Earth 
Day is a memory at this point, but there’s still a way to help the environment and save money. Yowza delivers real-time coupons to your smartphone from retailers that are in your immediate area.
Man plays the same game of ‘Civilization II’ for 10 years
Think 
you spend too much time playing the same video game?
Try playing it for a decade.
Apptastic: HootSuite
Social media can be a lot of fun, but it can really chew up your productivity. The HootSuite app lets you manage your Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and FourSquare accounts all in one place.
E3′s future up in the air
It’s 
a tradition at the end of every E3: the Entertainment Software Association hangs a banner on the last day of the show, thanking attendees and simultaneously announcing the dates of next year’s event.
But as people limped out of the Los Angeles Convention Center last Thursday, that banner was noticeably missing.
Apple updates laptops, iOS
There 
was no new iPhone, no new iPad and certainly no news about the long-rumored TV set, but Apple still had plenty to say at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference Monday.
CEO Tim Cook announced a refresh of the company’s laptop series, a forthcoming series of advances to the iOS operating system and the long-awaited arrival of Siri on the iPad.
Gearbox’s Pitchford on Aliens’ evolution
If 
Randy Pitchford’s gut is right, you have Gearbox Software co-founder Brian Martel to thank for this summer’s movie Prometheus.
Several years ago, Martel sat down with Ridley Scott to talk about Blade Runner and Alien. As the two discussed the landmark science fiction films, Scott brought out the original, by-then-dust covered storyboards to Alien and began to animatedly discuss the franchise and his love for it.
Pushing Graphic Limits: Videogames, the Next Generation
Nintendo 
and Sony took pains to avoid mentioning their next-generation console systems at this year’s E3 videogame conference. But their publishing partners had plenty to say.
While no independent publishers were willing to come out and call the graphically-intense games they had on display “next generation,” many quietly confirmed that they were showcasing what consumers can expect to see when the Xbox 720 and PlayStation 4 finally hit the market in late 2013.
Apptastic: Stumble Upon
Looking 
for something new on the Web? The StumbleUpon website is one of the easiest ways to randomly explore. Well, now that site has put together a mobile app that will take you to all sorts of new places.
Syfy teams on series, game
There’s 
a lot of chatter about transmedia in the videogame industry, but few companies have truly pulled off a successful collaboration of games and traditional media. Trion Worlds is hoping to buck that trend — with a lot of help from cabler Syfy.
The publisher and cabler are teaming for “Defiance,” a massively multiplayer online action game and a weekly series on the network, which has committed to a full season order.
The 10 Hottest Videogames of 2012
The 
videogame industry might have lost some of its retail strength, but come the holiday season, games still regularly top people’s gift lists.
There’s no better place to get a look at what’s coming down the road than E3 – but too often, the games that get the bulk of the spotlight won’t be out until the following year (or two, or sometimes three). Selecting a “best of show” game is a fool’s mission, given the number of titles on display and the limited time to see them all. But it is possible to get a better sense of which games will connect with players.
Chris Morris: Journalist 