Usually winning awards is a good thing, but not in this case. The Consumerist has let their readers vote on the worst company in America, and for the 2nd time in a row EA has topped the charts. This isn't too surprising thanks to the botched SimCity launch a couple months ago and only time will tell if they can go for 3 years in a row!

Following last year’s surprise Worst Company In America victory by Electronic Arts, there was hope that the video game giant would get the message: Stop treating your customers like human piggy banks, and don’t put out so many incomplete and/or broken games with the intent of getting your customers to pay extra for what they should have received in the first place. And yet, here we are again, with EA becoming the first company to ever win a second Golden Poo from Consumerist readers.

Last week Microsoft's creative director Adam Orth got into a Twitter battle over the upcoming Xbox and the decision for it to be "always on" (always connected to the internet). People were upset already about this decision and Adam Orth's comments didn't help the situation. Microsoft came out last week and said that Adam's comments were not the views of Microsoft and he wasn't a spokesperson for them. This week it appears that Adam Orth has "left the company" and if you are looking for a new job you might want to send a resume over to Microsoft. The Game Informer has more details on this story.

If the first rule of public speaking is to know your audience, then the first rule of Twitter is to realize that you are speaking publicly. Last week, Game Informer shared a rumor that the next Xbox would require an active internet connection at all times. Following that, Microsoft creative director Adam Orth took to Twitter with some impolitic thoughts on the matter.

There is good news if you currently live in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand or Portugal - you can now buy, listen and store 20,000 of your songs online!  Google Play Music is now available in your area and this is great news for Android lovers everywhere in those countries listed.  Unfortunately, Canada is still not listed as a supported country.  Hopefully soon.

Hey Austria, Australia, Belgium, Ireland, Luxembourg, New Zealand and Portugal, get ready to rock! Google Play Music has arrived  on your #Android (goo.gl/q5gzs) and on the web (goo.gl/khSe7). Store up to 20,000 songs on Google Play for free and stream to your devices for instant listening, anywhere.

Source: Google Play

MEGATechNews has a look - and some hands on with the Sony Xperia ZL Android Smartphone.  This phone has a sweet 5-in screen that boasts 1080p resolution (441ppi) as well as a quad-core CPU, 2GB of RAM and more.  If you want a phone that can do a whole lot more, you should really take a look at this article.

You might remember that the Sony Xperia ZL was first unveiled at CES earlier this year and it is indeed a flagship level device. As a quick run-through, you can expect to find a 5-inch 1080p display (441ppi) with the Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, a quad core 1.5GHz processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of storage, a microSD slot, 13MP main camera, 2MP front-facing camera, Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean and all sorts of other juicy specs.

Source: MEGATechNews