The phone is pre-configured with menus and bookmarks offered only by that particular operator, making it easy to download games and access news and other information.
For subscribers, this means things such as multi-platform live audio, more video highlights, a virtual archive of classic games and a revamped news section within the apps.
We have seen disruptive new approaches in industries like games, music and news, and we expect to see similar disruption in more industries by new approaches that are social by design.
And, yet again, Opera takes these apps across devices, bringing games, news, video and audio apps to TVs, set-top boxes and Blu-ray players.
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Facebook Inc. and others have had by creating a breeding ground for products in news, games and music.
In addition to Pandora, DISH's Hopper features apps that give viewers real-time access to Facebook, Twitter and photo sharing, as well as games, news, weather, sports and stock quotes.
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We started adding new games and other tools like news, tips, and wikis for gamers.
Which means that the effective banning of games based upon news and real world people and events reduces our ability to play our way through to an understanding of this universe that we inhabit.
It also provides other services, instant messaging and e-mail, personal home pages, games, shopping and even a little news, with the aim of becoming members' home base in cyberspace.
Internet TV competes with the boring games shows, telenovellas, and news broadcasts of state-run television.
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App stores are emerging as major channels for selling software in a range of categories, such as games, entertainment, news and productivity.
It is capable of acting as a video link to keep in touch with doctors and family, playing games and giving updates on the news.
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This summer they have aggressively promoted bundles of mobile data services, including news updates, games and the ability to send still photos (but not live video).
Includes an up-to-date list of all athletes participating in the Games, including biographies, news stories and their personal performance at London 2012.
The athletes' parade was broadcast live by both BBC One and Channel 4, the two Games' TV rights-holders, as well as Sky News and the BBC News Channel.
Electronic Arts shares rallied this morning following an upbeat profit forecast and news of additional Star Wars games.
Around 23 million of them flock to the site each month to check their email, read news, and play online games.
Want news in the morning and games in the evening?
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Earlier this year, the gaming news site Computer and Video Games reported that Microsoft was planning an April event for the next Xbox, but it seems that date has been pushed to May.
Beyond this, the most important thing is to strike a balance between covering game news, analyzing games themselves, and offering fair but critical commentary on games, industry practices, and trends within the broader gaming market.
Abetted by his phone sets and servers, Japanese are already reading news, getting stock quotes, playing games, sending e-mail, checking their horoscopes and making purchases using their mobile phones.
Makers such as WMS (which sells its games in India and Southeast Asia, among other regions), International Game Technology (nyse: IGT - news - people ) and Bally are testing networks that push games and information out to slot machines, allowing a nearly unlimited array of moneymaking choices.
It can parse all the components of a Web application like Facebook to selectively allow, for instance, the reading of News Feeds while blocking Chat and Games features .
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So should Romney announce his pick this week to stir up some much-needed positive news coverage before the London Olympic Games and beach vacations consume the attention of voters?
Huawei has pre-loaded BBC iPlayer and BBC News apps, alongside EA Games' award-winning Sims Freeplay onto the handset to ensure it is the best-informed and most fun purchase from the get-go.
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The text service offers all the top stories and breaking news, including live stats, latest scores, key moments from the big games, match previews and reports and group tables.
Harrah's Entertainment ( HET - news - people ) and MTV Games last May.
News sources also mention smartphones and casual games, and I think those have a much bigger impact on the industry than most core gamers want to admit.
Still, for fans of MMOs and the Elder Scrolls games, this should come as welcome news.
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Has live updates with news, photos and social commentary from the Games, plus integrates with Facebook, Twitter and FourSquare.
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