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Xbox Social Goes Live

  • PC World, Tuesday, November 17, 2009 2:49 PM
Thought video games were already attention-consuming? Facebook and Twitter integration with Microsoft's Xbox 360 is expected to take effect today. While Twitter comes across full-featured and straightforward enough, Facebook's been tailored to take advantage of the Xbox 360's dashboard, according to PC World.

Functions like photo-viewing, friends lists, and status updates get slotted into discrete panels, allowing users to browse options like sorting through a deck of cards. Drill on one and it spreads additional menu options across a series of laterally selectable panels. Videos, casual games, and other Facebook apps are not included at the moment. Also, unless users have a USB keyboard, or an Xbox 360 keypad, they'll presently have to input text by tapping buttons and pulling triggers with your gamepad. Overall, says PC World, Microsoft's done a good job integrating the two leading social services.

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