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Three of the top and awaited games have developments. Writer of Assassin’s Creed 4 delves in the modern world mode, new soldiers for Battlefield 4 are detailed in character renders, and Watch Dogs new trailer shows off next-gen graphics and a better atmosphere than another recently leaked trailer.

Writing a blog is like smoking. It has the same stages. You start, you hate it at first, you think you stink, you do it again, it feels better, you do it even better next time and then before you know it you’re hooked! You write a paragraph and immediately discard it as rubbish. Then you try again, and again, and yet again. It now makes more sense to you.

Spend the weekend playing some new games like Temple Run 2 (now with a new playable character), Bad Piggies, Badland, Droid Basilica, and Baboos, which have been optimized for the iPhone 5.

Two upcoming devices can enhance your gaming on different levels. The Nvidia Shield aims to go beyond places when it comes to gaming, as it features apps and Android games, as well as PC functionalities. The newest BenQ monitor, XL2411T also brings an edge to deliver a more competitive gaming experience.

Plants vs. Zombies 2 is still a month away, but you can kill the time waiting by checking out some of these new franchises, including a animated short featuring Jay and Silent Bob, an iOS six-episode comic book, and the new addition of BrainBall on PopCap’s Facebook game.

Google finally rolled out the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update. The latest update provides users with a software command that can prevent operating systems slowdown. In 2012, many users expressed their concerns about system lags on the first Nexus 7.

More Minecraft Xbox 360 news and potential change t the Xbox 360 publishing policy.

New footage for Plants vs. Zombies 2, Star Trek DLC released with 10 outfits and three weapons, and FEZ 2 has been officially cancelled.

Google’s latest Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update started rolling out to devices like Nexus 10 beginning Wednesday. Following the announcement of the Jelly Bean update, Google also unwrapped the second generation Nexus 7. While Android 4.3 and new Nexus 7 continue to make headlines and garner positive feedback, the tech giant already mentioned plans of releasing Nexus 10 and Key Lime Pie.

Loads of applications installed on your device can create issues such as security and trust which may affect system performance. Another thing these apps occupy is the storage space allotted on your phone or tablet. In order to free space on your device without losing call logs, apps, contacts and old messages, use the clouding service to save data and access them anywhere.

Facebook users have long called for a “dislike” button to be added on the social networking site, and now the company is sort of giving them what they want. Sort of. It’s not a dislike button, but something that Facebook hopes will satisfy the users’ need to hide unfavourable posts.

Know more about how you can have an easier time fighting off zombies in Plants vs. Zombies 2.

A new screenshot has surfaced for the Minecraft Xbox 360 TU 12, while two more LEGO franchise for Minecraft emerge at the Comic-Con.

More leaks, rumours, and specs for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 3.

Check out five Plants vs. Zombies 2 gameplay videos.

The PS4 seems to be the model console as the Xbox One announces a similar feature.

His story was your story. It was a story of an unrequited love that resonated across sexuality. Steve Grand’s gay-themed, country song, “All-American Boy” has exploded on YouTube as it tells his story and everyone else. “Your story is my story,” Grand was told by hundreds of new-found fans who have heard and watched his first song.

Professional English rugby league footballer George Burgess is making the headlines once again after slipping the charges hurled against him over smashed car windows in Cairns. The young footballer has taken the Twitterverse by storm, however, when his two nude selfies have made its way to the social media network until it finally landed a men’s gay porn site.

The gears have shifted. Apple (AAPL), Google (GOOG) and Intel (INTC) are all eyeing the television industry apart from their computer ventures. While the three companies are working on streamlining television programming into their services, cable companies are stonewalling these efforts aggressively. Evidently, they do not want to share.

Marketers would think the last thing they need is another content management platform. There is already a multitude available but Intel thinks otherwise. The company is rolling out their CMS software offering marketers more control over their campaigns.

Google has killed their Reader officially. The application previously provided people a way to access their RSS feeds. While RSS feeds has become an important part of people’s lives especially those demanding news and information from different portals, Google decided that Google Reader is no longer worth keeping. Here is a list of the ten reasons why the company has done a great job doing so.

Intel is the leading tech giant because of the company’s ability to pack excellent computing performance in transistors or processors that seem to decrease in size by the day. Even when computing devices shifted from huge desktop computers to small and slim ultrabooks, Intel manages to create a chip that is just right.

Smartphones running on the Firefox OS are now on sale. Here's a quick assessment of what these phones can do.

Intel's chief technology officer Justin Rattner has stepped down from his post because of his age. The company forbids any employer to be beyond 65 working still. Rattner will be on extended leave. Intel did not provide details about his return and to what his return will account for.

Nokia has raised up its stake at the mobile broadband industry as it purchased the remaining stake of Siemens in their joint partnership for 1.7 billion euros.

Google (GOOG) decided to turn off their Google Reader for good. The product previously helped people go through feeds from multiple sites in a snap. Reader compiles RSS feeds and delivers them according to the preferences of the users. Apparently, Google thought their Reader “was not good enough” and decided to kill the application once and for all.

First, it was the inclusion of hashtags. Then, the creation of sticker packs. Now, Facebook is raising the ante once again by developing chat rooms.

Sticker packs are animated emoticons that convey expressions and feelings. Facebook is the latest entity to jump into this trend which could be a potential revenue stream for the social networking giant.

In order to tap the growing number of users on the Internet, Google plans to send balloons up in the air. These helium balloons will communicate with signal devices on tops of houses to provide Internet connections to areas were cables and fibre optics are not available.