Thursday, June 30, 2011

Microsoft: Games for Windows Marketplace Moving to Xbox.com

Games for Windows Marketplace will fully transition over to Xbox.com. Now you can get all of your gaming needs in one place. It's convenient, it's concentrated, and it's a whole lot of great games, announced Microsoft on Games for Windows forum.

Microsoft: Games for Windows Marketplace Moving to Xbox.com


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Yahoo! Search BOSS V2 Update Released

Yahoo! Search BOSS V2 launched in April this year, has received a few updates to the service today.

Yahoo! Search BOSS V2 Update Released


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Google Sites Are Getting A Brand New Look [PHOTOS] (GOOG)


Google Calendar and some other sites got a very attractive refresh today. It looks like Google is starting to streamline its design to match Google+.

See for yourself. It's pretty:

google calendar

Here's what the new Google Maps looks like:

google maps

Update: The new look is coming to Gmail as well. Here's an example:

New Gmail look

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Hey, Look: Foursquare Finally Got A Real Office In San Francisco


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Foursquare's New York headquarters are pretty awesome. Its satellite office in SF hasn't been.

Foursquare used to share Square's space in the old SF Chronicle building. When Square got too big, Foursquare moved to a small shared room in the basement with a couple of other startups.

This week, Foursquare finally made the move to a real office -- a classic old warehouse south of Market. There are only about 15 full-time employees out in California, but the company is growing fast and wants to recruit more talent from Silicon Valley. And a lot of Californians don't want to move to New York.

Last night the company had a party to celebrate its new location, and we got a tour of the aftermath this morning.

The new space is on one of the small alleys south of Market Street in SF. Supposedly they're named after famous Gold Rush era madams.





Weird -- looks like a garage is here.





The actual office is upstairs.





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Google's Facebook-Killer Will Get Games And A Question-And-Answer Service


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Lines in the source code for Google+ hint that the service will soon get games and a Q&A service.

Engadget uncovered several cryptic lines in the source code that mention "Google+ Games."

This isn't a surprise: earlier this year Google posted a job listing for a product manager of games who would be "significantly influencing Google's social platform."

Last year, then-CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that Google would eventually announce a partnership with Zynga. Details may come out whenever Zynga files for its IPO, which is supposedly happening in days.

The source code also contains references to what looks like a question and answer service, with lines like "You might try rephrasing or tagging your question to make it easier for someone to answer" and "We haven't received an answer to your..." as well as something called "Google Experts." This could be the revamp of Aardvark, the Quora-like Q&A service that Google acquired last year.

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Coming Soon To Google+: Games And Q&A; Service


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Lines in the source code for Google+ suggests that the service will eventually get games and answers features.

Engadget uncovered several cryptic lines in the source code that mention "Google+ Games."

This isn't a surprise: earlier this year Google posted a job listing for a product manager of games who would be "significantly influencing Google's social platform."

Last year, then-CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed to the Wall Street Journal that Google would eventually announce a partnership with Zynga. Details may come out whenever Zynga files for its IPO, which is supposedly happening in days.

The source code also contains references to what looks like a question and answer service, with lines like "You might try rephrasing or tagging your question to make it easier for someone to answer" and "We haven't received an answer to your..." as well as something called "Google Experts." This could be the revamp of Aardvark, the Quora-like Q&A service that Google acquired last year.

You can out the source code for yourself by following this link and hitting "View...Source" from your browser menu.

 

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