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Having long been in decline since the rise of Facebook chat and other popular instant message offerings, Microsoft is retiring Messenger everywhere apart from mainland China and migrating it’s 100m+ users to Skype, which it acquired in May of last year. [...]

Kim Dotcom, the founder of Megaupload, has unveiled a new file-sharing site set for release on January 19th, 2013, the anniversary of Megaupload’s shut down by U.S. authorities. [...]

Popular crowd-funding website Kickstarter has finally launched in the UK. Since it’s launch on April 28th, 2009 the website, which lets users post creative and/or innovative projects to seek funding, has raised over $350m from over 2.5 million people, with Kickstarter taking %5 of each successful pledge. Projects often come with perks for different donation [...]

A group of hackers called “The Three Tuskateers” has published the PlayStation 3’s LV0 decryption keys, making PS3 firmware easier to decrypt and potentially opening the gateway for widespread piracy. [...]

Digital music company 7digitalhas announced that they will host HMV ‘s newly overhauled digital music store, which can now be found at www.hmvdigital.com. [...]

Announced last week, GoPro have released a video for the brand new, top-tier, Go Pro HERO3: Black Edition. Featuring beautiful landscapes and extreme sports covering air, land and sea, the shots are breath-taking and are all shot in 1080p HD at 60 frames per second, ensuring a smooth and crystal clear image. [...]

After the death of the Zune brand back in June, many were wondering when Microsoft would step back into the ring to battle against media player & library applications such as iTunes, cloud-based services from Amazon, Google and the like that are growing in popularity, and subscription based services such as Spotify. Earlier this week [...]

Apple has unveiled a new iPad mini today, along with a host of updated hardware across their product line. [...]

International urban lifestyle brand New Era has officially launched the New Era Cube, its first-ever digital application devised by London-based digital creative agency, Somewhat. [...]

As a 20-year entertainment veteran, Nas has a unique, experienced perspective on what it takes to remain visible in the industry’s ever-evolving landscape. In a recent commentary written for TechCrunch‘s e-commerce blog, the Queensbridge MC discussed the importance of artists utilizing technology to heighten accessibility and give a bit of insight into the recently-launched 12Society [...]