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Facebook opens Internet.org platform to developers after Net Neutrality criticisms
Facebook, Inc.’s Internet.org initiative says its goal is to “connect the two-thirds of the world that doesn’t have Internet access,” but the program has not been without its critics. Most recently, several high-profile Indian businesses refused to support Internet.org’s platform because they argued that its “zero-rate” deals prioritize certain types of web traffic over others, violating the ...
Banjo-Kazooie successor Yooka-Laylee gets fully crowdfunded in 40 minutes
Kickstarter seems to be the place to go if you want to breathe new life into dead video game genres, and games like Star Citizen have already proven that niche markets can still pay off in a big way. Now, the creators of colorful platformer Yooka-Laylee are aiming to do the same thing for the “buddy-duo platformer,” ...
Music streaming site Grooveshark finally shut down by legal troubles
Popular music streaming site Grooveshark had somehow managed to offer thousands of free songs ranging from obscure Japanese bands to platinum-selling superstars, but the site’s recurring legal problems finally caught up with it. In a letter that sounds like something a lawyer wrote, Grooveshark has announced that it is shutting down. “We started out ...
Texas Senate axes failure-plagued Emerging Technology Fund for startups
This week, the Texas Senate voted to cut former Governor Rick Perry’s Texas Emerging Technology Fund (TETF), a program that was intended to “make Texas the best place in the nation to pursue the next great idea” by helping startup companies get off the ground faster. The decision to end the program passed with a vote of ...
Steam Community Market bug priced items at millions of dollars
A little bug affecting exchange rates between Indonesian rupiahs and the U.S. dollar caused a bit of a problem early this morning on the Steam Community Market by causing some items to be priced at the equivalent of millions of dollars. The problem occurred when the rupiah was incorrectly set as being equal to ...
Does Steam’s new game ban system give devs too much power?
It looks like Valve Corp is not quite ready to get back on its users’ good side, as the Washington-based game studio has revealed a controversial new ban system that allows game developers to directly ban users from their games. Not only do the bans keep the players for joining multiplayer servers, but they ...
Cost of acquiring mobile users is now over $3 each, says Fiksu
Mobile marketing company Fiksu Inc has released a new report with its Cost per Loyal User index (CPLU), which “measures the cost of acquiring a loyal user for brands who actively market their apps,” and it found that the costs associated with acquiring mobile users is now $3.09. While that figure is only 10 ...
StepOne launches tools to unify the in-store experience with online support
Retail stores have been working hard at improving their in-store experience – they would have to if they want to convince people to actually make the physical trip out to a brick-and-mortar store these days. But once customers buy their new phone, tablet, or whatever, that great in-store experience ends, and they are shepherded out ...
You can now embed classic MS-DOS games in tweets — here’s how
Twitter, Inc.’s financials may not be looking great right now, but users are still discovering new ways to use the microblog service to slack off at work. Earlier this year, the Internet Archive launched a free library of classic MS-DOS games that could all be played through your browser thanks to the DOSBox emulator. Now it ...
Relive gaming history thanks to Star Wars Day sales
After the second teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens at Star Wars Celebration earlier this month, interest in the nearly 40 year old mega franchise has suddenly spiked. While gamers are eagerly awaiting new Star Wars games like EA’s Star Wars: Battlefront reboot, there are still plenty of great games to look back on. There are ...