Japanese Playing a New Video Game: Catch-Up

I thought this was funny. In the article they talk about how the Japanese creators of games are losing their touch. They explained that Mario and Sonic the Hedgehog were so popular back then, and so they wondered why is it not so much anymore. They researched on it and found out what recent games has been on the top chart. Guitar Hero, Rockband, Call of Duty, and other games became popular, and so the Japanese wondered how can they get games so popular and fun again. So now the are try to think of new and recent games to connect with the "west".

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Google Unveils Tool to Speed Up Searches

Well today I went on Google.com and found out something was different, as I was typing something, results had shown up. I thought my computer was acting up, but it really wasn't. As I was typing it said "Welcome to Google Instant." I was not aware of the change, but i thought it was quite useful. It is simple and faster to search. Over all I think that Google is updating itself more and more each day. In the article, they were talking about how searches are easier and made ,ore simplistic. It really does save time, when people are searching on the internet.
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Packaging Is All the Rage, and Not in a Good Way

In this article, they are talking about ways to not waste so much when delivering products to home. They tried to find another way to handle packaging, in an inexpensive and in a fragile way. As for normal packaging manufacturers would wrap the products in many materials such as bubble wrap and Styrofoams.  And Instead of using a nice, plastic cardboard box, they would use a recycled box, with the same product. They also argued that if Amazon could do this so could other stores, such as Walmart and Target.
It is a way to save money and plus, you will still get your packaged unharmed.

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From Apple, a Step Into Social Media for Music

There is always something new with Apple, like the rest of technology there are new and upgraded items. In this segment, they talked about how "Ping" is a new feature to itunes. It is a away to connect with people by music. They were also talking about how hard it was to advertise this new feature, well from my opinion it is. Ping is like facebook, myspace, and other social networks, but it is all about music, there was a part that humored me in the article it said, “This isn’t about reconnecting with your girlfriend from eighth grade,” said Michael Gartenberg, an analyst with the Altimeter Group. “This is about talking to people about music.”
Well anyways, itunes has been expanding it's horizons with new features and stuff.

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