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Heal’s on-demand doctors have made 16,000 patient house calls

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 22, 2017
2 min

Heal, the app for on-demand doctor house calls, has been used to arrange more than 16,000 doctor visits over the past two years. Now the Beverly Hills, Calif.-based company is planning new services and a nationwide rollout.

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Maple Media raises $30 million to found a new mobile gaming empire

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 22, 2017
3 min

Maple Media has raised $30 million in private equity to acquire and operate mobile apps and games. The Los Angeles company hopes to make...

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Immersion reveals TouchSense Force for better touch feedback in games

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 22, 2017
2 min

Immersion has revealed its TouchSense Force technology for better touch feedback in games. The San Jose, Calif.-based company has licensed the technology to a...

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Twitch taps IFTTT to turn lights purple when a channel you follow starts livestreaming

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 22, 2017
1 min

IFTTT launched a new channel today to give its users the ability to automate actions based on activity on livestreaming website Twitch. At launch, 15...

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Miami Heat deepens NBA’s dive into esports with acquisition of Vainglory team

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2017
2 min

Traditional sports and PC esports continue to collide with professional mobile gaming. Team Misfits, the esports partner organization of the Miami Heat basketball team,...

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DICE Awards turn 20: How gaming’s Academy Awards have grown

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 21, 2017
7 min

Anniversaries have a way of creeping up on us. The game academy’s annual DICE Awards event is now in its 20th year, while the DICE Summit event is in its 17th. I’ve been to all of the summits, which gather the elite of the game industry in Las Vegas every year.

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PlayStation Network is down again

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
February 21, 2017
1 min

Sony’s gaming service is having troubles once again. PlayStation Network isn’t functioning properly for everyone right now, according to a wave of complaints on...

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Arkadium doubles down on its web games with quiz app

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
February 21, 2017
3 min

After a tumultuous 2015, Arkadium returned to its core business of providing games that can be embedded in the websites of media companies. During...

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Friction hurts, especially in gaming

Posted byby GamesBeat
February 21, 2017
2 min

You've probably seen a long list of complaints from players, and it might even drive you to say, "If I can't keep them all happy, what's the point?" But some concerns deserve your attention, and most of those fall into a single theme.

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Engaging ad experiences on mobile are the new gold standard for marketers

Posted byby Jason Wilson
February 20, 2017
3 min

Television has been long held as the gold standard in the world of advertising, and marketers are comfortable using their tried and true gross...

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