NEWS Google arrived late this week to steal the headlines as it launched Google+, a new service designed to reinvent the way people approach social networking. The service is currently invite-only and details are scarce but slowly we are getting an idea of what Google+ might be all about. Google+ has also inspired a design overhaul of Google Mail and Calendar, the intention being to make these services cleaner and less cluttered.
Call of Duty has dominated gaming news this week, as the launch of the 'Annihilation' map pack saw Black Ops overtake its predecessor Modern Warfare 2 to become the best-selling game ever in the UK. There was also exciting news for FPS fans as Activision registered domains for 'Goldeneye Reloaded', sparking rumours that a new iteration of the hallowed shooter could be on its way to current generation consoles. Microsoft came out to defend its recent E3 showing, and insisted that 'hardcore' gamers will warm to Kinect.
In our T3 poll at the beginning of the week, you voted that you were most excited for a Sony produced next-gen console. This however was a single bright spot in what has been another tough week for the Japanese electronics giant, as it continues to struggle in the wake of the PSN hacking scandal. Sony released details of its PS Home 'Welcome Back' pack, which offers £65 worth of compensatory goodies to Playstation Users. In an exclusive interview with T3, Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky claimed that Sony has always had a blasé attitude to internet security, and that it may need to overhaul its current IT security systems and staff.
The smartphone market was a hotbed of activity this week, with many major players releasing details of their own ideas for the next generation of handsets. Samsung's excellent Galaxy S II remains the nations most popular smartphone, and the Korean manufacturer has a major update in development to ensure that the handset can compete with the iPhone 5 when the time comes. In addition, pictures of the smaller Samsung Galaxy Z have emerged, though there is no indication as to whether we will be seeing the phone in the UK anytime soon.
HTC has confirmed that both HTC Android Gingerbread and the HTC EVO 3D will be available in the UK soon, the latter arriving courtesy of Vodafone. Details have emerged of four new Nokia Symbian smartphones, highlighting the firms intentions to persist with the struggling Symbian OS. Reports suggest that the fantastic Nokia N9 however, may not be coming to the UK at all. One phone that has arrived in the UK is the LG Optimus 3D, which launched today in Best Buy and Carphone Warehouse stores.
Finally, no week in tech is complete these days without some Apple news, and the Cupertino-based tech firm has been as busy as ever. Dwindling stocks of both the MacBook and MacBook Air have sparked rumours that Apple could be about to relaunch both these machines. Whilst the iPhone 5 continues to capture the imagination, rumours suggest that Apple might be planning to release a mid-range iPhone 4S PAYG alongside the new iPhone 5. Samsung meanwhile is looking to bring a halt to all these products and their current iterations, as the Korean manufacturer filed lawsuits to ban the sale of Apple products in the US.
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