Remains of the Day: The Xbox Becomes a Serious Media Center [For What It's Worth]

Microsoft introduces new media center features for the Xbox 360, Facebook Camera insists on location services, Siri possibly coming to the iPad, and researchers develop a BitTorrent client that keeps you anonymous from the get-go.

• Xbox Makes Entertainment More Amazing on Phone, PC, Tablet and TV Microsoft showed off the future of Xbox today with tons of new media-centric features, including web browsing on your TV, streaming partners like ESPN and Comedy Central, and apps on Windows 8 PCs and tablets. [Microsoft]
• What Is Xbox SmartGlass? Among Xbox's new media center features is an app called SmartGlass. Available on phones and tablets, SmartGlass can turn your mobile device into a controller for a game, a companion feature for a show, or a remote control for all your media. [Gizmodo]
• Xbox Music Service Announced, Coming to Xbox, Windows Phone, and Windows 8 Microsoft's Zune services is now going to be called Xbox Music, and it will bring its library of over 30 million tracks to a number of devices, including Xbox, Windows Phone, Windows 8, and possibly even other platforms like iOS and Android. It'll have song downloads, subscriptions, artist-based radio, and more. [The Verge]
• Why Does Facebook Camera Need to Know Your Location? Unlike Instagram and other photo apps, Facebook Camera requires location services be turned on to access your photos. It turns out, this is not because it's trying to publish your location: it's what allows you to select multiple photos in the app. [BuzzFeed]
• Apple to Bring Full Siri Voice-Assistant to the iPad with iOS 6: mockup and details The rumor mill buzzes once again, this time saying that Apple's voice assistant software Siri will becoming to the iPad iOS 6, likely for owners of the newest generation iPad only. [9to5Mac]
• Researchers To Release an Anonymous BitTorrent Client Anonymizing your BitTorrent traffic usually requires an external service and a bit of setup, but researchers are adding a new feature to the previously mentioned Tribler BitTorrent client that builds in all of those privacy features. [TorrentFreak]
• ASUS Transformer AiO Official: All-In-One PC Dual-Boots Android and Windows 8 ASUS has announced a new version of its incredibly popular Transformer tablet that runs both Windows 8 and Android. [Engadget]
• Google Is Acquiring Meebo! Meebo, the popular web-based IM and video chat service, has been acquired by Google. TechCrunch is reporting that the Meebo product team will be working on something for Google+, though it isn't yet clear what. [Meebo Blog]