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Microsoft’s Major Nelson has confirmed that Xbox 360 users below the age of 18 and based outside the US are now able to use the console’s social networking features – as long as said features are enabled under the parental control settings. Until now the services had been locked to …
Read More »St John returns
Planning a strong push into the games sector, social network hi5 has hired outspoken industry veteran Alex St. John as president and chief technology officer. Until late last year, St. John was CEO of online gaming destination WildTangent. Previously, he was a Microsoft bigwig, whose credits include co-creating DirectX. His …
Read More »Last.FM racks up 1m Xbox Live profiles
Approximately one million Last.FM profiles have been created through the new Xbox Live social media update. The number of gamers using the customisable online music service is considerably higher than the 500,000 originally announced by Microsoft last week, according to Game Informer. These users have streamed a combined 120 million …
Read More »Microsoft: Millions use Xbox Live social media
Microsoft has announced that millions of Xbox Live members have taken advantage of the social media features that were launched last week. Company spokesperson David Dennis reported that at least 2 million users have logged into Facebook in the first week – a tenth of Xbox Live’s total userbase of …
Read More »Zynga faces lawsuit over ad scam
Zynga and Facebook â??generated enormous profits through misleading advertsâ??
Read More »Facebook hitting PS3 today
Just a matter of hours after it was first officially announced, Sony has confirmed that the PS3 3.10 firmware update – which brings with it integrated Facebook functionality – will go live on its servers today. The release comes just one day after Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM functionality was added …
Read More »Zynga secures $15 million in VC funding
Socially networked games studio bolstered in spite of recent controversy
Read More »PS3 joins the Facebook party
With Microsoft’s social media bonanza due to hit Xbox 360 today – bringing with it integrated Facebook, Twitter and Last.FM functionality – Sony has announced a similar upgrade for PS3 via its US blog. The upcoming 3.10 firmware update will introduce Facebook into the XMB. Users will also have the …
Read More »Facebook PS3 integration imminent
While Sony responds to rumours that Twitter may come next
Read More »November 17th launch for 360 Twitter, Facebook
Microsoft has confirmed that Twitter and Facebook integration will be coming to Xbox Live on November 17th. The update was announced at E3 and brings popular social media such as Twitter, Facebook and Last FM to the Xbox 360 Dashboard. The release date was confirmed to Fast Company, who spoke …
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