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Today Apple released an update for iTunes which brings us to version 9.2.1. The update included a bunch of bug fixes and no exciting new features.

You may have heard of RedBox before, its those little red kiosks at Wal-Mart or McDonalds and many other places that offer DVD rentals for only $1. Well now they want to be more competitive with Netflix, by offering an online streaming service of their own. In a recent interview the president of the company said:

“The way we look at it is, How can it help us deliver to our customers things we can’t do in our kiosks?” Lowe said. “What role might it play in expanding our selection?”

This would be a bold move for RedBox, it may be a while before they will be able to catch up to Netflix’s dominating lead in the movie streaming business, but they actually might be able to do it. RedBox also faces some fierce competition from companies other than Netflix according to Bloomberg:

Redbox also faces competition from Apple Inc. and Best Buy Co., which sell movie downloads. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, bought the Vudu Inc. online entertainment service in February and Sears Holdings Corp., the largest department store owner, said on June 22 it plans to sell and rent movies online through an agreement with Sonic.

Well this may be good for consumers, it could drive down the monthly costs of online streaming and bring more new hit titles to your TV or computer.

You heard right, Apple announced that the iPad will be available in nine more countries this Friday. With iPad sales already soaring, this should increase them even more. All iPad models will be available in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore this Friday. Although local pricing has not been revealed by Apple as of yet so stay tuned.

Foursquare the popular new social networking site has updated their Twitter status. The company is currently looking for College Reps to help spread the Foursquare word. No details on exactly what the job entails but if you’re interested head on over. Check out what they said below:

Hi! We’re looking for students to help us spread the @foursquare love on college campuses! Any interest? http://4sq.com/CollegeReps

Wouldn’t it be great if you could log into all of your Google accounts at the same time if you have multiple? Well it seems that Google may be implementing a way to do this in the near future. Right now it can be done with scripts such as a Greasemonkey script, but that isnt as easy as Google doing it for us.

The people over at Google Operating System have had users submit a screenshot of what looks like a beta test for multiple account login. It appears that it will be available for Calendar, Code, Docs, Gmail, Reader, and Sites for the test but surely it will be across all Google apps when its released.

The rumor-mill has been churning out rumors again. There have been rumors flying around that Facebook will soon charge a montly fee for access. These are nothing more than that, rumors. The rumor originated by certain emails or messages through Facebook that would tell users that Facebook would soon be charging for services and to sign a petition against it. The group that originally started the rumor seems to have been deleted so I cannot link you to it.

I faintly remember the same thing happening on Myspace before Facebook was around. The same thing happened, there was never a charge and it was all rumors. Just a reminder, before believing rumors contact the business first to confirm those rumors before spreading. Now, back to Farmville.

This week at E3, Microsoft had announced that they were releasing a new Xbox that was smaller with more features built in. They call it the Xbox Slim.

Today we covered the Ubisoft E3 Keynote. This has to be the biggest year for Ubisoft. With The Kinect now ready to go up for Microsoft’s Xbox, Kinetic was seen quite a bit in the selection.

The start of Ubisoft’s demos included Assassins Creed Brotherhood, where Ezio returns in the epic battle for the pieces of Eden. New combos, weapons, and destructible environments will make Assassins Creed jump in the group of epic games that players will play for years. Also added is a multiplayer format with a ranking system to show off how well you play the assassin. Looking to be out in November on the 16, it will add to the already epic story line fans adore.

Like Towny Hawk with Neversoft, Ubisoft Has added a whole new level to skate boarding games with Shaun White Skateboarding. With the great add on to not just skating the environment, but extending it far beyond the norm, you bring the city to life. With rails extending beyond the deep end and vertical ramps flowing out of the ground as you skate towards them, Ubisoft has added more do as you choose to the skater gaming community.

Lazer tag, the game that all remember. Running around shooting each other with plastic guns. Ubisoft has made the game more entertaining. With 4 on 4 multiplay capabilities you can play at parties with friends running and shooting actual people, without the death. Though The game seems to be more suitable for children under 16, Ubisoft is confident all with love it.

Innergy was announced, but the stress relieving game seems, well.

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Many people gathered for the opening of E3 to see Project Natal. ….

AT&T will be getting its first HTC Android-based phone sooner than you might think. There are now more photos being leaked showing it, as well as a video made by AT&T showing us how they test their phones.

As anticipation increases before the Motorola Droid 2 phone releases, there are videos and pictures leaking which display the phone. The first leak was the Droid 2 activation screen captured by Droid-Life. This was a very blurry image of the phone on the initial activation screen.

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Well AT&T has extended their control over data usage on their network today. AT&T has published a press release today that announces lower priced data plans for all. It announces that instead of unlimited data for $30 a month, instead it will be 200MB for $15 a month and $25 a month for 2GB of data and $10 for each additional GB. AT&T promises to notify users by a text message when they get close to their data usage limit on their plan, the intervals are 65%, 90%, and 100%.

With the news that Tethering will be available on iPhone OS 4, I believe AT&T felt they would not be able to handle unlimited data for everyone tethering their iPhone’s to their laptops. Oh by the way, you will have to pay an additional $20 a month for tethering on the iPhone on an AT&T data plan.

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