Daily Archives: July 7, 2012

Xbox Live down; Microsoft at work on a fix

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Company says on its Xbox Live Status page that users are not able to sign in to Xbox Live from an Xbox console or from Xbox.com.

Xbox Live users are unable to access the online-gaming service, Microsoft has confirmed.

The software company has taken to both its Twitter account and its Service Status page to inform users that Xbox Live is experiencing “difficulties.” The Xbox Live Status pagespecifically says that users are currently unable to sign in to Xbox Live from their Xbox 360 or via Xbox.com.

“We are aware of the problem and are working to resolve the issue,” Microsoft wrote on the Status page. “We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your patience.”

Although Microsoft hasn’t said when Xbox Live went down, it appears, based on the complaints on Twitter, that it happened a little over an hour ago. The company’s Xbox Live Twitter account also started responding to those complaints around the same time.

We will update this story when we have more information.

Blowfish12@2012 blowfish12.tk Author: Sudharsun, P. R.

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Hotel replacing guest phones with iPhones

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Vancouver hotel hopes guests will appreciate making calls with no roaming fees on hotel-provided iPhones instead of those things called landlines.

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There’s about to be a whole lot more Angry Birds played at the Opus hotel in Vancouver.

The hotel is in the process of swapping out its hotel room phones for iPhones, USA Today reportedtoday.

The hotel hopes that its guests, particularly the ones from the U.S., will know how to use them and enjoy using a Canadian phone that won’t stick them with international roaming fees. This means guests will be able to take the iPhone from their rooms and use it as they would their own while they’re guests of the hotel.

It will come preloaded with the numbers of the hotel’s various departments and when the guest checks out, the iPhone’s memory will be wiped clean.

Apparently, this isn’t the first time the hotel has embraced mobile technology. In March, the Opus became the first hotel in Canada to offer an iPad 2 — complete with an iPad Virtual Concierge — in every room.

This comes after news of another hotel — the U.K.’s Hotel Indigo — replacing its complimentary Bibles with Kindles preloaded with the e-version of the Good Book. What other tech gadgets should hotels embrace?

Blowfish12@2012 blowfish12.tk Author: Sudharsun. P. R.

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