EA SPORTS UFC 2 Introduces competitive gaming experience

Electronic Arts today announced the launch of Live Event Competitions, a brand new competitive experience in EA SPORTS  UFC 2 Live Events mode. Starting Saturday, May 14, fans around the world can play the qualifiers in the Live Event Competition to start fighting for their chance to earn Ultimate Team rewards and a trip to compete at the live finals coinciding with UFC Fan Expo, part of the 5th Annual UFC International Fight Week, and UFC® 200: CORMIER vs. JONES 2 in Las Vegas. The winner of the grand final match, taking place on Friday, July 8 at the UFC Fan Expo in Las Vegas, will receive $10,000 USD and walk away with the belt as the EA SPORTS UFC 2 World Champion.

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TomTom outs new Golfer smartwatch

Arriving just in time for the new season, TomTom just launched a new smartwatch for golfers. The ultra-slim Golfer 2 is the perfect companion for a golfer looking to improve his/her game. It's a GPS-enabled watch that comes with new featurres like Automatic Shot Detection. The watch can help you show your distance potential and even create a detailed post-round analysis on the compatible MySports app to show where you can improve. Automatic Shot Detection brings to the table how far you've hit each ball. The Golfer 2 also introduces an Auto Scorecard to help keep score automatically and categorize the kinds of shots taken for analysis.

The smartwatch has information on over 40,000 courses around the world to give you the best way to approach as well as show you the hazards on the course. Its battery is said to last for around 11 hours in GPS mode. It's also water-resistant so you don't have to worry about it getting too dirtied up while you're on the course. The Golfer 2 is arriving in May and will retail for $299.99.

Nixon Ultratide Surf Watch lets you know when you should surf

There are different smartwatches available out there now but sometimes you need something specific to cater to your needs. If you're a surfer (professional or otherwise), you might want to check out Nixon's Ultratide Surf Watch. The US$300 watch gets real-time data from Surfline and it'll show you the surf conditions of your favorite spots. It'll even show you 48-hour surf forecasts. To access information on your smartphone, it can be paired via Bluetooth using the Ultratide app. Unfortunately, it's iOS only at the moment. But an Android version is coming soon. 

Source: Nixon | Via: Ubergizmo 

Variety of new MSN-branded apps from Microsoft coming to iOS

A sign of a more open and magnanimous Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella, various MSN branded apps are coming to iOS for the first time. These include  MSN News [Direct Link], MSN Sports [Direct Link], MSN Food & Drink [Direct Link], MSN Money [Direct Link] and MSN Health & Fitness [Direct Link]. Following the momentous release of MS Office for the iPad and for the iPhone, it's great to see some quality apps come from Redmond that were previously exclusive to Microsoft devices such as Windows Phone and Surface via Windows 8. These apps have also made their way to Android.

Source: Macrumors