Author: Connor Livingston

One of the most exciting unveils at E3 this year was Assassins Creed Revelations. The culminating entry into the series has been buzzing for over 2 months now, but the release of the 2nd trailer is still stunning and drawing in the views. The familiar hero Ezio Auditore is older and more experienced, allowing for more abilities and additional weapons. He also gets to “walk in the footsteps” of Altaïr, the legendary assassin who holds a key to the future in his memories. Multiplayer is back and all of the previous modes will be available as well as new modes. The game will take us through the Animus,…

I admit it. I had no idea what Rounds (formerly 6rounds) was when a friend invited me to check it out. My first thought was that it’s just another TinyChat or Google Hangout. After about 3 minutes in, I realized it was much more than that. The easiest way to describe it is as a video chat client for Facebook or on the web that puts fun into the conversation. It’s not just another Skype. It gives users the ability to play around both with themselves and with each other. Play games, use webcam effects, bounce around a la Tinychat (but with “safety features”) – the features are designed for more than simply chatting….

“The beauty of writing poetry is that you don’t have to make much sense to be good at it.” ~ Unknown Poet When a company that attributes 16% of its revenue to routers does anything creative, it’s worth reporting. The video below is currently featured on Cisco’s YouTube channel and has accumulated 153 views in 6 days. It’s possible that their 5683 subscribers weren’t looking to Cisco to fill their beatnik fix for the week or that the poem itself, well-performed as it is, oozes more cheese in the form of social media references than a fondue pot in the Facebook corporate cafeteria. Either way, we figured…

Not everyone loves cat videos, but everyone watches cat videos. The animal is a natural for videos – they just do dumb or funny things regularly. As a result, the internet and YouTube viewers in particular are attacked by a constant onslaught of cat videos. Most believe that these videos come from average, everyday cat-owners who happen to be videotaping their pets often enough to catch the hilarity. The truth is revealed in the video below. From CGI to puppets, it’s all scripted. It’s all fake. We have been deceived. …

What if every wall in your home was a digital display? What if your kitchen table would set itself and also be a touchscreen-enabled entertainment device. What if your kitchen counters were “smart” enough to know what items were on it and had the ability to react accordingly, keeping coffee cups warm and iced-tea cold? These are some of the questions that Microsoft asked when designing what they consider to be the “home of the future.” If it seems very much like Star Trek, only better in many ways, many would agree. The difference is that all of this is possible in the early 21st century, well ahead of…

Verizon customers who have land line phones, internet, and FiOS television services will be affected by the strike of 45,000 phone technicians, customer service representatives, and cable installation representatives. Verizon Wireless customers will not be affected. The strike, which began this morning, centers around failed contract negotiations between the tech firm and the two unions representing the strikers: Communication Workers of America (CWA) and International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW). Both unions are rallying on the streets as well online with their…

Network television has owned the airwaves for decades and shows no signs of slowing despite the increased popularity of challengers such as online streaming video. In a world where many are declaring traditional television dead, the market has grown 0.2% year over year. It’s not much, but it’s still on the positive side. Streaming video, on the other hand, grew over 35% in the same time frame. Is it conceivable that YouTube, Hulu, and the like can eventually overtake traditional television as the primary media source? That’s the question that our friends at Wistia posed in the infographic below….

Despite being the most used form of online communication, email has major drawbacks. Since the dawn of spam, email has grown to become both our most used asset as well as our most despised necessity. Many have gone away from it (myself included), only having it available as a last resort when people refuse to use more civilized forms of online communication. And yet, email continues to dominate much of our online lives. This infographic by our friends at Ccloop discusses the history of email and breaks down the 4 biggest announces: Attachment Chaos The Great Flood Super Spam Forgetful Forwards…

As a society, we have become so accustomed to videos on the internet that we simply don’t get amazed by it anymore. If it’s low quality or not HD, it’s often unacceptable. We’re spoiled. This explanation of video by vsauce breaks down his thoughts and facts about the art. He came up with on his ways to and from VidCon and the results are pretty eye-opening. Literally. …

Almost all of the social media hoopla lately has been about Google+ and its relationship with Facebook. Just over a month ago, it was impossible to conceive of anyone truly competing against Facebook, yet Google was able to make such a large splash that many are already calling it a question of “when” rather than “if” they can overtake Facebook and dominate our frivolous online time spend. Does it really have to be one or the other? Mathematically, yes, there’s really no way for both to survive indefinitely. One will have to crush the other simply because there aren’t enough hours in the day otherwise,…