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Bethesda targeted by another Fallout hoax
To few people’s surprise, a trademark request for a new Fallout title filed with the German patent office has been confirmed to be fake by Bethesda Softworks LLC, the current developer of the Fallout series. While Bethesda has usually taken a hands-off approach to fan speculation about future games, they were quick to quell this new rumor before it could get off ...
Who is asking Facebook for private data? Mostly the U.S. government
Facebook saw a surge in the number of user data requests from several world governments in the first six months of 2014, but the US leads the pack by far. Facebook’s third Government Requests Report shows that the number of private data requests by governments was 24% higher in the first half of 2014 than it ...
Dead online games might get new life thanks to EFF
Imagine that your car’s starter had to call the manufacturer every time you tried to turn the car on. What would happen if that manufacturer no longer existed? No more car. When an online game loses official support, that is often exactly what happens to the game. Many games, even those that are not played online, use DRM ...
Will e-commerce come to Facebook?
There is currently no easy way to buy products you see on Facebook. Whether it is something a friend shared or an ad from a company you follow, buying anything is a multi-step process that requires clicking through to a new webpage, creating or logging into an account, entering payment information, and so on. For John ...
How Insightpool 2.0 reinvents social media marketing
For anyone who says that using social media is not an exact science, the Atlanta-based company Insightpool would beg to differ. Today, Insightpool unveiled the second generation of its audience cultivation and conversion platform with a slew of new features and capabilities, all designed to grant clients complete knowledge and control of their social media campaigns. Big ...
6 types of killers who use Facebook
A British university has published the first ever academic study evaluating the interaction between social media and criminal behavior. The study was conducted by a team of criminologists headed by Dr Elizabeth Yardley and Professor David Wilson from the Centre of Applied Criminology at Birmingham City University in the United Kingdom. In a survey of 48 separate cases ...
Can Facebook’s spending keep the social network relevant?
Fighting to stay on people’s radar lately, Facebook Inc.’s been busy releasing new apps like Rooms and announcing their first community Q&A with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg going on later this week. But the company’s recent Q3 earnings call has investors worried about the social network’s plans future. In particular, investors were shocked when Facebook management said that they planned on ...
Will Zuck answer these tough questions in his new, public Q&A sessions?
Facebook Inc. has a tradition of holding a Q&A session every Friday, allowing employees to ask Facebook CEO and co-founder Mark Zuckerberg just about anything, and now Zuckerberg will be extending that Q&A to Facebook’s users for the first time. “Q&A with Mark” is scheduled for next week on November 6 at 2 p.m. PST. A video of ...
Nintendo worries about your health: Sleep apnea is not a game
Nintendo Co. Ltd. first got people up and moving with Wii Sports and Wii Fit, and now the 125-year-old Japanese entertainment company wants to make sure people are sleeping well too. Nintendo is teaming up with medical technology company ResMed to develop a sleep monitor designed to help fight sleep apnea, a common sleep disorder involving difficulty breathing ...
Choose your own quirky, haunted adventure on YouTube
Want a haunted house experience without the long lines, cheesy sound effects, and “too cool for this” teenagers? YouTube has you covered with a new video series by YouTube Nation. Several YouTubers recently joined together on YouTube Nation to create a virtual haunted house in the style of a choose-your-own-adventure novel. The videos are interactive and ...