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Far Cry 4 pirates accidentally out themselves by complaining about missing FOV slider
Ubisoft Entertainment is not known for taking video game piracy lightly, but with the recent release of Far Cry 4, the Montreal-based developers took a subtler approach than usual to root out pirates. Ubisoft left Field of View (FOV), a standard graphics option, out of the base PC version of the game. The option was ...
Facebook Groups 101: New app with separate feeds
Continuing its trend of breaking off core features into their own specialized apps, Facebook Inc. has announced the launch of Facebook Groups. The new app is designed to make it easier for people to keep up with their customized “groups,” which allow users to create small communities within Facebook that are separate from their news feeds. For example, students ...
Warlords of Draenor: Quickstart guide for garrison beginners
One of the most anticipated features in Blizzard Entertainment’s Warlords of Draenor is the introduction of player housing in the form of garrisons. Garrisons take the upgrade over time aspect of the Halfhill farm from Mists of Pandaria and greatly expand upon it, allowing players to choose from various different buildings that can be added to ...
StepOne’s “CT scan for customer service” leverages Big Data
Austin-based technology company StepOne, Inc. has announced the launch of its new service: Care Profiler, a data analytics tool that acts as “the first CT scan for customer service.” When most people hear the words “customer service,” they imagine long hold times and bouncing around different departments while looking for a simple answer. Given the chance, most would prefer self-service options to calling ...
Playing it safe: 3 big game releases today, all sequels
November has traditionally been one of the busiest months in terms of big-name video game releases, and with good reason: publishers want to put out their guaranteed big sellers right before the holiday shopping season. This year is no different, with three AAA games releasing today, all of which are sequels to massively popular games. ...
GOP allegedly using Twitter to bypass campaign finance law
Republicans and “outside groups” have been using Twitter Inc. to skirt laws governing what information can be shared between politicians and the people and organizations who donate money to their campaigns, according to a recent CNN report. An anonymous Twitter account was found to be sharing internal polling information about House races in the form of ...
Elite: Dangerous no longer plans to offer a fully offline mode
Crowdfunding success story Elite: Dangerous has generated a fair amount of hype since it surpassed its original goal of £1.25 million (approximately $1.95 million), but it looks like the game may no longer offer one of the features initially promised during the Kickstarter campaign: an offline mode. Elite: Dangerous is meant to be the newest entry ...
Scammers use Facebook to find and trick victims
Social media tools like Facebook Inc., Twitter Inc., and the Facebook-owned Instagram are great for connecting with friends or meeting new people, but they are also a breeding ground for online scams. Scams are nothing new to the internet or even to the world of communications in general. There have always been pop-up ads to questionable ...
Should video game review scores change with time?
Halo is one of the most popular Xbox franchises of all time, and the recently released Halo: The Master Chief Collection brings the first four games from the classic series to the Xbox One. The collection features remastered visuals that take advantage of the Xbox One’s visual fidelity, as well as improved frame rates of up ...
3 browser extensions to improve your Facebook experience
Facebook’s population is currently sitting at over a billion users, but despite the seemingly never ending series of changes and updates made to the site, there can always be improvements. Here are a three browser extensions that add new features or customizations to Facebook that help you get the most out of the social network. ...