Cell Phone Built In Minecraft Can Actually Make Video Calls, Wow
And now for the most impressive thing I’ve seen all day: a Minecraft cell phone that not only works, it can make video calls from inside the game. It’s amazing.
Xbox Verizon FiOS Viewing Will Be Weighed and Measured by Nielsen
Later this month Verizon will be launching 26 channels of live streaming cable content through the Xbox Live dashboard for users of its FiOS TV service, a brand new way to watch cable made possible in part by the support of North America's ancient television audience measurement system.
“Xbox, Watch Skinemax.” The FiOS Channels You’ll Be Able Watch on the Xbox 360
As mentioned in the previous post about the Microsoft/Verizon partnership, you'll be able to watch 26 channels on the game console. A screenshot of the Verizon app that you'll need to download is above and a full list of the channels available at launch follows:
Xbox 360 Becomes a FiOS Cable Box Next Month, Starting With 26 Channels
Starting next month with 26 channels, FioS customers will be able to start watching live cable TV through their Xbox 360s, the internet and cable provider said today.
It's Official: Xbox 360 Gets Television
Following weeks of rumors and speculation, Microsoft today confirmed that they have teamed up with 40 TV and entertainment providers to bring shows and live television to Xbox Live.
Your Cable Box Is Dying. Long Live the Game Console!
Your cable box is headed for obsolescence.
Verizon On Xbox 360 Cable Box Rumor: "Stay Tuned For the Future"
Yesterday we noted that there was a rumor making the rounds that deals between Microsoft and Comcast and Verizon to turn the Xbox 360 into a cable box were imminent. Now Verizon seems to be hinting that someone along those lines could indeed be in the works.
Rumor: Xbox as Comcast, Verizon Cable Box Imminent
Microsoft has been saying for months, for years, that they're in talks with folks at cable companies about using the Xbox 360 as a cable box, but Digiday reports today that the company is close to signing deals with Comcast and Verizon.
Report: iPhone 5 On Sale This October
The new iPhone, expected to be dubbed iPhone 5, will apparently go on sale in mid-October through Sprint, Verizon Wireless, and AT&T. [WSJ]
It's Official: Verizon Gets the iPhone, Now With MiFi
For those of us who like to game on the iPhone, we just got a second choice for who to use as our cell phone provider.
Does "Net Neutrality" Mean a Golden Highway Paved By Gamers?
Though today's much-discussed proposal was long on talk of transparency, there are two loopholes in Google and Verizon's plan for "Net Neutrality" rules, and, yep, one of them covers "gaming options."
