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Warlords of Draenor launch a success despite a few hiccups
In the 10 years since its launch, Blizzard Entertainment’s World of Warcraft has been without a doubt the most successful MMO game to date, and today marks the launch of its fifth expansion: Warlords of Draenor. Although the MMO giant has seen a slow decline in subscribers over the years, those numbers have started to rebound. ...
How to use Facebook’s new ‘Say Thanks’ videos
Just in time for the holiday season, Facebook Inc. has released a new custom video feature that allows users to send a personalized thank-you to their friends and family. The videos take photos and Facebook posts to create a slideshow of moments shared by the two friends. “Your friends are at the core of your ...
Assassin’s Creed Unity launches with serious performance issues
Ubisoft Entertainment is no stranger to player concerns over game performance, and now their latest game, Assassin’s Creed: Unity, is facing a serious fan backlash over severely low frame rates and other performance issues such as bugs and game crashes. The long awaited follow-up to 2013’s Assassin’s Creed IV: Black Flag launched yesterday, but fans ...
PrivacyGrade gives Facebook app an A, Talking Tom not so lucky
User privacy is a rapidly growing concern in the new digital age, and with smartphone adoption approaching higher and higher rates, the public has started to take notice when companies use their data for illicit purposes. But knowing what apps to trust is not always simple, as some of the worst offenders of user privacy come ...
Action games help you ‘learn how to learn’
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences attempts to explain why certain types of games seem to improve learning abilities. The effects of video games on the brain have been the subject of scientific study since the birth of the medium, and a slew of reports have shown benefits to reaction ...
Facebook triumphant? Facebook Messenger reaches 500m users
Facebook Inc.’s somewhat controversial move to shift its messaging capabilities into a separate app seems to have panned out. Facebook Messenger has reached over 500 million users this week, which is more than the population of the US and Canada combined. It is also only 100 million users fewer than popular messaging app WhatsApp, which Facebook bought ...
Is PC gaming the ticket to big revenue for Indian telecom?
Gaming is an exponentially growing industry, with the formerly niche hobby now becoming as commonplace as listening to music or watching movies. In fact, the Entertainment Software Association estimates that as many as 59 percent of Americans play video games. The potential for revenue in the gaming industry is enormous, and now the Indian division telecom Mobile ...
Facebook less stressful without the numbers
You would think that the little red box telling you how many new likes your Facebook post has would give you a sense of pride, but it turns out the number might be stressing you out. Artist and composer Benjamin Grosser found himself using the numbers on Facebook as a personal metric for how well he was ...
Ubisoft’s “The Division” will not downgrade for PC
Ubisoft has recently been the subject of some controversy due to accusations that “Assassin’s Creed: Unity” would have its graphics settings downgraded on all systems to keep it on par with the experience on the Xbox One. Unity’s World Level Design Director, Nicolas Guérin, made a now infamous gaffe by telling TechRadar that 60 Frames Per Second (FPS) was not any ...
First Facebook community Q&A has Zuckerberg answer tough questions
Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg fielded questions from users and businesses about the social network yesterday in the first ever community Q&A session. Facebook users submitted questions through the Q&A With Mark Facebook page, and the thread encouraged them to vote for their favorite posts by liking them. The question thread capped out at 10,000 comments. ...