Donald Trump’s Second Life fans are vulgar and sad, but they taught me something
The 2016 United States presidential election is weird, but the Internet is doing its best to prove it can always get stranger. Supporters of...
Microsoft reports $22.6 billion in Q4 2016 revenue: Azure up 102%, Surface up 9%, and Phone down 71%
Microsoft today reported earnings for its fourth fiscal quarter of 2016, including revenue of $22.6 billion and earnings per share of $0.69. In Q4...
Why Pokémon Go could be a groundbreaking model for chatbots
This year has been fondly dubbed the year of the bot by tech leaders, investors, and journalists. However, while many have been following the...
The evolution of gaming (VB Live)
You know that old saying, “The more things change, the more they stay the same”? That’s a truism in the game industry, for sure....
Xsplit company acquires social service Player.me and tournament platform Challonge
The firm behind the Xsplit game broadcasting tool is expanding its presence as a platform company once again. SplitmediaLabs has acquired Player.me and Challonge...
Facebook: 43% of mobile gamers are parents
Gaming has become a $99 billion market, with mobile games accounting for $36 billion of that in 2016, according to market researcher Newzoo. And...
Oculus’s Brian Sharp digs into Medium virtual reality sculpting
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is one of the largest film festivals globally. Unlike Cannes, Sundance, and Tribeca, all of which have incorporated...
Facebook kicked Zynga to the curb, publishers are next
In hindsight, Zynga’s business never really made sense. When the gaming empire went public in 2011, the company hinged on fads (online farming?) and...
Facebook says that Sony won the E3 conference war
To me, it was clear to me that Sony had the best press conference at the Electronic Entertainment Expo. And the data from Facebook...
Twitch’s E3 livestreams watched by a staggering 925K concurrent viewers
Microsoft, Sony, Ubisoft, and Nintendo all still need to kick off their presentations and announcements for the massive Electronic Entertainment Expo trade show in Los Angeles,...