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Now's Your Chance to Get Your Favorite Video Game Into a Hall of Fame
Video games don't seem to be going anywhere, but the same can't be said for institutions that have wanted to enshrine them. The latest effort comes by way of the folks at The Strong, also known as The National Museum of Play. The New York-based outfit will consider basically any type of game for its freshman class of World Video Game Hall of Fame honorees, be it arcade, console, computer, handheld or mobile. Read More >> related stories Rss
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A Look Back: Neil Patrick Harris’ Best Hosting MomentsNeil Patrick Harris is a man of many talents. Although he’s best known for his starring role in How I Met Your Mother, he can be found on the big screen, Broadway, and even as a voiceover in video games. Harris seems to be quite the crowd-pleaser, as he’s been a popular choice for previous award show hosting gigs. Read More >>
Sesame Street's Parody of Birdman Stars Big Bird and It Is PerfectA Sesame Street parody of the Oscar-nominated dramedy Birdman was released this week, days before Sunday's 2015 ceremony, and it's simply perfect. The original movie, which stars Batman alum Michael Keaton depicts a troubled, possibly schizophrenic actor known before his role in a superhero film franchise who is trying to revive his career with a Broadway play. Throughout the film, he hallucinates and hears the voice of his movie character, Birdman. Read More >>
Angry Birds Maker to Tailor Games in Chinese MarketFinland's Rovio will start tailoring its Angry Birds mobile games to the Chinese market with help from Beijing Kunlun as it attempts to step up business in the world's most populous country. Rovio has expanded the hugely successful Angry Birds brand into merchandising and licensing business,but it has struggled to produce more hit games and recently cut about 110 jobs, representing 14 percent of its workforce. Rovio Chief Executive Pekka Rantala said. "China is a massively important market and the mobile games industry is growing at a very significant pace." Read More >>
Toy Museum Announces Hall of Fame for Video GamesThe museum that houses the National Toy Hall of Fame announced Tuesday the creation of the World Video Game Hall of Fame to recognize the impact games like "Pong" and "Grand Theft Auto" have on culture and society. G. Rollie Adams, president and chief executive of The Strong museum in Rochester, where the new hall is located, said "Electronic games have changed how people play, learn and connect with each other, including across boundaries of culture and geography. Read More >>
From Grand Theft Auto to Wall Street: Trading Apps Woo GamersTwenty-something consumers raised on video games such as Grand Theft Auto and Angry Birds are being wooed by financial trading apps, keen to build bridges with a post-crisis generation that is uninterested in financial services or plain mistrustful. Bright colors, cartoon graphics and the ability to trade risk-free with virtual credits are features of apps such as BUX and Kapitall, which eschew financial lingo and complex charts in favor of competitive head-to-head battles and motivational messages like "OMG!" after placing a trade. While financial trading is a niche slice of the $15 billion mobile gaming industry, dominated by brands such as King Digital Entertainment's Candy Crush, some two-thirds of UK retail traders already use their smartphone or computer to buy or sell and app makers are sensing an opportunity. Read More >>
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Dolby Laboratories and Lenovo Announce the Launch of Three New Dolby Atmos Enabled Mobile Devices at Mobile World Congress
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories Announces the Launch of Three New Dolby Atmos Enabled Mobile Devices at Mobile World Congress The Lenovo A7000 smartphone and TAB 2 A8 and A10 tablets to feature Dolby Atmos sound Read More >> related stories Rss
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Smartphone giants unveil latest models at technology showMobile providers have been unveiling their upcoming models at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showing off the latest in smartphone technology. Duration: 00:57 Read More >>
How will the new HTC One M9 challenge the iPhone 6?The HTC One M9 has been released, but what makes this smartphone stand out from the crowd? This new phone has a slicker, smarter design but its best specs appear to be its enhanced camera and speaker technology. Read More >>
Cell Phone Use Affecting Health In More Ways Than OneCell phones are attached to people while at home, work, and even in the bathroom. But how is the sometimes addictive device affecting people's health? Read More >>
Content Insider #380 - Ask a KidYounger Crowd Impacts Success, Failure of ProductsWonder why regularly programmed TV faded so quickly in favor of OTT (Over The Top) viewing and why tablets and smartphones so quickly became the viewing/listening tools of choice? It was your kids (or your neighbor's kids. They fearlessly take on anything - including tricky devices - because they know how things "should be" and they make the hardware, software work for them not within the prescibed guidelines. If you look around at the things you use to stay connected you can sometimes recall there was a time they weren't there but not the Digital Natives. And they're using them in ways - exciting - ways you never thought of. And they've barely opened the door to tomorrow. Read More >>
LG G Flex2 Review: This is What the Original Should Have BeenNaysayers have been doing their thing since the notion of a curved smartphone made the leap from a nutty concept to bona fide market fad, and they're not going to stop any time soon. Neither are LG and Samsung, for that matter, who squared off in late 2013 with -- what else? -- a pair of curved phones. Read More >>
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Sesame Street's Parody of Birdman Stars Big Bird and It Is Perfect
A Sesame Street parody of the Oscar-nominated dramedy Birdman was released this week, days before Sunday's 2015 ceremony, and it's simply perfect. The original movie, which stars Batman alum Michael Keaton depicts a troubled, possibly schizophrenic actor known before his role in a superhero film franchise who is trying to revive his career with a Broadway play. Throughout the film, he hallucinates and hears the voice of his movie character, Birdman. Read More >> related stories Rss
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Will Smith Gets Handsy and Grabs Jada Pinkett Smith's Butt on the Red CarpetAt last night's Focus premiere in Hollywood, Will Smith got grabby with his wife Jada Pinkett Smith during a moment of goofy red carpet PDA! During the silly public display of affection, the 46-year-old actor stood behind the 43-year-old actress and reached for her bum! The couple also opened up to reporters about balancing work and their love life. Read More >>
Big Sean Reveals What Attracted Him to Ariana Grande, Shares Sweet PDA Pic of the Duo Stealing a KissBig Sean is in looooooove. The Detroit rapper has been busy promoting his upcoming album Dark Sky Paradise (which drops on Tuesday). But along with gearing up for his latest release, he has also been continuously gushing over his girlfriend Ariana Grande, and it's just so precious. Big Sean was the special guest for The Real's milestone 100th episode, and in an exclusive clip obtained by E! News, he was asked about his famous relationship, which he said is "great. I can't complain, man." Read More >>
BBC Radio Claims It Didn't Ban Madonna's Music Because She Is "Irrelevant and Old"Madonna has worked hard at looking and sounding young, so no one was probably more surprised than she was when her music was ousted from BBC Radio 1's playlist. The station said that the 56-year-old's songs, which includes new releases from her latest album Rebel Heart, had been omitted from playlists on the basis of "audience relevance and "musical merit." Her single, "Living for Love," is playing on BBC Radio 2, a station that caters to an audience of ages 35 and older. Read More >>
Get Ready For Valentine's Day With Kim and Kanye PDAKim Kardashian and Kanye West got married in Italy in 2014, had the most loved-up and most liked photo on Instagram, and graced the cover of Vogue. Their very well documented public romance has resulted in an abundance of adorable and memorable snaps, like these collected by Pop Sugar! Nothing gets in the way of their P-D-A! No doubt about it, these two celebrities have been very public about showing off their love, all throughout their courtship and now as a very happily married couple. Read More >>
UK Album Charts to Include Audio Streams for the First TimeIt's been a long time coming, but the UK's official album charts is set to incorporate audio streams for the first time later this month. Starting Feb. 23, the Official Charts Company will take streaming data from Spotify, Deezer, Napster, Google Play, O2 Tracks, Rara, Rdio and Xbox Music, as it calculates the weekly chart. The first Official Albums Chart Top 100 to incorporate audio streams will be published on March 1. Read More >>
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Dolby Laboratories and Lenovo Announce the Launch of Three New Dolby Atmos Enabled Mobile Devices at Mobile World Congress
BARCELONA, Spain--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dolby Laboratories Announces the Launch of Three New Dolby Atmos Enabled Mobile Devices at Mobile World Congress The Lenovo A7000 smartphone and TAB 2 A8 and A10 tablets to feature Dolby Atmos sound Read More >> related stories Rss
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Smartphone giants unveil latest models at technology showMobile providers have been unveiling their upcoming models at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, showing off the latest in smartphone technology. Duration: 00:57 Read More >>
How will the new HTC One M9 challenge the iPhone 6?The HTC One M9 has been released, but what makes this smartphone stand out from the crowd? This new phone has a slicker, smarter design but its best specs appear to be its enhanced camera and speaker technology. Read More >>
Google is Piloting Sponsored Results for App SearchesGoogle plans to pilot sponsored search results in Google Play in the next few weeks, offering a new way for app developers to promote themselves. Under the program, sponsored results will include an orange "ad" tag, like you see with paid search results online. Clicking on the ads will direct you to an app instead of a website, though. In the coming weeks, Google says a "limited set of users" will see the ads from some advertisers who are already running search ads for their apps. Read More >>
Photographer Shrinks Mulder and Scully in Miniature 'X-Files'Even though The X-Files was a geek culture staple of the '90s , its riveting plots and peculiar characters seem like they were made for the Internet, especially when you shrink them down to miniature size. Los Angeles-based Digital Producer and X-Files fan Tori , who chose to keep her last name stay anonymous, took on her nerdy side project, a series of photos called The Miniature X-Files Office , after being inspired by an X-Files -themed art show. Tori told Mashable, "At first, I started making the scenes just as an excuse to take pictures of the office. But then I realized these little silly scenarios were just as much fun." Read More >>
Google Lures Businesses With New Android for Work ProgramBusinesses: Google really wants your company using Android. The company is finally rolling out Android for Work, a new program that optimizes Android for large businesses and organizations, Google announced on Wednesday. First previewed last year during the Google I/O developer conference, the company's plan is for employees at a range of companies and organizations to be able to use a single Android device for both business and personal use, regardless of company IT policies. To enable this, the company built a series or new features into the Android operating system itself and partnered with a wide range of device and enterprise software companies. Read More >>
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