The Official Minecraft Soundtrack By C418 On Sale In A Few Hours

March 4, 2011 8:47 AM ⋅

In less than 8 hours, you can buy the official Minecraft soundtrack (read: the amazing soundtrack), from its creator, C418. The album will include every song, and here in detail is what it offers:

From C418, himself:

  • All the officially released music in Minecraft right now
  • Additional soundtrack exclusive music
  • Extended songs
  • Sheet note thingies for the famous songs
  • Remastered music. high quality sound files. No horrible 64kbps ogg anymore! And cat is in stereo now!

And it only costs $4. I’m totally buying it, what about you? Via: C418

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Google Maps 5.2 For Android Lets You Bug People Easier

March 4, 2011 7:49 AM ⋅

In the new Google Maps for Android, version 5.2, you can request people to “ping” and check-into a location, as well as post ratings of different places directly on to Twitter, along with the usual bug fixes and optimizations. Also: the “bug your friend” feature only works if both users are on 5.2, so get updating. Via: Google Mobile Blog

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iOS 4.3 Gold Master edition released to App Store devs

March 3, 2011 3:20 PM ⋅

In another instance of new iOS releases, App Store developers now have access to iOS 4.3 Gold Master edition, which ships with the iPad 2 on March 11th. Meaning that now developers can start to take advantage of the 9x better graphics and dual-core Apple A5 chip used in the iPad 2, as well as refine things for the upcoming iPhone and iPod Touch releases. New additions to iOS 4.3 include mobile hotspot creation (not just for the Verizon iPhone 4 now), third-party AirPlay access, and other fixes. Via: BGR

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The Difficulties Of Foreign Tech Entrepreneurs In Silicon Valley (Video)

March 3, 2011 9:56 AM ⋅

Several tech entrepreneurs and filmmakers have created a short 25-minute documentary called Starting-Up in America. It is a set of interviews with foreign-born entrepreneurs who have decided to bring their companies to Silicon Valley. The video chronicles their struggles with the visa application process, their interactions immigration officials, and the impact the current visa structure has on their businesses and the US economy.

The previous startup visa expired at the end of the 2010 congress. There have been calls from the tech and venture capital communities to re-introduce the bill given itsimpact on entrepreneurship and jobs. Via: “>Vimeo

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HTC Merge stops by the FCC

March 3, 2011 8:14 AM ⋅

Other than the simple fact the HTC Merge just visited the FCC and was (probably) approved, a Verizon version is specifically what was tested, along with a user manual that mentioned the usual Verizon services. Via: FCC

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iPad 2: Two Cameras, iOS 4.3, More Speed, Same Price

March 2, 2011 4:22 PM ⋅

This is the Apple iPad 2. And it comes in black or white.

It has a dual-core Apple A5 processor (2x as fast as the A4), 9x faster graphics, the same gyroscope in other iDevices, uses the same amount of power as the A4, is 8.8mm thin (thinner than the iPhone 4), a front-facing camera for FaceTime and a back-facing camera with 720p HD video capture, iOS 4.3, which brings many improvements to Safari and Airplay, and has the same 10 hours of battery life. It ships March 11th, and uses the same pricing schemes as seen with the previous-gen, which starts off with the $500 WiFi model, and comes in either black or white. There are 3G versions from both Verizon and AT&T, priced exactly the same as the previous generation (mentioned that earlier, didn’t I?). Press release after the jump.

And there’s the PhotoBooth app as well. Sweet. Via: Apple PR, iPad 2

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Google Is Toying Around With A New 404 Error Page

March 2, 2011 12:31 PM ⋅

Oh look! To keep you company while the Apple event is underway, above is a new 404 error page that Google is testing. That’s all we know (see what I did there?). Via: Google” />Google” type=”application/x-shockwave-flash” allowfullscreen=”true” width=”640″ height=”450″> Blah

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Oh, The Apple Store Is Down…

March 2, 2011 10:13 AM ⋅

Perhaps there’s a new iPad launching at 10AM PST/1PM EST? You’ll see the announcement soon enough. Via: Apple Store

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Oh, Hai: New Battlefield 3 Gameplay

March 2, 2011 10:12 AM ⋅

How could a videogame be so realistic, graphically-advanced, and brilliant to play at the same time? The answer gamers, is almost 3 minutes worth of Battlefield 3 campaign footage. So awesome.

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Android Just Got A Taste Of Half-Baked Dessert: Malware

March 1, 2011 10:49 PM ⋅

That’s right. Tonight, Google probably took the gingerbread its engineers were eating and set off to remove an app that had been copied from the existing Guitar Solo Lite, which was then injected with malicious code and renamed Super Guitar Solo, which automatically roots your phone and sends every bit of data on it to the hacker(s). Kudos to the guys at AndroidPolice for bringing up the issue, and Google immediately responding afterwards. However, 50,000 people already downloaded the app in question, and in a daring in quick move, Google remotely deleted the app from all devices.

Scary stuff.

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