Daily news roundup - 27/03/09

Nextbox 360?

27 March 2009 17:48 GMT / By Ben Crompton

New iPhones and Xboxes have made headlines today while Vodafone customers are celebrating free-for-a-limited-time SMS Tweets as the rest of us try and work out if we're really Twitterphiliacs. Are you?

NEWS: Next-gen Xbox confirmed by developer
Blizzard reveals Microsoft development discussions
Exciting news for gamers - Microsoft is deep in the development process for the successor to the Xbox 360 games console, it's been revealed...read more

NEWS: Apple WWDC 2009 dated
Could we see a new iPhone in June?
Apple fanboys have a new date in their calendar to look forward to after Apple has announced the dates for its Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco...read more

NEWS: SMS Twitter service returns to UK
Vodafone customers to get free texts
Twitter has signed a deal with Vodafone in the UK that sees it bringing back SMS tweeting...read more

NEWS: Bowers and Wilkins to launch "Baby" Zeppelin iPod speaker
New models inbound
Bowers and Wilkins will launch new versions of its award winning Zeppelin iPod speaker later in the year Pocket-lint has learnt...read more

NEWS: Xobni storms out of beta with v1.7
And adds Easter Egg
It is no secret that Xobni is one of our favourite apps, making Outlook into, well, the application it should be...read more

NEWS: 60% of Brits suffer from "Twitterphilia"
Are you a Twitterphiliac?
Following Vodafone's news of a return of its Twitter SMS service, the company has released results of research that shows 60% of Brits are hooked on social networking, with a further 30% admitting a need to access such sites anywhere, anytime...read more

NEWS: 200 Googlers out the door as recession bites Google
"When companies grow that quickly it's almost impossible to get everything right"
Even Google, the internet darling and money making machine, isn't immune from the downturn the world is experiencing it seems as it moves to lay off almost 200 staff in its advertising and marketing departments...read more

NEWS: Skype for iPhone launching next week
Report sees CTIA Wireless launch
A Skype application could be launched for the iPhone next week, reports the GigaOm blog...read more

NEWS: SlingPlayer app to launch for iPhone
Coming soon!
Those of you who can't bear to be parted from your beloved TV programming will be pleased to hear there will soon be another way for you to stay plugged in to the telly...read more

NEWS: VIDEO: Microsoft's latest advertising dig at Apple
Hitting them in the wallet
Microsoft is hitting Apple where it will most likely hurt in the current economic climate - right in the wallet...read more