Well, it's finally here. We've been speculating for years what Nintendo is going to do on mobile, and we now live in a world where there's a real Nintendo app on the App Store. Miitomo [Free] is currently available in Japan only, but its worldwide release will presumably follow r … | Continue reading
In its bid to raise its name in cloud computing services, Google nabbed a big-name customer: Apple. The iPhone-maker recently started storing portions of its iCloud and services data with Google’s cloud platform, according to sources familiar with the deal.It’s a win for Google, … | Continue reading
Razer is shipping a new $500 Razor Core 3D graphics add-on device in April which will enable gamers to turn laptops into PCs with desktop-level performance. The new devices makes it easier to become more mobile when it comes to playing games on high-end PC gaming hardware. If you … | Continue reading
The Core graphics enclosure was one of Razer's more interesting announcements at CES this year, and today the company is revealing pricing and availability for the device. Available for preorder from Razer today and shipping next month, the Core will cost $499 standalone or $399 … | Continue reading
Disney and Hipster Whale have teamed up to create a Disney Crossy Road mobile game. The new game was announced at a panel at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, and it shows the two companies are trying to figure out how to survive and thrive in the $30 billion mobil … | Continue reading
Apple ads have featured Aubrey Plaza, Jamie Foxx, and Killer Mike in recent months, but the company's latest iPhone commercial has enlisted the help of a real A-list celebrity — Cookie Monster. The Sesame Street star appears in a new ad that highlights the uses of Siri, in which … | Continue reading
SpoonRocket, the on-demand food delivery startup that shut down yesterday in the U.S., has a buyer. That buyer is Brazil-based iFood, a food delivery platform looking to dominate the on-demand economy in Latin America as well as other emerging economies. Terms of the deal were no … | Continue reading
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Tesla Motors is expanding to New York City — not with a flashy showroom in Manhattan, but with a brick-and-mortar sales and service center in Brooklyn.The new Tesla location opening Friday in Red Hook is not the kind of place where you can leave with the keys to your new Model S … | Continue reading
Chinese search giant Baidu is planning to test its autonomous cars in the United States, with a goal of building a "commercially viable" car by 2018, reports The Wall Street Journal. The firm announced last year that it was looking to develop vehicles that could serve as public s … | Continue reading
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Security company Palo Alto Networks has discovered new malware, dubbed “AceDeceiver,” that could attack factory-configured iPhones. iPhones with malware are rare due to their closed ecosystem and strong reliance on encryption, but today’s discovery was one of the first where none … | Continue reading
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The next major company to literally heed the esteemed Eli Hodapp's advice to "Just Make Crossy Road [appprice url="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crossy-road-endless-arcade/id924373886?mt=8"], JEEZ!" is Disney. The House of Mouse is teaming up with Hipster Whale to make Disney C … | Continue reading
After the party is over, the lesser fun begins: thank you notes. Yes it's polite, but writing messages to every single person gets tiresome. Mass emails or pre-printed cards can get too generic and impersonal. SEE ALSO: 16 Digital Resources for Wedding Inspiration and PlanningFor … | Continue reading
The economic prospects for Latin America in 2016 are grim. With political instability in some of the region’s largest economies, as well as a general slump in prices in oil and other commodities, businesses and consumers are facing a depression and, in the case of Venezuela, econ … | Continue reading
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It's become sort of a tradition that we check out Celsius Game Studio's upcoming space trader Drifter at GDC. That's a polite way of saying this game has been in the works for a really long time, but to be fair it's an absolutely massive game and is entirely the work of one progr … | Continue reading
Rumors are flying today that Apple is moving part of its cloud business from AWS to Google’s Cloud Platform. We did some asking around and yes, it does appear that Apple has made some moves to diversify its iCloud storage, tapping Google for some of that business. This is another … | Continue reading
If I had to choose a sound to identify the second year of my daughter’s life it would probably be one of the collaborations between Sesame Street superstar Cookie Monster and one of the hot pop stars of the day. Though “Me want it (but me wait)” will never win any lyricist awards … | Continue reading
Hidden away on the exhibition floor at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco today, I found a short line next to the big booth for Amazon Lumberyard, that cross-platform 3D game engine that public cloud infrastructure provide Amazon Web Services (AWS) unveiled last mont … | Continue reading
Minecraft in all its blocky glory is setting up shop on mobile virtual reality on the Samsung Gear VR.I had a chance to demo the game at an Oculus media event during GDC in SF this week and there was a decent amount of hype surrounding the wildly popular game making its mobile VR … | Continue reading
We've been doing the same thing for years now, and we keep doing it because it's awesome. If you're in town for GDC or just live in SF, please come hang out with us as we slowly take over Bin 55 at 7:00 PM until around 11:00ish when they start doing last call. It's the | Continue reading
I’m too disorganized for real-time strategy. I’ve had my fill of fast-paced flight games. I’d don’t want to play another minigame collection ever again. But I’ve found that I love all of these games in virtual reality, and it’s not just about novelty. On Monday, Oculus VR held an … | Continue reading
Sowas passiert dann wahrscheinlich nur japanischen Musterschülern: Da wirft man die Mathearbeit als Papierflieger aus dem Klassenfenster, das Teil dreht eine anschauliche Runde über den Schulhof und das anschließende Feld, beschreib... | Continue reading
Likely, you've heard of Apple CarPlay by now: It's the software that allows you to project a version — albeit limited — of your iPhone's iOS onto your car's in-dash screen. However, unless you have a brand-new car, you probably haven't had a chance to play with it. That's because … | Continue reading
Recently, I wrote about an upcoming sci-fi CCG called Star Crusade: War for the Expanse and talked about how it seems to be doing enough to distinguish itself from other mobile CCGs. Today, we got our hands on another trailer, and the game continues to look very promising. This n … | Continue reading
Oculus isn’t messing around, and has announced it will launch 30 VR games for use with Rift on March 28. Additionally, the company will launch Oculus Home for Rift, a central point of reference for finding all of your content on Oculus. Originally launched for Gear VR, Home lets … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — Sony engineer Chris Norden expressed frustration that the media does not understand the extra processing box that comes packed with the upcoming PlayStation VR headset. So he took the time during a presentation today to finally explain it to us. The PlayStation VR … | Continue reading
Bloodborne is getting its own licensed card game.The spin-off was announced on Twitter via card game designer Eric Lang, who created XCOM: The Board Game and A Game of Thrones: The Card Game, among many other licensed projects."For those who follow me and have gotten to know my s … | Continue reading
GUEST: March 15, 2016 brought us a milestone in artificial intelligence 10 years earlier than experts expected: AlphaGo, the AI-based computer created by Google DeepMind, beat world champion Go player Lee Sedol at the game. Go is among the most ancient of games — simple in concep … | Continue reading
The hoverboard industry suffered another major blow on Wednesday after the International Trade Commission (ITC) announced a ban on certain personal transporter devices being manufactured and imported into the country in response to a patent claim filed by SegwayThe ban is termed … | Continue reading
In a Reddit Ask Me Anything Q&A, Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has added more of his thoughts to the debate stirred by Apple and the FBI. As the government and Wozniak's former company continue their legal battle over an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters, Wozniak … | Continue reading
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation today approved the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill. In an amendment to the bill filed by Senators Heller and Cantwell, the Senate committee instructs the FAA to create rules for delivery … | Continue reading
At the tail end of Pete Lake's GDC panel on rapid idea visualization in a video game studio, the Producer from Criterion Games — the studio responsible for Black and the Burnout series — shared a small glimpse at the next big project, Beyond Cars. The extreme sports game was rev … | Continue reading
Munchery, the on-demand meal delivery startup with over $117 million in funding, has lost Pascal Rigo, who came on board to Munchery as chief customer experience officer just five months ago. Rigo had formerly spent three years at Starbucks as SVP of food, after the coffee giant … | Continue reading
Amazon is selling the Motorola Moto G (3rd Generation) for the all-time low of $149.00, and B&H is doing the same... with a twist! | Continue reading
VB EVENT: Google and Amazon may be top dogs in their respective industries, but they both face challenges when it comes to mobile. Google is the largest ad company in the world, and it earned that status by dominating search. It sells ads to brands wanting to reach Google’s users … | Continue reading
A US Congressional subcommittee on commerce and trade held a hearing today on the subject of digital currencies and blockchain technology. | Continue reading
The use of Bitcoin blockchain has been widely discussed among the community for a while now. Innovations in the Bitcoin sector have shown that the digital currency’s underlying technology can be used for applications beyond the digital currency. This realization led to the evolut … | Continue reading
Late last year, business2community proclaimed 2016 was the year of ‘thought leadership driven content marketing’. It claimed thought leadership was changing the very way content marketing was practiced, and all successful content marketing programs of the new year would have it a … | Continue reading
At Gamescom 2013 Deadlight developer Tequila Works announced a very pretty PS4- exclusive adventure game called Rime. Now, there's a distinct chance it may not stay exclusive as the developer has reacquired the rights to the title from Sony."Tequila Works has chosen to reacquire … | Continue reading
Digital document signatures have really expedited sales. No longer do we have to print out the document, sign it, and either scan or fax it back to the original sender. But while this capability may be a godsend, there’s one problem a new startup called GetAccept wants to highlig … | Continue reading
Once self-driving cars hit the road, one automotive research company projects, vehicle ownership will quickly become a thing of the past.See also: Sorry, Tesla: The world’s fastest electric car is made in... Croatia?According to an independent analysis by ABI Research, 400 millio … | Continue reading
SAN FRANCISCO — It’s counterintuitive to think that covering your eyes and ears with a screen and speakers can lead to awesome interactions with your friends, but Sony has demonstrated that it’s true. PlayStation VR engineers took the stage at the Game Developers Conference today … | Continue reading
Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, aka the Woz, shared his feelings about the Apple Watch today in a Reddit Ask Me Anything session. His feelings were, well, not the most positive. Here’s how he put it: I worry a little bit about — I mean I love my Apple Watch, but — it’s taken us in … | Continue reading