Gadgets And Tech

Google made an announcement today about a gaming element for Google+, its social network. The games, which are now live for some, let’s Google+ users play games within the site.

Some of the games for Google+ are Bejeweled Blitz from Popcap, Zynga’s poker and the popular Angry Birds from Rovio. Vic Gundotra, Google’ s senior vice president of engineering , mentioned in their announcement that the feature is being opened up to the Google+ community “gradually” and that Google+ users would be getting the games “soon .” Vic Gundotra, Google’ s senior vice president of engineering , mentioned in their announcement that the feature is being opened up to the Google+ community “gradually” and that Google+ users would be getting the games “soon .”

With Google’s social network users reaching 25 million based on a report by ComScore the rollout of games for Google+ could further increase the company’s growth rate which is much bigger than Facebook’s and Twitter’s since Google+ was launched.

Twitter officially transitioned its user base to the “New Twitter”, bidding good bye to its old design. “New Twitter rollout: complete,” the company tweeted recently. “All users now have the same Twitter.com experience and can access our latest features.”

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Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) has expanded its broadband portfolio with the release of the new Smart Bro Rocket, the fastest mobile broadband prepaid service running on the operator’s nationwide HSPA+ (Evolved High-Speed Packet Access) network.

Offered by Smart-subsidiary Smart Broadband, Inc. (SBI), the Rocket dongle “is the mobile broadband solution for subscribers whose usage and lifestyle require ultra-fast, strike-anywhere connectivity,” said Danilo Mojica, head of Smart’s Wireless Consumer Division.

The Rocket promises to deliver speeds of up to 12Mbps and runs on Smart’s HSPA+ network – the expansion of which to cover key areas in Metro Manila and more key cities in the Visayas and Mindanao was recently reported by the telco leader. (more…)