Tapjoy: Mobile games are more engaging and fun than social networks
Consumers feel happier and more engaged when they are playing mobile games than when they are using social networks, according to a research report...
MIT launches Play Labs to help AR, VR, and AI startups get off the ground
Bayview Labs, Seraph Group, and MIT Game Lab are creating Play Labs to accelerate startups in augmented reality, virtual reality, and artificial intelligence. The...
The dream of Ara: Inside the rise and fall of the world’s most revolutionary phone
It looked nothing like an iPhone, or anything Apple might dare to make. On September 10, 2013, the day Apple unveiled the iPhone 5S,...
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang dives deep into gaming, VR, autonomous cars, and Shield TV
You could say that Nvidia is at its high-water mark. The company’s stock price has tripled in the past year. It has transformed itself...
The DeanBeat: Great gadgets, moments, and trends at CES 2017
When the leaders of the tech industry get up on the big stages at the Consumer Electronics Show, you can learn a lot. I’m...
The curious, the lavish, and the best, most pointless news of CES 2017
CES, the most extravagant and important tech trade event of the year, is going down in Las Vegas. As you can imagine, there is an...
Google confirms its AlphaGo AI beat top players in online games
Google’s DeepMind artificial intelligence (AI) research group is back again at the ancient Chinese game of Go. Rather than playing top-ranking Go players in...
Lego Boost robot teaches younger kids to code and bring their own creations to life
Lego Mindstorms has taught hordes of teens to learn how to program robots. Now Lego Group is launching Lego Boost, a series of toy...
Accenture’s top 5 predictions for what will be hot at CES 2017
Roughly 177,000 people are expected to converge on Las Vegas next week for the Consumer Electronics Show. CES 2017 will have around 2 million...
How Google and Improbable help developers make massive online games for cheap
Last week, Google teamed up with the London startup Improbable to enable even the smallest developers to develop massive online games at low costs. Improbable has...