got a release date (Sept 22) and Bungie revealed the first non-Bungie developed Halo FPS, Halo: Reach. I’m guessing it’ll be somewhat similar to the book Fall of Reach which is a prequel to the first game.
Turn 10 announced Forza 3 is coming in October and proclaimed it to be the best thing since sliced bread. Well not really but there was multiple utterings of it being THE racing game of this console generation. Could they have got a whiff of Sony revealing some GT5 details?
Left 4 Dead 2 is coming in November, almost exactly a year since Left 4 Dead hit shelves. It probably won’t be much of a sequel but more likely just a new story, weapons and settings. And it has Director 2.0 apparently…
Another sequel announced and much anticipated by me was Crackdown 2. The first was one of the first great games on the 360 and I cannot wait for it’s sequel. The first was also the first game to make me feel queasy when falling through the air.
Alan Wake was demoed and looks gorgeous. Isn’t landing till Spring 2010 tho, boo!
Epic announced a new XBLA game (no GoW news Cliffy?) which looks pretty fun.
Square Enix showed off some Xbox 360 Final Fantasy XIII footage and revealed they were targeting a Spring 2010 release.
Metal Gear Solid is coming to Xbox but not MGS 4, it’s an all new game starring…..Raiden. Who I’m pretty sure everyone hates. But whatever Mr Kojima.
You can now be more social with Last.FM, Facebook and Twitter now all accessible on Xbox 360 and customised to be a console addition. So while the Wii and PS3 can brag about having browsers, I’ll be posting updates faster.
Splinter Cell stealthily resurfaced and now looks completely different to the one originally announced, for the better I say. The new game looks like the old games but prettier and more action heavy. It’s releasing in Fall 09 so that’ll be on my rental list for sure.
The NXE is getting an update at some point in the fall that will allow you to watch videos with your friends. It’s unclear whether it’ll just be downloaded content or if you’ll be allowed to use your own videos/movies.
And this wasn’t actually in the briefing but announced after: starting August you’ll be able to download full Xbox 360 games through Xbox Live using real money, not MS Points. Could this be Microsoft testing the waters for rentals?
I’ve been using Tweetie as my Twitter client on the iPhone for a good month now and I love it to bits. Today the developer released Tweetie for Mac and as I’m smitten with the iPhone version I of course had to check out the desktop version.
And I wasn’t disappointed. It’s a great little app with a sexy UI and the ease of use you come to expect from Mac applications. One of the best features is that you can call up a post window that’s seperate from the main window. It doesn’t sound like much but it’s super handy for posting quick snippets before you forgot them or some such. Not that I ever do such a thing but you know, some people do.
But one thing might be a dealbreaker for me: it doesn’t make any sound when you receive new messages, nor can you use growl. The only indication is that the icon in the menu bar lights up, which is nice but easy to miss.
Since the ad-supported version is free I’m gonna stick with it for now as I do really like it and hopefully the developer will release an update with sound and/or growl additions in the near future.
If not I can always fall back on Bluebird which I’ve been really enjoying prior to Tweetie.
A couple weeks ago I discovered I had a dead pixel on my MacBook screen and was very pissed off. It’s only a little thing but when you’re watching something full screen it’s glaringly obvious and quite distracting.
Apple will fix it for free but I was reluctant to be seperated from my computer for a week or two. However I just found out from my Twitter friend Craig (who works at the Apple Store) that they can apparently fix that kind of thing in store providing they have the parts in store. If they don’t they’ll give you a call when they have them in.
So to that end I’m gonna pop in on Friday and see what they can do and hopefully they can fix it there and then!
