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Daybreak CEO John Smedley is stepping down and “taking some time off from the company”
John Smedley has headed up Daybreak Game Company for nearly two decades and weathered a few company ownership and name changes in that time, but now the Everquest co-creator is stepping down from his role as president and CEO of the studio. “Daybreak Games confirms that John Smedley will be taking some time off from the company ...
Twitch joins the list of sites moving to ditch Flash for HTML5
Popular live-streaming site Twitch has become yet another web service to move away from Adobe Flash, the ailing media platform that has long been the dominant method of displaying multimedia content online. While Twitch’s video streams will continue to use Flash, at least for now, the service is moving the video controls themselves over to ...
Google Maps’ creepy new timeline feature shows everywhere you’ve been
It is no secret that Google’s data collection skills rival the National Security Agency (NSA) for thoroughness, and the newly launched “Your Timeline” feature for Google Maps shows just how much the search giant knows about you. Pulling from Google’s “Location History” data, you can now view a timeline of all of the places you ...
Is mouse support for Xbox One a good idea?
Microsoft’s Xbox head Phil Spencer recently said via Twitter that keyboard and mouse support for Xbox One “aren’t far away,” and while it is not yet clear how far that support will go, there are more than a few reasons the console maker may want to rethink that decision, or at least restrict their use in games. ...
Esports leagues may start drug testing after Adderall abuse scandal
Earlier this month, professional Counter Strike: Global Offensive player Kory “Semphis” Friesen stated in an interview that he and other players frequently use the prescription stimulant Adderall during tournaments. Now, the Electronic Sports League (ESL) and other esports organizations are considering taking steps to prevent further drug abuse at professional matches. “We’ve known for some time that performance enhancing drugs ...
The Geek House is a coworking space that lives up to its name
Once you have visited more than two or three coworking spaces, you start to realize that “coworking” is a fairly broad term that can be applied to very different environments. Some offices are little more than a Starbucks that charges a monthly subscription fee and makes you get your own coffee. Others, such as the ...
Spam email rate is below 50% for the first time in over a decade
Spam email has existed for almost as long as email itself, long before it even first started being referred to as spam in the early 1990s. Less scrupulous advertisers discovered that they were suddenly able to reach thousand or millions of potential customers simultaneously for basically no cost, and spam mail quickly became one of ...
Share Rocket shows how your social media market share stacks up against your competitors
Social media is no longer a novelty for big brands, and pretty much every company has realized just how important it is to engage with consumers through platforms like Facebook and Twitter. Like everything in the business world, brands want metrics to track performance, but that is not always easy with social media. Share Rocket ...
Smithsonian launches Kickstarter to preserve Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit
Kickstarter Inc. has been used to fund everything from multi-million dollar video games like Star Citizen to the world’s most expensive potato salad, and now the Smithsonian Institution is turning to Kickstarter to preserve some of the nation’s deteriorating artifacts, including the spacesuit Neil Armstrong wore when he first walked on the Moon in 1969. The ...
Batman: Arkham Knight proves AAA publishers don’t care about PC gamers
This is not going to be one of those “PC Gaming is dead” articles. With enormously successful titles like League of Legends and Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft, it is pretty obvious that PC gaming is not going anywhere, and thanks to successful crowdfunding campaigns for long-dormant genres like space sims (Star Citizen) or CRPGs (Pillars of Eternity), ...