Scottish startup eeGeo raises $5 million to 3D-map the world
Scottish startup eeGeo has raised $5 million from a range of investors, including NetSol Technologies, as it looks to continue growing its 3D mapping...
Sony’s PlayStation Vue Internet TV service arrives in the U.S. for $30 a month
All of you cord-cutters have a new way to get some of your favorite channels back. Sony announced today that its PlayStation Vue Internet-based...
Chinese game developer Kunlun invests $3 million in Silicon Valley AI company
Publicly traded Chinese gaming company Beijing Kunlun Technology Co. Ltd. announced on Wednesday a $3 million USD investment in Kunlun AI, a new company jointly established...
Rethinking data pipeline dilemmas to boost speeds and decrease costs
It’s bad enough that the current ETL times for structured data is already a big data pipeline bottleneck. Now companies also need to contend with unstructured and semi-structured data streaming in from multiple sources simply because they have no choice.
Twitter woos game makers by integrating its Fabric development suite into Unity
Twitter is shifting toward mobile services, and now it’s teaming up with one of the most popular game-development engines to expedite that transition. The...
Xbox Live is down: Microsoft is investigating why users can’t sign in (Update: Fixed)
Microsoft’s Xbox Live service is once again experiencing issues. Users are unable to sign in, and Microsoft is investigating what the problem might be....
GamesBeat weekly roundup: The future of Disney Infinity, and Zynga’s new CEO
Welcome to another GamesBeat weekly roundup! This time, we continue our celebration of Pokémon’s 20th anniversary, Nintendo announces some new games, and we get...
Analysts and investors react well to Zynga’s new CEO Frank Gibeau
Zynga’s stock price rose 4 percent to $2.25 a share in the first full day of trading on Wall Street after the company announced...
Yahoo capitalizes on its well-regarded Yahoo Sports with new esports push
Yahoo has launched a new section on its network dedicated to covering esports. The company hopes that it will eventually become the “premiere destination...
Zynga names ex-EA mobile exec Frank Gibeau as its CEO
Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as...