360 Facebook And Twitter Go Live On Tuesday


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Social networking hits the Xbox 360 full-force on Tuesday when the next dashboard update goes live. bringing Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM to the masses.

Speaking to Fast Company, Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten revealed the launch date for the eagerly anticipated dashboard update, which brings console-tailored versions of Facebook, Twitter, and Last.FM to Xbox 360 users. With the release day announcement, Whitten stresses that these aren't merely PC ports of the popular social networking sites, but entirely new entertainment experiences.

"We look at things like Facebook and Twitter as amazing social experiences, but also entertainment. We didn't want to copy and paste from the PC."

So who's excited? I'm actually looking forward to seeing how many of my Facebook friends get converted into Xbox Live contacts. I'll probably fiddle around with Facebook for a bit, and then turn on Last.FM and leave it running until the end of time.

Source: http://kotaku.com/5403182/360-facebook-and...live-on-tuesday

i have been part of the Preview Program for this, its in the menu system to add status updates, you cant add photo's or anything like that though. also the menu system in the facebook app is kind of sluggish.

also it does not Auto Status Update what you are playing

there is a separate Facebook plugin on the PC Site that does that though

So how to you add content? Or is this read only?

Honestly....So f*ing what?

Hasn't the industry gone a little OTT about facebook and twitter?

Spend some time implementing something useful. Plug and play support for usb devices(Keyboards, mice, usb drives, wifi adaptors). A browser with flash and silver light support. Maybe a grill attachment to utilise some of the monstrous amount of heat the damn thing gives off. (mmm bacon and CoD)

On a serious note, if facebook starts automatically posting updates every time a player on xbox live kills something or unlocks some crappy achievement I'm going to start killing people*....and I'll start with you.

*metaphysically speaking

Honestly....So f*ing what?

Hasn't the industry gone a little OTT about facebook and twitter?

Spend some time implementing something useful. Plug and play support for usb devices(Keyboards, mice, usb drives, wifi adaptors). A browser with flash and silver light support. Maybe a grill attachment to utilise some of the monstrous amount of heat the damn thing gives off. (mmm bacon and CoD)

On a serious note, if facebook starts automatically posting updates every time a player on xbox live kills something or unlocks some crappy achievement I'm going to start killing people*....and I'll start with you.

*metaphysically speaking

I agree they really need a browser, heck, both of these applications need a browser! You can't visit any of the links your friends post on Twitter/Facebook cause the 360 has no way to view them.

However what I find funny is when things like this get added people go balistic as if the whole 360/Live firmware team has spent 99% of their resources on them. Fact is there's probably a team within MS that deals with social media working on such integration not only with the 360, but other MS devices as well.

Other subsets within teams will be working on other areas of the firmware.

due to not having a web browser ( something i think it needs ) what use would a keyboard do, let alone a keyboard/mouse, if you want to use a keyboard/mouse to play games, use a PC

it does have the Chatpad for text entry ( a controller without that attachment feel weird to me now )

it also has USB flash drive AND iPod support

and install the game to the HDD to save on heat, mine doesnt give off as much heat as when playing from the disk

Spend some time implementing something useful. Plug and play support for usb devices(Keyboards, mice, usb drives, wifi adaptors). A browser with flash and silver light support. Maybe a grill attachment to utilise some of the monstrous amount of heat the damn thing gives off. (mmm bacon and CoD)

*metaphysically speaking

They could move over the browser that the ZuneHD has in the future, it just depends on how much MS wants to tie WinMo/xbox/zune all together in the future.

Not adding a browser could also just be for security reasons. If they did add on it'd be pretty locked down and not like what you have on the PC I bet.

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