What is Xbox Live? An answer from Microsoft


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What is Xbox Live? When the name first came out, people thought it was a video service. Xbox Live might feature news anchors, or live broadcasts of some kinds. Now, ten years later, people are closer than ever before to being right – no matter how they answer the question. Here is what Microsoft says about Xbox Live:

“Xbox LIVE is the online service for Xbox 360—and a whole lot more. Your TV is transformed into a connected entertainment experience with Xbox LIVE. Play Kinect and controller games with online friends wherever they are or instantly watch HD movies, TV shows and sports. Use Kinect to discover entertainment options that interest you—just say what you want to watch, and Xbox finds it.”

Xbox Live is the core service you sign in to, and from there you can everything from playing games, to watching movies on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant Video, etc… to browsing the internet with Internet Explorer. There are different tiers of Xbox Live, and there are some big differences between Xbox Live Gold vs. Silver, so go ahead and read up on them, then join us online!

Sprint tries to enter… the meme market?

Rolling out slowly over the last two weeks has been “Tor, the Data Coach.” Sprint created personas for the data coach, giving him at least his own tumblr and Twitter handle, @DataCoachSays. The tumblr page posts random pictures of the datacoach with attempts at meme-worthy jokes, completely with broken English. I guess that plays in to the character’s foreign (Russian?) persona.

Nobody will be fooled in to thinking it isn’t a ploy by Sprint. The tumblr site is filled with Sprint advertisements, the color schemes are obvious, the official Sprint twitter not only follows, but responds to @DataCoachSays. In the linked tweet, the official Sprint account fights against the data limits imposed by the Data Coach. What would make this great would be if these tweets were replies to various “@VerizonWireless” tweets in regards to how great shared data plans are. But @DataCoachSays’ 122 followers tell me this isn’t going to catch on very fast.

The least they could do is buy a few more followers!