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Everquest co-creator John Smedley launches new studio and Kickstarter campaign

By Eric David Jan 19, 2016

Sony Online Entertainment founder and Everquest creator John Smedley has announced the formation of a new studio called Pixelmage Games LLC, whose first project will be Hero’s Song, a “2D pixel art action RPG” that launched on Kickstarter PBC…

Where open source is Influencing | #OpenStackSeattle

By Darcie Nolan Jan 19, 2016

Collaboration, governance and open-source projects are bringing together established and new companies. Jeff Frick, cohost of theCUBE, from the SiliconANGLE Media team, talked with Alan Clark, chairman of the board at OpenStack Foundation and…

Bitcoin exchange Kraken to aquire New York-based Coinsetter and Canada-based Cavirtex

By Kyt Dotson Jan 19, 2016

Kraken (Payward, Inc.), a global Bitcoin exchange headquartered in San Francisco, is expanding its reach with the acquisition of New York-based Coinsetter Inc. and Cavirtex, a Canadian exchange based in Calgary was acquired by Coinsetter in…

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Investors shower another $48.5M on Big Switch as SDN adoption takes off

By Maria Deutscher Jan 19, 2016

Two months after rumors first began to emerge that it’s raising a significant new funding round, Big Switch Networks Inc. has officially announced the completion of a $48.5 million investment that doubles its total…

Microsoft acquires MinecraftEdu mod and rebrands it as ‘Minecraft: Education Edition’

By Eric David Jan 19, 2016

Today, Microsoft-owned game developer Mojang AB announced the launch of Minecraft: Education Edition, a new version of Minecraft for schools that is based on the popular MinecraftEdu mod. “Of course, every Minecraft player learns essential life-skills like tree-punching…

Birst adds collaboration, limited user import features to BI platform

By Paul Gillin Jan 19, 2016

Continuing its campaign to democratize business intelligence (BI), Birst Inc. is adding features that enable users to carry on conversations while using its networked BI platform and also giving them limited extract, transform and…