Google+ has been in a slight rut recently, with not nearly as many active users as when it first came out (mostly due to still being in an invite-only beta). However, there has been an increase in the call for a way to not see posts or anything from users. The new option will allow users to take a simple step to get rid of a notification about what that annoying person is doing or get rid of a post you don't want to see.

Scanbuy has announced today that the Telenor Group and Telia Denmark will include the ScanLife mobile barcode reader as a preloaded app on several popular phones; including, Nokia N8 and Sony Ericsson’s Xperia arc, Xperia neo and Xperia Play.

The Portal series was an amazing blend of gameplay, storytelling and puzzles, which left players wishing there was a portal gun they could use in real life. A recent YouTube video bring a cinematic view on what it would be like to see a portal gun in real life. The video appears to be a homage to the game rather than a live-action version of the original story, with a girl who appears to be stuck in some kind of cell. As the video continues you watch her continue working out and being monitored until she figures out a cryptic code on the wall which she then acquires a portal gun from behind a wall panel. She then attempts to escape, running from guards and using the portal gun to out maneuver them until finally escaping, or so she believed.

The Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) are preparing for the upcoming 2012 International CES with news of the iLounge Pavilion will be the largest in show history. Spanning 75,000 square feet, it is a 50 percent growth over last year’s show, which has tripled in size since 2010. The iLounge Pavilion is the largest dedicated exhibition of iPod, iPhone, and iPad related products and services in the world, which is sponsored by iLounge.com.

A quick search on twitter has shown that the home page for Anonymous; 4chan is down. While the boards are still up and running, the main page itself brings you to a blank page. While the status page brings no news as to why the main page is down, nor does their twitter have any information about the problem loading.