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Relaxnews app selection: keep your New Year’s resolutions, follow the Grammys
AFP Relax News, Published on 16/01/2013
» Mid-way through January many of our tipsy December 31 midnight promises to lose weight and get in shape may be starting to slip, however all is not lost with apps such as Fitocracy (now on Android), Cruise Control and Gympact there to keep you on the right track. With these apps you might even end up looking like one of the red carpet stars at this year's Grammys, which can be streamed live via the official iOS app below. Discover these and many more with this selection of some of the coolest, most interesting and downright fun applications for iOS and Android devices, as selected this month by the journalists at leading leisure newswire agency Relaxnews.
K-pop acts dropped from Japan year-end music show
AFP Relax News, Published on 28/11/2012
» Japan's widely-watched year-end TV show will feature only Japanese acts this year, with popular South Korean performers left out of the line-up amid territorial frictions with Seoul.
Snow the new stage for violinist Vanessa-Mae
AFP Relax News, Published on 15/02/2014
» KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia - As a violin virtuoso, Vanessa-Mae has been endearing herself to large audiences since she was a small child.
Digital memories preserved for a thousand years
AFP Relax News, Published on 07/06/2013
» Nothing lasts forever, but with an estimated 1000-year lifespan, the new M-DISC comes close, letting you conceivably back up the entire digital world for future safe-keeping, 25GB at a time.
Apple introduces new Mac Pro PC
AFP Relax News, Published on 11/06/2013
» The company may have taken its time in getting around to addressing the existing computer’s shortcomings, but the new model, which will be launched “later this year,” announced Apple at its Worldwide Developers Conference, should hit the spot among the creative industries and power users -- where earlier versions of the PC helped to define everything from desktop publishing to video editing -- for the next ten years.
'The Division' revealed as Ubisoft's surprise E3 package
AFP Relax News, Published on 12/06/2013
» Last year, Ubisoft surprised the E3 crowds with unexpected and immediate hype for "Watch Dogs." This year, Xbox One and PS4 game "The Division" aims to curry similar favor among game fans with its online infiltration gameplay trailer.
Apple introduces online document-editing tool iWork for iCloud
AFP Relax News, Published on 12/06/2013
» Among the many announcements coming out of Apple's WWDC, which runs June 10-14 in San Francisco, is the online document collaboration tool iWork for iCloud which will run across a number of browsers including Chrome and Internet Explorer.
Apple redefines the professional PC with the new Mac Pro
AFP Relax News, Published on 11/06/2013
» The company may have taken its time in getting around to addressing the existing computer’s shortcomings, but the new model, which will be launched “later this year,” announced Apple at its Worldwide Developers Conference, should hit the spot among the creative industries and power users -- where earlier versions of the PC helped to define everything from desktop publishing to video editing -- for the next ten years.
PC download charts: 'Civilization V' sale, 'Skyrim Legendary Edition'
AFP Relax News, Published on 11/06/2013
» Sale offers on "Sid Meier's Civilization V" preceding the release of July's "Brave New World" expansion see the historical simulation rise up the charts on Steam, Impulse, and GamersGate come Monday, June 10, while the "Skyrim Legendary Edition" also establishes itself on Steam and Impulse.
The best notebooks at Computex 2013
AFP Relax News, Published on 11/06/2013
» We round up some of the most interesting and elegant portable PCs from this year's event, from notebook hybrids to energy-efficient ultrabooks.