March 27th, 2011
by Edy
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Something called Steam hit the news recently, when it was released on the Apple Mac platform. Even more recently, Steam has been well talked about in online communities because of the incredible sales that it had. Just what is Steam and why has it been big news?
Steam is a software deployment platform with many functions. It is a gaming community that allows users that own the same games as their friends to join up in multi-player games online, or to play games against whoever else is online at the time, looking to play the same game as you.
Steam offers the chance to buy games easily via it’s digital store. Users can legally buy and download games to play on their PC, saving on a trip to the store, often massive queues and waiting times for the biggest name releases, or saving on shipping costs for games delivered to your home. Read the rest of this entry →
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November 18th, 2010
by Edy
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If you spend a large amount of your time traveling, then you may consider staying connected to family and friends a problem. When your traveling is restricted to just your home country this is less of a problem, but how can you stay in touch when over seas?
For local travelers, who are away from home a lot but always in their own country, a smartphone may be the perfect solution. Not only do cell phone plans now come with a large amount of talk time for a very small cost, they often have data plans too.
This means that the owner can use social network websites such as Facebook or Twitter to keep in touch with people, but also can email whenever they choose to. Photos can be shared through social networking sites or through dedicated image sharing sites, allowing the traveler to not only let people know what they are doing but also let them see how their family are doing.
Text messaging (SMS) services can provide a cheap way of chatting with family, and these will sometimes operate locally, nationally and internationally too. The costs would vary depending upon how far the message has to travel, and how many networks it has to cross, and may be fairly considerable. Read the rest of this entry →
