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Unlocking gaming regions through social media

Unlocking gaming regions through social media

It’s amazing what power in numbers can do, especially when it comes to the gaming world. For those of you...

OUYA video game console becomes the latest crowdfunding success

OUYA video game console becomes the latest crowdfunding success

The modern day console wars that have raged on for many years seem to have always been dominated by Nintendo,...

History of Cloud Computing and Future Outlook

History of Cloud Computing and Future Outlook

The trend of cloud software and systems has reached its peak in the last few years. This advancement has not...

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

Is Microsoft crazy to offer $100,000 for Windows Phone 8 apps?

The short answer: no. The longer answer is that they have to do something. When Microsoft first made the jump...

Social media and U: how Nintendo is connecting the masses through social networking

Social media and U: how Nintendo is connecting the masses through social networking

Gamers around the world gathered to watch coverage from the annual Electronic Entertainment Exposition (E3) in Los Angeles last week....

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

The video-sharing war: Microsoft battles Google for equal YouTube rights

Since January, Google and Microsoft have been clawing each other’s eyes out over YouTube.  The trouble started way back in...

Visualizing the giant piles of cash the tech giants are sitting on

Visualizing the giant piles of cash the tech giants are sitting on

If you had a quarter for every time someone said, "If I had a quarter for every time...," how much...

Android or Windows 8? How to choose between HP’s two new detachable PCs

Android or Windows 8? How to choose between HP’s two new detachable PCs

Perhaps you've heard that HP has launched two detachable, hybrid PCs and you aren't sure which of these cool devices...

Xbox One: Can it truly stake first place?

Xbox One: Can it truly stake first place?

From a social media marketing standpoint, a multimedia video game platform sounds like a dream. The idea seems novel an...

Yahoo flexes its pocketbook with Hulu, other investment considerations

Yahoo flexes its pocketbook with Hulu, other investment considerations

Has the sleeping giant awoken or is this a last ditch effort to remain relevant? After buying Tumblr last week,...

Yahoo MUST buy Tumblr and then do nothing to it

Yahoo MUST buy Tumblr and then do nothing to it

There are two stages to this gambit by Yahoo that must be accomplished. They have to beat out Facebook, Microsoft,...

Microsoft and Google at it again

Microsoft and Google at it again

Yes, Microsoft seems to have given Google the hump lately with their new update for the YouTube app on Windows...

Microsoft integrates Google Chat into Outlook.com

Microsoft integrates Google Chat into Outlook.com

Today, Microsoft announced that it's email service at outlook.com has integrated with Google Chat to allow users to communicate directly...

Flat is buzzing in the design world, but for how long?

Flat is buzzing in the design world, but for how long?

Many major companies are going flat. No, it's not just the economy or consumer sentiment, but rather in design. Flat...

Microsoft positions itself away from the fray with new Lumia ad

Microsoft positions itself away from the fray with new Lumia ad

Microsoft has had its shares of difficulties in two big arenas of late - selling phones powered by their operating...

You won’t believe that Komputer Kindergarten is only two decades old

You won’t believe that Komputer Kindergarten is only two decades old

There you are. It's 1993 and you're sporting he hair, the youthful look of post-teen angst, the smile of one...

In case you missed it, the new Xbox will be revealed May 21

In case you missed it, the new Xbox will be revealed May 21

The vast majority of Microsoft Xbox users have known that May 21st was likely the date that the next generation...

Microsoft may follow Apple, Samsung into the smartwatch arena

Microsoft may follow Apple, Samsung into the smartwatch arena

Rumor has it that Microsoft is working on touch-enabled smartwatch. They’ve apparently just entered the prototype phase after having worked...

And so it begins: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft quietly back CISPA

And so it begins: Google, Yahoo, Microsoft quietly back CISPA

We thought that the nonsense was behind us when we stopped SOPA. The only thing we really did was teach...

5 credible rumors about the Xbox 720

5 credible rumors about the Xbox 720

With over 70 million consoles sold since it was unveiled in May, 2005, the Xbox 360 is one of the...