Xbox One Reveal UI Demo Faked? The video below is an exclusive Wired video that shows Xbox One TV integration. As noted by a NeoGAF user, Microsoft seems to have faked the Xbox One Live demo reveal and judging by the video the actual UI is choppy, slow, and not smooth the way it looked like during the reveal: User jaypah said, “Yeah, we found out shortly after the show. Apparently that wasn’t the actual episode of Price is...

Banner Notifications Concept I constantly find the banner notifications in iOS very annoying. That’s why, and until Apple finds another new or enhanced version, I’ve thought of a fix for the current implementation by adding a little “X” on the right part in order to dismiss whatever banner showing instantly. What do you think? Would like to see Apple implementing this or offering a better notification experience in...

The Phantom Pain could be Metal Gear Solid 5 During 2012 VGA awards, The Phantom Pain has been revealed with a trailer that is made entirely of gameplay footage, featured a character with a hook for an arm who wakes up in a hospital after a crash and suffering from a coma afterward. Developed by, Moby Dick Studio, which is supposedly based in Sweden and has acquired licenses to develop for Xbox 360 and PS3. The CEO of the studio is Joakim...

Scott Forstall and John Browett Are Leaving Apple In a major shake-up apparently since the loss of Steve Jobs, Apple has announced in a press release that Vice President of iOS Software Scott Forstall is set to leave the company next year. He will continue working as Advisor to Apple CEO Tim Cook at the time. Moreover, John Browett, head of retail, is also out. Tim Cook will take over retail as an interim until a replacement is found. Bob...

Microsoft’s Surface Tablet Early Reviews Round-up And the early reviews for Microsoft’s new Surface tablet have begun stacked up, giving us a glimpse of whats Microsoft has its up sleeves in the tablet business. Judging by the hands-on, it seems the Surface is not going well for Microsoft primarily with the obvious lack of apps, buggy software and other awkwardness: TIME: My 48-year-old eyeballs have no trouble telling the...

iPhone 5 Early Reviews Are Overwhelmingly Positive Against or the haters, early reviews for the iPhone 5 are up now showing and overwhelmingly positive, praising its thin and light design, fast processor and LTE 4G speeds, and larger 4-inch display. Apple’s 2x speed and battery claims seem accurate. The new Lightning connector seems to be physically nice, though there is disappointment there is no speed improvement in syncing as...