Interactive Voice Response, or IVR, are everywhere. If you don’t know what this is, as soon as it is explained you will know immediately. IVR’s are those systems where if you phone a company or business, it offers you various options and responds to either your spoken answers or which button you press on your telephone keyboard. Now everyone knows what the correct name is for the system.
When Fifa Street first came out it combined street fashion with football with an obvious urban flare, but although it may have started out weird it is now back five years later with a vengeance. In fact, while the first Fifa Street was a bit more like an advert than a game, its return looks a lot more hopeful. The basic premise of the game is the same with urban football the main feature, with cool tricks and random matches in the streets. However, there are some novelty modes that you can play such as short games like Last Man Standing that allow you to show off your skill.
Gamescon 2011 kicks off the third week of August in Cologne and with its largest set of exhibitors already lined up to show off their new games (550 in total), it promises to be an event not to be missed. Of course, all of the major gaming companies are going to be there including Microsoft, Sega, Nintendo, Sony, EA, and plenty of independent gaming companies as well which should add to the excitement quite well.
Sony has announced a new budget PSP model that has shocked the industry and will hopefully make gaming a bit more affordable for those with stretched budgets. The leading gaming company announced the new gaming console that is being referred to as the PSP E-1000 at the Cologne Gamescon conference in August.
It also stated that the new model will be priced at 99 Euros although there will be a few missing features to keep it down at that low price. First off, the PSP E-1000 will have a UMD drive so that it remains compatible with all of the PSP disc games, but it will not come with onboard Wi-FI although it can be connected to a PC so that users can still purchase digital titles.
British Airways is taking a step into the future by putting away the traditional paper forms that let flight attendants know who should be on a flight and replacing them with electronic manifests that crew members can use to access a list that is updated by the moment.
Outside of the simple manifest, the Apple iPad will also offer them instant access to safety information, timetables, and profiles of every passenger on board the plane. In addition, also stored on the iPads will be passengers meal preferences, seating plans, and any previous flights that passengers may have been on along with their previous flight history and/or any issued complaints about their experience.
