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A new survey from On Device reveals a small, but significant, drop in user satisfaction with iOS 6.
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As Halo 4's November launch approaches, developer 343 Industries is ramping up trailers for the game, on show at London's Eurogamer Expo this week. The developer's current trend is to focus on weapons from the game; having covered UNSC and Covenant Weapons, the Promethean arsenal closes out the trio.
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Nintendo's "launch" window covers a period from the U.S.'s Nov. 18 release to March 2013, meaning that some of the most anticipated titles will not arrive on the console until months after release. With less than eight weeks to go before the console's launch, Nintendo revealed which titles will be arriving on launch day alongside Wii U.
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BlackBerry Chief Executive Officer Thornsten Heins headed a meeting to the press Sept. 25 in San Jose, California, during which he claimed that BlackBerry 10 will renew the influence BlackBerry wielded over the previous decade.
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Nintendo confirmed that Wii U, its next-generation console, will be region-locked when it launches in November. This means that players will be restricted to buying games from their home region.
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The controversy over Apple's new Maps app continues, most recently with the news that the company is hiring Software Engineers to work on the service. According to numerous interviews, Apple had a year left on its deal with Google, and the latter is building a Google Maps iOS app.
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The announcement of Bayonetta 2 as an exclusive to Wii U caused controversy among fans, with comments even stretching to killing the developers. Developer Platinum Games, speaking to Edge Magazine, said that the deal with Nintendo should not be a surprise.
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Windows 8's scheduled release on Oct. 26 may be too early, according to Intel's Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Paul Otellini. Otellini made the comments at a company meeting in Taipei on Sept. 25.
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Reports suggest that the LTE-equipped Samsung Galaxy S3 is getting Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, the latest version of the operating system, after September, alongside the phone's launch. Photos of the device come from Android Central, though the sources confirming the update were not specified by The Droid Guy.
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In an interview with The Orange County Register, Blizzard co-founder and President Mike Morhaime spoke on Mists of Pandaria, the future of World of Warcraft (WoW), and Blizzard's "Titan" project.
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Nokia's Lumia 820 and 920 smartphones grabbed media and consumer attention, but the company also launched two low-end "Asha" phones. Nokia's Lumia phones target the mid- and high-end markets, but the Asha devices target low-end consumers, a market Nokia is struggling to capture; analysts agree that Nokia needs to focus on this demographic.
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With major problems in its new Maps application drawing criticism, new postings on Apple's career website reveal that the company is hiring software engineers to work on Maps.
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Apple temporarily gave MobileMe users 20GB of storage, but it will be revoked on Sept. 30 as part of the introduction of iCloud and the removal of MobileMe.
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