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Now Playing: November 19-25, 2012
Hit like a pro this week with Hitman: Absolution... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: November 12-18, 2012
An all-new Cold War heats up this week in Call of Duty: Black Ops 2... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: November 5-11, 2012
A hero returns this week in Halo 4... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: October 29 - November 4, 2012
Explore the New World one kill at a time with Assassin's Creed 3... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: October 22-28, 2012
Become an elite soldier this week with Medal of Honor: Warfighter... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: October 15-21, 2012
Make good use of that license to kill this week with 007 Legends... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: October 8-14, 2012
Defend humanity against the alien invasion with XCOM: Enemy Unknown... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: October 1-7, 2012
Delve into horror this week with Resident Evil 6... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: September 24-30, 2012
Enter a whole new realm with World of Warcraft: Mists of Pandaria... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: September 17-23, 2012
Head back to Pandora and hunt down Jack this week with Borderlands 2... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: September 10-16, 2012
Fight your way to the top this week with Tekken Tag Tournament 2... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: September 3-9, 2012
Up your kill score this week with Modern Warfare 3 - Collection 4: Final Assault DLC expansion... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: August 27 - September 1, 2012
Begin an all-new adventure this week with Guild Wars 2... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
How to get Notification Center to show you what's playing in iTunes
OS X's Notification Center was introduced in Mountain Lion and is now your one-stop location for all alerts. Besides the customary notifications for incoming emails and reminders, you can also use Notification Center for other content like the title and artist of the current track that's playing in iTunes. As showcased by OS X Daily, Now Playing uses AppleScripts and Terminal-Notifier to display the current iTunes track and the artist's name along with your other notifications. The app also works with streaming services like Spotify. Now Playing can be downloaded from Mediafire and installed on your OS X Mountain Lion machine. Another alternative is iTunification from Onible. Inspired by Now Playing, iTunification lets you display the current track and artist in Notification Center and has the added benefit of Growl support. Besides the track and artist name, the Growl option also allows you to display cover art and setup custom alerts. Both of these apps are scaled down versions of GrowlTunes which adds playback controls your menu bar and displays the current track and artist as a Growl notification.
Now Playing: August 20-26, 2012
Hit fast and hard this week with Counter-Strike: Global Offensive... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: August 13-19, 2012
Shoot your way into a Hong Kong action film with Sleeping Dogs... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: August 6-12, 2012
Get pulled into battle this week with Persona 4: Arena... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: July 30 - August 5, 2012
Grab your keyblade and jump into the third dimension with Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Now Playing: July 23-29, 2012
Perfect your castle crushing technique this week with Wreckateer... Choose your platform to jump to a specific release list:
Google Play Music app update brings tweaks to Now Playing, Recent, playlists and widget
Ever since introducing the Google Music app in beta last year its developers have been hard at work trimming away the rougher edges and that's never been more evident than in the new 4.3.606 version now available for download. While Google Play Music's overall look hasn't shifted significantly, the changelog and a quick spin using it reveal nearly every screen has had some slight change. As seen above, the recently played screen now features larger album art, while the action bar has been adjusted with different transport controls. In this version, users have the ability to adjust and reorder music in the Now Playing queue, while a refreshed widget shows off album art and allows for thumbs up without opening the app. The settings menu has a direct link to the Nexus Q control app (assuming you can run it, and have one), hit the Play store for the updated version to try it out yourself.
