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Facebook’s Internet.org loses supporters in India thanks to net neutrality concerns
Facebook Inc’s internet connectivity organization, Internet.org, is facing difficulties in India after multiple Indian businesses pulled their support for the platform due to concerns that it violates principles of net neutrality. Internet.org is a Facebook-owned organization that is dedicated to connecting the world by building internet connectivity in developing countries. It does this by partnering with local telecoms to ...
Trapit launches employee advocacy and social selling platform
Employee advocacy and social selling are growing trends in businesses where companies look for ways to empower employees to become authentic champions for their brands. Unfortunately, the way many companies go about this is by sharing mountains of white papers, case studies and sales brochures, none of which are particularly engaging for the employees or their social networks. ...
EA ends development on multiple F2P PC games, spares The Old Republic
Electronic Arts Inc (EA) has announced that it will be ceasing development on several of its free-to-play PC titles, and it looks like only Star Wars: The Old Republic will survive. “Star Wars: The Old Republic is a game that continues to have a very enthusiastic and growing player community, and we have plans to introduce ...
2K Australia shuts down due to the country’s high cost of business
It is a sad day for the Australian video game industry, as the country’s last triple-A studio, 2K Australia, has been forced to close its doors. The studio, which has worked on big-name franchises like Bioshock and Borderlands, cites the high costs associated with doing business in Australia as the primary reason for the closure. The developer’s ...
Does Mortal Kombat X’s “Easy Fatalities” DLC go too far?
Mortal Kombat X, which launched yesterday, is one of the biggest releases in recent history for the series, but the title’s “Easy Fatalities” DLC has some fans crying foul. Fatalities are a staple of the Mortal Kombat franchise, and are perhaps the most iconic feature of the entire series. Players capable of pulling off the complicated ...
Marijuana dating app High There! gets approval from Apple and Google to go global
Finding people who share your interests is not always easy, especially when those interests might not be 100 percent legal. When it first launched in February, “dating app for potheads” High There was restricted by geofencing to only be usable in the handful of states where marijuana use is legal. Now the app has cleared ...
GameStop will start trading retro consoles and games again
The nostalgia market is a growing business in video games, with some companies building entire marketing campaigns based on nostalgia or releasing retro products to make your smartphone look like a Game Boy. Now Dallas-based GameStop Corp is getting in on the nostalgia business by testing out a new program to allow gamers to buy and sell retro consoles and games. The pilot ...
Dallas integrates Uber into its public transportation app
While many cities across the world are pushing back against ridesharing services like Uber and Lyft, the city of Dallas, Texas, has decided to take a different approach. This week, the city’s public transportation agency, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART), announced that it will be integrating Uber support into its own app to help solve the “first ...
Hearthstone finally makes its way to iOS and Android phones
The long wait is finally over as Blizzard Entertainment has officially released a phone version of its hugely successful card battle game, Hearthstone. The 1v1 game that started out on PC has already been available on iPad and Android tablets, and now Blizzard is making sure that you will never escape the addiction, no matter where you ...
Can Boondogl reinvent the web game market?
Before the days of smartphones and tablets, a vibrant casual gaming market existed on the web thanks to a slew of games on sites like Newgrounds and PopCap, but as many of those games moved to mobile devices, the web game genre essentially dried up. Now, a small developer called Kermdinger Studios wants to breathe new life ...
