Microsoft is closing Games for Windows Live on August 22nd

Microsoft is closing its Games for Windows Live marketplace on August 22nd. In a note on the Xbox support site, Microsoft says that the Points system and PC Marketplace will be closed, meaning that Games for Windows Live users can no longer be able to buy games. The PC client will not be affected immediately, so previously purchased games and content will still be available for consumers.

Windows 8.1 to launch on October 18, Day earlier on Windows Store

Microsoft continues to work on Windows 8.1, and the company has announced that the update will be available on October 18th. The free update will be listed in the Windows Store for existing Windows 8 users at 8AM ET on October 17, with boxed copies, new hardware, and a full retail release on October 18th. The final copy of Windows 8.1, the Release to Manufacturing (RTM) in the coming weeks.

 

Younity: Slaughtering Sync

Everyone hates sync. Whether its music or videos, it just sucks. Everyone is moving up to the Cloud. Nothing is synced. It's just downloaded for offline viewing. File syncing is the worst of all the breeds of sync. It takes literally forever. You could leave your iPhone plugged into iTunes for literally hours. Ugh!

That's where a cool new service, Younity, comes in. There's no syncing involved. You download the app on your PC or Mac, Younity does a scan, and walla! If you download the app to your iPhone/iPod Touch, you can now see all of your music, photos and files with no syncing! Isn't that awesome? Younity is making Sugar Sync and iDrive start to become obsolete. With Younity, you can also download files for offline viewing. You can also view files and photos and listen to music right from the cloud. Younity is available on PC, Mac and the iPhone app store.