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Respected UK games publication EDGE has named Nintendo as the best publisher of 2013. Nintendo was up against Ubisoft and Sony Computer Entertainment, but managed to scoop the acclaimed accolade. Here’s what EDGE had to say about Nintendo in 2013.

“With no new hardware to launch, Nintendo spent 2013 focusing on games, and it’s been uncommonly prolific. 3DS got the best Animal Crossing, the best Fire Emblem and, in X&Y, perhaps the best Pokémon yet. On Wii U, we had a loving Pikmin update and the vibrant, majestic Super Mario 3D World. Also encouraging was a willingness to partner with external studios. The Wonderful 101 might not have hit the mark, but it represents a welcome shift away from total dependency on peerless internal studios.”

Thanks, lazyanmtor

Ultra HD was a star with great promise at last year’s CES. The big question for this coming CES 2014 is, “When will Ultra HD make good on that promise?”

We know that Ultra HD could the next big thing for TV. At the same time, there is concern that too much hype could lead to disappointment.

Will consumers be able to see a difference? Will they care? Will there be a “wow factor”? What about content and distribution? Will it be too expensive for studios and service providers? What needs to happen before an end-to-end ecosystem can display the improved capabilities of 4K displays?

The first phase of 4K TVs

Ready or not, consumer 4K TV displays are here and their price is dropping fast. A year ago one could buy a small car for less than the cost of a 4K TV. The smart consumer bought the car…

Um estudo realizado revela um momento pouco interessante para os empresários de todo o mundo. Segundo dados levantados na pesquisa, 80% das pessoas admitem que acessam aplicativos não autorizados enquanto estão em ambiente de trabalho — sendo que os departamentos em que isso é mais frequente são justamente os de Tecnologia da Informação.

Todo esse acesso faria parte do que vem sendo chamado de “Sombra da TI”, o que é representado pelo acesso não autorizado de pessoas a serviços em nuvem e aplicativos online — aqueles que não dizem respeito às atividades laborais. Pat Calhoun, gerente geral da área de segurança de rede da McAfee afirma que “é evidente que as empresas precisam se proteger sem deixar de permitir o acesso aos aplicativos que ajudam os funcionários a serem mais produtivos”.

Ela ainda vai um pouco além e diz: “A melhor abordagem é instalar soluções que monitorem de forma imperceptível…

Deep Down producer Kazunori Sugiura has told 4Gamer that while the company announced plenty of games in 2013, the company has saved some of its announcements for next year. These new announcements will apparently “surprise the readers a lot.” Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney 1-3 and Professor Layton vs. Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney Director Shu Takumi says that he will be announcing his next title at some point next year and Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney – Dual Destinies Director Takeshi Yamazaki also told 4Gamer that he is completely devoting his time to the next game.

Thanks, KaptonMan

When getting together for the holidays, friends and families may have more of a tolerance when it comes to reviewing photos that have already been taken than participating in ones that have not. This can pose a challenge to even the most skilled photographers. Thankfully the following iOS apps will serve to turn the photos that you have already taken into the photos you wish you had.

Touching up afterwards

Beautifying portraits — Meant to be used when enhancing close up portraits, Facetune ($3.99 iPad, $2.99 iPhone) can do what you would only expect from high-end photo editing software on a desktop. Removing blemishes, smoothing out wrinkles, whitening teeth, coloring gray hairs; just about anything that helps make your subject look marvelous. You can even shed a few pounds using the reshape tool and evenly apply (or remove) a suntan with the tone tool. When it comes to portraits…