PlayStation 4 takes the lead in Australia

According to new research, PlayStation 4 is currently the bestselling next-gen console in Australia, though Microsoft is touting that the Xbox One was number one in 2013.

Independent market researcher NPD Group Australia's report showed that Sony's PS4 was currently the leading next-gen console, moving to the number one spot for next-gen console sales in January.

Sony had more to celebrate, as the report also showed that the PS3 was the top selling console in 2013 for the third year running.

Microsoft on the other hand said in a statement that Aussies had spent more on the Xbox One than any other console in 2013.

"Xbox One saw higher unit sales of consoles, games and accessories than any other next generation console in Australia last year and topped all prior console launches in the country's history," said Microsoft Australia Business Group Lead Interactive Entertainment Jeremy Hinton, referencing NPD Australia figures.

Next-gen: a new hope

Despite what both Microsoft and Sony tout, both consoles have been plagued by national stock shortages, so we think that it's still too early try and judge how both consoles are standing up against each other just yet.

However, the release of the two consoles has definitely helped the video and computer games industry Down Under.

Research released by the NPD Group Australia showed there was a 13 per cent increase in hardware sales after the release of both consoles.

And while Microsoft and Sony are battling it out, the mobile gaming industry in Australia has been seeing a steady rise.

"Consumers spent more than $452 million on mobile games in 2013, with 70 per cent of that on in-game, micro-transactions," said Sam Yip, Senior Research Manager for research firm Telsyte.

"At this rate, mobile game revenue could exceed that for physical games within a couple of years."

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UPDATED: Tumblr adds mentions, takes a tagged page from Twitter

Tumblr is coming up on its 7-year anniversary next month, so it's about time the social network added Twitter-style mentions.

The Yahoo-owned microblogging service now supports tagging other Tumblr accounts by first typing the "@" symbol followed by the person or organization's name.

A helpful dropdown menu does a good job of auto-completing the mention, and it thankfully works whether you're following the Tumblr account or not.

So far, the new mentions feature is limited to the web, as the Tumblr iOS and Android apps refuse to tag other accounts for the time being. The @ symbol just sits there.

Tumblr expects to roll out iOS and Android app updates with the ability to mention other profiles soon, but a company spokesperson didn't give TechRadar a more specific time frame.

But @dad, everyone's doing it!

Tumblr isn't the first social network to take a page from Twitter's mentions. Most notably, Facebook added the ability to tag friends in status updates back in 2009 and in comments in 2011.

This feature migrated to the Facebook-owned Instagram platform, too. Photo caption and comment mentions not only appear on the site, they actually translate to Twitter when posts are farmed out.

Google+ has its own tagging method. Instead of leading a friend's name with the @ symbol, the search engine giant enables everyone to tag people in their circles with the "+" symbol.

Tumblr is finally giving its 166 million blogs another way to stay connected besides sharing, reblogging and liking posts. It just needs to come to the apps to have real meaning in today's mobile-obsessed world.

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