Game of Thrones is most pirated show of 2012 with 25 million downloads

Winter is Coming down the torrent sites as HBO's Game of Thrones is the most pirated TV show of 2012. The second season of the popular show  began early April. It has been tracked by Big Champagne which revealed that the show has been downloaded 25 million times with a peak of 2.5 million downloads a day.

Game of Thrones, which is based on George R. R. Martin's sword and sorcery epic Song of Fire and Ice series of books.

Being an HBO-exclusive series, Game of Thrones is accessible only to cable subsribers and HBO/Go users.

"This is absolutely a reaction to the show’s not being available elsewhere online," explains Robinson. "It’s a very tricky game trying to create this kind of scarcity," explained John Robinson, a senior media analyst with Big Champagne in a report from TGDaily.com.

Source: TG Daily

The Apple Beat: Next MacBook Pros might feature Retina Displays

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

It has been a while since Apple introduced new MacBook Pros. Now we're hearing reports here and there that the next refresh of Apple's midrange and high-end notebooks might feature the Retina Displays that are on the new iPad as well as the iPhone 4, 4S and the latest iPod Touch.

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Is LG developing flexible OLED Screens?

LG has been on a tear with some exciting announcements in mobile. First was the LG Optimus VU, which is it's tweener device that's between the a tablet and a smartphone, aimed at Samsung's Note. Then the quad core Optimus 4X HD flagship Android smartphone announced at the Mobile World Congress this year. Then, there's that LG Optimus LTE2 with 2GB or RAM. Boy, the hits keep on coming.

Now we're hearing reports that LG is working on flexible OLED displays that are unbreakeable. A report from Ubergizmo states  that, "LG’s 3.5-gen production plant is ready to begin production by the end of the year, so it should be around early-mid 2013 when we can start seeing phones being advertised with “unbreakable” displays."

What this could mean for LG and for the mobile industry in general is more interesting and pliable. This also means that we will get more shock resistant screens for our smartphones, tablets, ereaders and possibly our notebooks.

Good stuff coming from LG. Now, how about some Ice Cream Sandwich updates on our Android devices?

Source: Ubergizmo

Panasonic to take record $10 billion annual loss

Bad news for Panasonic as reports from Reuters and PCWorld state that Panasonic has fallen victim to the flagging TV business which has also put rivals Sony and Sharp in the red.  Panasonic expects to suffer a 10 billion annual loss, the report states.

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