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Oculus VR’s Brendan Iribe on raising $75M and building the next-generation consumer virtual reality (interview)

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 14, 2013
13 min

Oculus VR CEO explains why Marc Andreessen's firm led a $75M round on the promise of a new consumer prototype for virtual reality goggles.

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Splitforce takes analytics-based feedback test to Chinese game market

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 13, 2013
2 min

Splitforce hopes to get a jump on rivals in China.

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2 min

Oculus VR raises $75M round led by web browser inventor Marc Andreessen's VC firm to launch virtual-reality goggles

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 13, 2013
3 min

Oculus VR will use the money to fund the commercial launch of its virtual reality gaming goggles.

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3 min

Japan now spends more on apps than USA — and Google Play revenue has caught up to iOS

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 12, 2013
2 min

Japan’s spending on mobile apps has skyrocketed in the last year. In fact, from about 36 percent of U.S. spending in October 2012, Japan...

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Google Play holds its first annual Players' Choice Awards for best apps and games

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 12, 2013
2 min

Android's premier app market awards fan-favorite apps and games with year-end awards.

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2 min

Pixelberry's High School Story educates teens about cyberbullying with a special episode

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 12, 2013
5 min

Pixelberry's founder, Oliver Miao, was bullied himself. He's raising money to help teens deal with it.

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5 min

YouTube ignores content-creator concerns in statement regarding mass copyright flagging

Posted byby Jeff Grubb
December 11, 2013
3 min

YouTube acknowledges that it is cracking down on affiliate channels, but it doesn't say why so many copyright flag are coming from unknown companies.

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3 min

Apple’s App Store freeze is finally irrelevant

Posted byby GamesBeat
December 11, 2013
3 min

The iTunes App Store freeze -- when app rankings stop moving for a period of time, traditionally right around Christmas -- has long been a cause for both excitement and concern among app marketers. This year, we can confidently say that it’s not just less important than it used to be: it’s downright irrelevant.

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3 min

SRI think tank and university turn software verification into gameplay

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 9, 2013
3 min

The game taps crowdsourcing to get more people to help in testing software.

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3 min

Facebook names its top games of 2013

Posted byby Dean Takahashi
December 9, 2013
4 min

Facebook names hidden object game Criminal Case as the year's best.

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4 min