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Jigidi

www.jigidi.com

Jigidi is a place where you can “solve, create, share, and talk about jigsaw puzzles”. The site aims to offer “the best online puzzle experience”, combining “the fun parts of actually laying a physical puzzle with the obvious benefits of a digital solution”. You can just choose one of the user-created puzzles that you find interesting, use the filtering options to search for a jigsaw in the category and difficulty level (based on the number of pieces) that you prefer, or hit the Quickplay button for a random puzzle and start solving it instantly. To save your progress, bookmark or comment on puzzles, and create your own jigsaws (by choosing the image and difficulty of your choice), you can join Jigidi for free. If you want to give digital jigsaws a try, then visit Jigidi and easily solve, discuss, and create puzzles.

The First Men on the Moon

www.firstmenonthemoon.com

The 1969 moon landing remains one of the most memorable milestones in human history. With the help of The First Man on the Moon, you can relive mankind’s exploratory accomplishment in the form of an online, interactive presentation. The website captures the experience of the Eagle lunar landing by putting together the original Apollo 11 spaceflight video footage, communication audio, mission control room conversations, text transcripts, and telemetry data, synchronizing the material into an integrated audio-visual experience. If you’re fascinated by humankind’s attempts to discover more about the universe and want to experience this one small step through the viewpoint of the astronauts and flight controllers, then don’t forget to explore this interactive educational resource.

News-e-land

• Amazon unveils new Kindle e-reader: Online retailer Amazon has introduced a new version of its successful Kindle e-reader. The Kindle Oasis has a 6 inch high-resolution 300 ppi display, touchscreen and page turn buttons, 10 LED built-in light, long battery life that can last months, and includes a removable leather charging cover. Weighting around 4.6 ounces and measuring only 0.13 inch at its thinnest point, the tapered device is the “thinnest and lightest Kindle ever”; its price starts at US$290.
• Microsoft discontinues Xbox 360: Tech giant Microsoft is ending the production of its game console Xbox 360 nearly ten years after it was launched in November 2005. In a post on the official website (xbox.com), the Head of Xbox, Phil Spencer, said that the popular console resulted in “over 78 billion gaming hours played, nearly 486 billion Gamerscore on 27 billion achievements, and over 25 billion hours spent in apps over its lifetime” but that production is being stopped as “the realities of manufacturing a product over a decade old are starting to creep up on us”. However, he assures gamers that the company will continue to support the platform and the Xbox Live services and servers will remain active.
• FBI spent more than a million to hack attacker’s iPhone: After Apple’s refusal to unlock the device, the U.S. Justice Department has sought the help of an unidentified third party to gain access to San Bernardino shooter Rizwan Farook’s iPhone. Federal Bureau of Investigation Director James Comey said the agency paid more to break into the iPhone than he “will make in the remaining seven years” in his current post, which makes the amount more than US$1.34 million, the largest ever publicized fee for a hacking job.

Griefer

A griefer is a player who causes grief and annoys other participants in a multiplayer video game by deliberately performing actions that will be detrimental to other players’ performance. The griefer derives pleasure from irritating others and turning into a nuisance for the gaming community.