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In April of this year, Amazon filed suit against the operators of websites that offered Amazon sellers the ability to purchase fake, four and five-star reviews of their products. Most of those websites have now been closed, and Amazon took action against the sellers involved. Now Amazon is continuing its crackdown on fake reviews by going after individuals who provide these sort of fake… Read More... →

Valve has formally launched its Steam Link device that will enable PC gamers to play games from their Steam catalog on any TV in the house. The Steam Link is a bridge which can plug into your PC via Ethernet and display the imagery on another display. It can decode compressed 1080p, 60-frame-per-second video from […]... →

The Dell Chromebook 13 is a great Google Drive machine with almost zero issues... →

The Dell Chromebook 13 is a great terminal machine... →

Intel now has a thousand people or more working to outfit a 2016 iPhone with its lauded 7360 LTE modem chip, sources say. If all goes well, Intel may end up providing both the modem and the fabrication for a new Apple system on a chip. Sources close to the matter say Intel is pulling […]... →

SAN FRANCISCO – For game developers, passion is a problem. Dressed as a Game of Thrones character to show her willingness to fight for developers, Kate Edwards, executive director of the International Game Developers Association, came to GamesBeat 2015 to talk about game developers’ work conditions — and how their bosses treat them. According to an […]... →

After a period of being something akin to sold out, pre-orders are back online for Microsoft’s new Surface Book laptop-hybrid, but delays are the name of the game. It seems essentially clear at the moment that Microsoft either underestimated demand for the device, or simply couldn’t make more before it hit the unveil button. The Surface Book starts at $1,499, and has… Read More... →

Alibaba’s proposed $3.5 billion buy out of Youku Tudou, a deal that would take the New York Stock Exchange-listed Chinese video site private if accepted, is mainly about advertising with e-commerce sprinkled in, company executives explained today. Read More... →

Happy Friday, dear readers! This week, we come bearing good tidings of new Apple products, including brand new iMacs and a new trackpad! The new iMacs have Ultra HD screens, so you can see everything. Meanwhile, the $129 Trackpad brings Force Touch to a computer near you. We discuss all this and more on this week’s episode of the TC Gadgets Podcast, featuring John Biggs, Matt Burns,… Read More... →

Google Play, the company’s storefront selling apps, games, movies, books, and more, is getting a big makeover. Screenshots showing a revamped mobile interface offering improved navigation, engaging animations, and simpler way to switch between apps and entertainment offerings, surfaced online this week via the online profile of a Google employee. It was initially unclear why a Googler… Read More... →

None of the three cofounders of Vine are still working on Twitter’s video-sharing app. Rus Yusopov, the last man standing, as it were, was one of the 300+ employees who was laid off in Twitter restructuring that went down earlier this week. The news was first reported by BuzzFeed, which confirmed Yusopov’s departure with a company spokesperson. Vine was founded by Colin Kroll,… Read More... →

«Национальная технологическая инициатива» в 2016 году получит 10 млрд рублей из государственного бюджета на внедрение беспилотных летательных аппаратов и развитие интернета. Такую сумму на совещании правительства озвучил премьер-министр России Дмитрий Медведев.... →

(By Andrew Chung, Reuters) – The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s patent licensing body will not be able to extract triple damages from Apple as a jury weighs how much the iPhone maker must pay for using its microchip technology without permission, a U.S. judge ruled on Thursday. On Tuesday, a federal jury in Madison, Wisconsin said […]... →

Lots of surprises came out of our communities this week! There was the news that Firefox is dropping all plugin support… except for Flash. Yes, the same Adobe Flash that was, not long ago, being dropped left and right. We’ve got a great discussion about the nature of search engines as users where Alan Bleiweiss was kind enough to join in and share some great thoughts, and conversations about structured... [Read More...] The post Search Engines as Users and SEO Skeptics: Weekly Forum Update appeared first on... →

Отечественная игровая студия «Кефир» («Тюряга», «В окопе») раскрыла подробности своего нового компьтерного проекта One Life. Это шутер, где игрок может умереть один раз. Студия отказывается от элементов free-to-play-моделей вроде воскрешений, щитов, таймаутов, набора попыток и прочего. Вернуться в игру можно — но купив новую копию, заведя новый аккаунт и начав восхождение с нуля.Мы обратились к команде разработки за деталями, а также собрали мнения участников игровой индустрии об этой новой концепции из обс... →

BuzzFeed isn’t the only global news heavyweight entering Japan. The BBC, the UK’s national news organization, this week launched a Japanese site, which becomes its first dedicated non-English news website and helps extend its fledgling global advertising network. Read More... →

SAN FRANCISCO – Virtual reality is just a stepping stone for augmented reality. This was a conclusion a group of panelist reached during a breakout session discussion about the future of video games at GamesBeat 2015. Game developers today may still be trying to figure out how best to integrate virtual reality technology to enhance […]... →

Bobby Goodlatte’s childhood involved a non-stop political campaign — a whirlwind of pancake breakfasts, hand-shaking and kissing babies. That’s because his father, Bob Goodlatte, has served in U.S. Congress for nearly all of his life. That gave him years of exposure to how politics and governance actually works. “I actually think that the mechanics of running… Read More... →

Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! We were extra busy this week putting on and covering our yearly GamesBeat conference in San Francisco. You can find stories about many of the panels below, but we also have a lot of other gaming-related content to share with you. Enjoy, and have a great weekend! GamesBeat 2015 The […]... →

GamesBeat 2015 is over, but it can live on forever in our hearts (and YouTube is where I keep my ticker). For the seventh ever GamesBeat conference, we brought together some of the top talent and minds in the industry. We recorded nearly all of the sessions, and you can watch them below. We’re still uploading […]... →