Ouya Android game consoles begin shipping to Kickstarter backers

Fresh new details about the Android powered Ouya game console: If you pre-ordered via Kickstarter you`ll be getting your game console sometime after March 28th. For that is the day the console begins shipping, to early backers that is.

Apple`s iTunes U hits one billion downloads

This is quite the milestone for Apple, iTunes U has hit one billion downloads. This catalog of free lectures can have an enrollment of up to 250000 on some of it`s more popular courses.

UK judge that shamed Apple now works for Samsung

The judge that ruled against Apple in an Apple vs Samsung case now has a job with Samsung. The Rt. Hon. Professor Sir Robin Jacob had the crazy idea of publicly shaming Apple by making them post a public apology to Samsung on their web site. Well he now works for Samsung as a patent expert in Samsung`s court battle against Ericsson. Even though it does not break any rules you got admit it just looks dirty.

No Diablo 3 interplay between PC and PS3 or PS4

It`s official, the Playstation 3 and Playstation 4 versions of Diablo 3 will not be able to connect to Blizzard`s Battle.net. So in essence you won`t have interplay between Playstation Network and Battle.net which means no interplay between the platforms. The interesting thing though is PS3/4 players of Diablo 3 won`t always need to be connected to play either.

Samsung`s Wallet looks a lot like Apple`s Passbook

Samsung has announced its new Wallet payment app at the Mobile World Congress and guess what company they looked to for inspiration.

Tizen looks a lot like Android

The Tizen open source mobile OS has had a number of false starts over the years. But now we can have a look at this first demo on a prototype Samsung phone. Bare in mind this is not a release ready product, a very early version actually, but it does look a lot like Android.

Samsung merging Bada and Tizen components

Samsung Media Solutions Center boss Hong Won-pyo has stated that Samsung plans to phase out the Bada operating system and focus its efforts on the new Tizen OS. Viewed as some as a maneuver to distance themselves from Google`s Android or just a precautionary move Tizen is also an open source mobile OS that will be launching in July or August of this year.