Last Week in Tech
The 360 is no more
Microsoft have announced that the much loved Xbox 360 shall no longer be in production. The console first made it’s debut in December 2005 (in the UK) and by September 2013 sold a whopping 78 million units worldwide. The Xbox 360 was/is loved by many gamers the all over the world and to end its 11 year run, will be looked backed at lovingly (scratch out incidents like the 3 rings of death).
Microsoft now look to the future: The currrent generation Xbox — the Xbox One — picks up where the 360 left off. With a slow rise in sales, Microsoft will have to play catchup in competing against the super successful Sony Playstation 4.
Read The Guardians round-up of the 12 greatest Xbox-360 games: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/apr/21/12-greatest-microsoft-xbox-360-games
Chrome webstore meet Google Play
With Google I/O just round the corner, googlites (Yup I just made that up) everywhere are gearing up for what the Cupertino giant has in store for the world.
And it looks like there is going to be a bit of a shake up with Chrome OS. The Chrome webstore (where one would get all their apps for their chromebook) may be introducing more apps into it’s remit, more specifically Android apps.
This could be very exciting for current Chrome OS users and be a compelling reason for people to jump on. The introduction to android apps can make the relatively cheap Chrome OS laptop (£200 +) a really powerful tool.
We will definitely be keeping our eyes peeled for any more information about this and 100% at Goolge I/O.
Sidenote: for those of you who are not googlites (yup used it again). Chrome OS is an operating system on a laptop that runs totally on the Chrome browser. It is truly cloud based and allows you to be incredibly mobile.
When life hands you Lemons, Tidal gets Beyonce
By now we all know that Beyonce has dropped a new album — Lemonade. It’s currently exclusive on Tidal and it set to get the streaming service a whole bunch of new subscribers.
Tidal is significantly behind its competitors, Spotify, Apple Music and even google play music, and have been known to use their key players to try and separate it from the rest, from Beyonce’s Lemonade to Kanye West’s Life of Pablo.
But is this enough? Apple music are going to exclusively stream Drake’s new album Views From The 6 when that’s released at the end of April. Are you willing to jump to a new streaming service just for an exclusive album?
Is this really the future and what does that mean for us as music fans? Do we lose access to our favourite artists, because we are on the wrong platform?
A lot of questions there, please feel free to comment and discuss.
