Recent reports suggest that Spotify, a desktop music streaming application, has announced that it intends to launch a revamped web-based version of it. It is unclear whether the desktop version will remain. Said reports are also unclear on what exactly the new application will have over and above the current version, or what it will remove from it.

Spotify is set to launch its web-based application to attract more users.

The service currently allows users to stream music from a selected range …

A Rebecca Minkoff handbag during her runway show at the New York Fashion Week.

Just a couple of years back, tickets to fashion shows in the so-called fashion capitals of New York, Paris, Milan and Cape Town were a preserve of the press, fashion editors and buyers. These events were by invitation only and the haute couture designs showcased would be critiqued by the editors, while the buyers haggled with the designers over their unbelievably priced pieces. Such was the fashion world and the …

Ricki Lake mingles with the audience during the taping of her new show “The Ricki Lake Show”Photo By: Barry J. Holmes, AP

Talk show babe Ricki Lake is back in the game as she launches her new talk show “The Ricki Lake Show” on Monday 10th September. Coming twenty years after the launch her first syndicated show “Ricki Lake”, the hostess is excited and looks forward to wowing her audience with just how much she has grown over the years.
In retrospect, Lake said that her …

An exploit has been found for the Sony PlayStation Vita (PS Vita) which may start a flood of unauthorized applications and pirated software for the latest Sony handheld gaming system.
A hacker named Yifan Lu is reported to have found an exploit in the PS Vita and is reported to be working on a homebrew loader for the Sony gaming device.
The news, first broken by Eurogamer, comes as hackers have continuously tried to find an exploit in the PS Vita since it was launched in Japan December of last …

Although it’s been 21 years since his death in 1991, Freddie Mercury would have celebrated yesterday 66 years, this being an event that cannot go unnoticed.
A personality became memorable for various reasons, Freddie Mercury will always remain in the our minds as Queen’s lead vocals and as the only visionary behind some songs became anthems in the meantime – Boheamian Rhapsody, Killer Queen, We are the Champions and We Will Rock You.

With the video below, created with great inspiration …

There are now fewer members of the gaming community in the US, new data reveals.
According to research firm The NPD Group in its Gamer Segmentation 2012: The New Faces of Gamers report, the US gaming community contracted five percent when compared to its size last year.
NPD says that for 2012, there is an estimated 211.5 million American citizens who play video games.
Nonetheless, it seems that mobile gaming is the segment that is on the rise. This trend is undoubtedly brought about by the …

With the release of Farmville 2, Zynga aims to gain back the popularity that the prelude gave the company.
According to the San Francisco Chronicle, the new Farmville has much better graphics, and will definitely get people absorbed in the game with its great gameplay.
According to Zynga’s vice president for games, Tim Le Toumeau, Farmville 2 aims to get players to go back to their old farm and reinstate

Microsoft has revealed game titles that will launch with its Windows 8 Xbox application.
The software giant confirmed on Friday that its new Windows 8 Xbox app will include 29 popular titles from its homegrown game house, Microsoft Studios.
Microsoft also added that gaming companies Gameloft, Glu Mobile, Halfbrick Studios, Miniclip, Rovio, and ZeptoLab will offer their own titles for Windows 8 Xbox.
“The first wave of our portfolio will bring you many of the games you already know and …

25 years after hit movie Full Metal Jacket which starred Mathew Modine and was directed by Stanley Kubrick was released, the crew and cast of this war-time epic movie have another reason to celebrate. The Full Metal Jacket Diary, initially published as a limited edition book in 2005 has been developed into an iPad application. Readers can now access the book anytime they want to read it.

Full Metal Jacket Diary

The diary was written by actor Modine, who was encouraged by Kubrick to keep a …

The mastermind behind the graphics and user experience of Diablo 3 has expressed regret and apologized in public after calling his forerunner “loser” on Facebook.
Jay Wilson, the genius who worked on Diablo 3, addressed a very strong public statement against Dave Brevik, the man behind Diablo 1 and Diablo 2, when he said “F*ck that loser” on Facebook.
Wilson asserted that he only defended his brainchild, but several negative feedbacks later, he decided to write a sincere and …