News this week on the Pi World


HummingBoard-i2

It seems that the escene moves a lot in the world of emulation. This week we had the arrival of a new version of [emulationstation](http://emulationstation.org), but also other news I will discuss below...

---

• **HummingBoard-i2 available for $45:** *SolidRun* has released a new competitor for the *Raspberry Pi*, exactly the same size but with some improvements and available at various prices. It is best to watch the video below and judge for yourself. | [solid-run.com](http://www.solid-run.com/products/hummingboard/)


• **RetroPie updated to 2.1:** I have kept an article comparing *PiPlay Vs RetroPie* that I hope someday to finish, and while they appear quite frequently new versions about this both OS dedicated to emulation. *petrockblock* bring the facelift of *EmulationStation* and now use the *SDL2* libraries (with which I am always fought), which has been completely rewritten and with a few improvements | [petrockblock.com](http://blog.petrockblock.com/download/retropie-project-image/)

• **Spreadsheet with Twitter hashtags:** I've adapted the code from [labnol.org](http://www.labnol.org/internet/save-twitter-hashtag-tweets/6505/) for a sheet showing all the *hashtag* **#Raspberry_pi & #raspberrypi** from *Twitter*. Now you do not need an account on this social network to be informed every minute about your favorite plate. | [Google Spreadsheet > Twitter Archiver](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0Ao2rIB5WcebAdFg4clBIb0ZjTFRqTXBtd19qRzZGQUE&output=html)