{"id":7743,"date":"2013-10-02T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-10-02T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=7743"},"modified":"2013-10-01T11:24:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-01T18:24:42","slug":"age-of-geeks-phones-and-games-flying-out-the-door","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/10\/02\/age-of-geeks-phones-and-games-flying-out-the-door\/","title":{"rendered":"Age of Geeks<\/em>: Phones and games flying out the door"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, the last couple of weeks were crazy enough in the smartphone sector, maybe because the IFA 2013\u0118consumer electronics show recently kicked off and a lot of new smartphones and tablets were made official and showcased during the event.<\/p>\n

Here are some more recent tech stories that you shouldn\u2019t have missed:<\/p>\n

iPhone 5s incoming<\/b><\/p>\n

So, the two much-anticipated iPhone 5 models are now available almost everywhere you can imagine, from Apple retail stores\u0118to most mobile carriers, as well as select big-box stores and Apple authorized resellers. Well, that\u2019s what Apple does, when it does!<\/p>\n

Sony raises flagship Xperia<\/b><\/p>\n

The Xperia Z1 was showcased during one of the events at IFA 2013, which took place over the last two weeks. This new flagship phone from Sony is supposedly the next-gen version of the Xperia Z, which was released in January. The phone has all the exclusive features, like being waterproof and dust resistant like its predecessor, but the thing to be excited about is its 20-megapixel camera. According to Sony, it\u2019s one of the best cameras to ever be installed in a phone. It can also take images underwater. So, thanks, Sony! That\u2019s something innovative you did there. We just hope you don\u2019t keep this phone away from Canada like you did with Xperia Z.<\/p>\n

Grand Theft Auto<\/i> sales hit $1 billion<\/b><\/p>\n

Just one word: wow! If somebody would have told me that a single videogame could earn that much money 15 years ago I would have been working somewhere trying to make an awesome game. But that didn\u2019t happen, so here I am telling you about the most anticipated game of the year: Grand Theft Auto 5.<\/i> In just three days after its release in the world market, GTA 5<\/i> sales cruised to a whopping $1 billion. In one month it\u2019s become the highest selling game of all time. Keep in mind, these are just the sales for current gaming consoles and not the next-gen Xbox or PS4, which are almost here. This has certainly raised the bar to a new level, which upcoming, highly anticipated games like Watchdogs<\/i> and Call of Duty<\/i> will strive to match or surpass. But that\u2019s a story for another day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, the last couple of weeks were crazy enough in the smartphone sector, maybe because the IFA 2013\u0118consumer electronics show recently kicked off and a lot of new smartphones and tablets were made official and showcased during the event. Here are some more recent tech stories that you shouldn\u2019t have missed: iPhone 5s incoming So, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-october-2-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7743"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7744,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7743\/revisions\/7744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}