Hallyu fans now have one more reason to get on Google+: Hanging out with their favourite K-pop stars.

Google today announced a K-pop hub, which puts the Google+ pages of big K-pop groups and their members in one location. Fans can then easily add their the groups and individual members they love to their Google+ circles to keep up with the latest happenings, share things with their favourite artistes, and hang out with other fans.

The K-pop hub currently features “four top K-pop groups” – Beast, SISTAR, AFTERSCHOOL and INFINITE – and Google hopes to add more to that lineup, according to its press release.

The new hub was heralded by several fan events held earlier: On April 22, INFINITE had a live video conference with fans via a Google+ Hangout, while SISTAR held a Hangout on Air on May 13, which was streamed live for fans all over the world to watch. The 5 fans who participated were selected personally by the band members, based on questions they submitted on Google+.

Don’t understand a word of Korean? No problem: the K-Pop hub will be in three languages: Korean, English and Japanese. Comments posted by the musicians will be translated and posted underneath the original content.

Find out more at the Google+ K-pop hub: http://www.google.com/+/kpop/

It’s been 12 long years since Diablo II came out, and the wait for the sequel is finally over – Diablo III has been released in Singapore. While fans had the option of getting their games through third party suppliers or directly online, many others decided to do the brave thing: Face off countless other fans and get their games in person at the launch event held today by Asiasoft at Funan DigitaLife Mall. Queues officially started at 9am (fans arrived much earlier), and game distribution was only to start at 3pm today.

Seth, first in line for Diablo III

And here we have our hero and champion – Seth, who was the first to hit the queue – it is unclear if he was even old enough to play Diablo II when it first launched.

When you talk about Diablo, many hold it in awe as one of the greatest hack-and-slash RPGs ever made – it even had a strong storyline behind it (something not many action-RPGs can claim to have). Even with Diablo II being 12 years old, many are still playing it even today (the latest patch for the game came out last year), a testament to the quality of the game that developer Blizzard has made. So with Diablo III finally announced, it was time to unleash in the chaos the fans have held in for years, after all, when you think about Diablo, you would be reminded of the Lord Of Destruction.

Not that the situation at Funan is close to a riot – as our reporter puts it, there is a very organised chaos. However, given the number of people, the event might go on forever – the queues are expected to go on till midnight, and then continue for the rest of the week.

Have you already got your hands on the game? How are you finding it so far?

The long, long wait is nearly over. To say that Blizzard’s Diablo 3 launch is “highly anticipated” would be like calling the Singapore River “a little bit wet”.

Come 3pm tomorrow, the 15th of May, the log-in servers go live. So tell us, Diablo fanboys and girls: How much of your schedule over the next few days (or weeks) has been re-arranged to make way for gaming?

The Sony Xperia P Android smartphone will be available in Singapore exclusively from SingTel on May 18.

The Xperia P comes shipped with Sony’s WhiteMagic™ technology as well as xLoud, Clear Bass and 3D surround sound audio technology.  It can also stream music to wireless speakers with a touch using DLNA technology.

SingTel is offering customers three months of AMPed Premium music service at no charge, giving them access to unlimited music streaming and downloads from a growing library of more than three million songs.

Customers may pre-order Xperia P from May 9, 7am at www.singtel.com/xperiap.

Full pricing details are listed below

The Optimus L3 from LG arrives in stores on May 5

First announced at the Mobile World Congress in Spain earlier this year, the first of the L-Style smartphones from LG will hit stores tomorrow.

Touted to offer users “users an authentic experience in terms of style and practical technologies”, the Optimus L3 boasts Modern Square Style and Harmonised Design Contrast with metallic accents, said its press release.

What users definitely will get is a 3.2-inch display with a longer talk time and connection with social networks through its 1,500mAh battery.

Photo buffs may be a little disappointed with its 3.0 megapixel camera (in this day of mega-megapixel smartphones) but fashion hounds will like that is comes in pink, white or black hues. Additionally, new owners will get a free set of jelly cases with every purchase. There are two sets (of four colours per set) to choose from. Colours range from white, baby pink, pink, green, blue, purple and yellow.

Choose from two sets of Jelly Cases (four colours each) which comes with every purchase of the Optimus L3 smartphone.

The Optimus L3 retails at a recommended price of S$268.