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What is the Xbox One? If you're a video-game aficionado, you know the answer: It's Microsoft's latest game console, and it arrives in North America and Europe on Friday. To gamers, Xbox means cutting-edge adventures such as "Halo" and "Gears of War," and well as the brand that brought online competition to the masses through Xbox Live. But Microsoft wants you to think of Xbox One as more than a game machine. You can use it to watch movies on Netflix and Hulu Plus. You can hook it up to your cable box to watch live TV. You can Skype your grandma and share family photos through the SkyDrive storage service. Still, if you're considering buying an Xbox One this week, you probably have one thing in mind: games. The Xbox One is a chunky black box that's a little larger than its predecessor, the Xbox 360. It arrives with a respectable library of 22 titles, all sold separately. By and large, they look just as pr...

iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display will be available in India starting December 7, Apple's authorised distribution partner Ingram Micro has announced via a press release. The distributor also confirmed that 16GB Wi-Fi iPad Air and iPad mini with Retina display will be available for Rs. 35,900 and Rs. 28,900 and respectively. These prices are in line with what we had exclusively revealed around 3 weeks back. According to the information we received earlier, but not announced by the distributor yet, the 32GB, 64GB and 128GB iPad Air Wi-Fi only models will be priced at Rs. 42,900, Rs. 49,900 and Rs. 56,900 respectively. The 16GB iPad Air with cellular connectivity will be priced at Rs. 44,900. The 32GB, 64GB and 128GB models will be priced at Rs. 51,900, Rs. 58,900 and Rs. 65,900 respectively. Similarly, the 32GB, 64GB and 128GB iPad mini with Retina display Wi-Fi only models will be pr...