Facebook’s Announcement: Group Chat, Video Chat, New Chat Design
Facebook add three new chat features, Group Chat, Video Chat and New Chat Design. The brand new features include a redesigned chat interface, group chats, and also the aforementioned video chat. The group chat feature will allow users chat with many friends at when by selecting “Add Friends to Chat.” The chat redesign requires into account the dimensions of the user’s browser window and adjusts accordingly.
Video chat, which the business collaborated on with Skype, lets users click a video call button at the top rated of their chat window as a way to start the call. Users may also depart video messages for those who aren’t there. As soon as a person clicks the video chat feature, a plug-in is downloaded to permit the call in “ten to twenty seconds.” The feature will roll out to everybody within the next couple of weeks, even though users could get on previously if they are keen by likely to Facebook.com/videocalling. It is not but obtainable within the mobile app.
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Windows Phone ‘Mango’ Updates Promises 500 New Features
Since Microsoft announced that the ‘Mango’ aka Windows Phone 7.5 will be enriched with updated features, it is much to imagine what can be found by Windows Phone users when the updates are released. At Microsoft’s developer forum in Tokyo – Japan earlier this week, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer divulged a little information about the Mango. Interestingly, the update is said to be providing 500 new features.
Quoted from Geek yesterday, on this forum Ballmer also showed off some of the latest Windows 7 Phone mobile phone with multitasking capabilities and access to hardware that is enriched. Reportedly, the phone is immediately launched. Not to forget, Microsoft is also showing some new tools for developers, such as private apps and beta. Mango’s development tools will be soon available for developers of Windows Phone this weekend.
Ballmer did not explain what new features will be present in this update. Thus, the public still have to wait until Microsoft releases more detailed information. Previously, Microsoft has told us that the Windows Phone 7.5 will be integrated with Bing, Windows Live Messenger Support, as well as Facebook, AIM, visual voicemail and support SkyDrive.
This Is How Game Developers Donates to Japan Disaster
The earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan invites a sense of sympathy from many sides, including the vendors in the gaming industry that apparently has their own way of expressing their concern.
CCP Games is making such a program in Eve Online to invite gamers donating, in this games, the players were invited to provide their Pilots License Extension (PLEX). These items then would be cashed and given to the red cross disaster in Japan. Zynga, which calls upon the players of CityVille and Farmville, to buy some items in the game, and all proceeds will be donated. Also quoted from 1up, Capcom’s Street Fighter IV game on the iPhone is applying a discount , and just like Zynga, all sales proceeds will also be donated. In addition, there are still some other game players in the industry who perform similar steps, including Sega who will donate the proceeds of Football Manager. Then Mastiff who promised to give $ 100 for every 100 ‘thumbs up’ on their Facebook Fans Page.
Natural disasters that befell the State of Sakura does have a great enough impact for the gaming industry. The fact is, some major publishers had decided to delay and even cancel the launch of their game.
