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Oculus Receives $16 Million To Make VR In The Home A Reality
If you haven’t heard of the Oculus Rift yet, you will soon enough. The virtual reality hardware took off on Kickstarter, and has now received its first round of funding from investors. Oculus received $16 Million today to help bring virtual reality into our homes. “With the recent console announcements and the advent of stronger mobile technology, we’re watching the video game industry keenly. In our estimation, Oculus is one of the only companies in the space with something completely new and disruptive. They have the right team, capital and … Read more
Ian Kersey
European Union Votes To End Roaming Fees Across EU in 2014
If you live in Europe or have spent time there, you know just how expensive it can be to use a cellphone while travelling across the continent. Roaming fees are high in the EU, with most telecoms charging absorbent rates for service once a user has traveled outside of his home country. The group of 27 European Commissioners have voted to end roaming fees across Europe, by creating a single European telecom market as opposed the fragmented one that exists today. The EU proposal will come into play as soon … Read more
Ian Kersey
Is That The New iPhone? iOS 7 Icon Pack Gives Android Devices Apple Look
If you’re an Android user who is curious about the newly unveiled iOS 7 but don’t want to make to switch to Apple just yet, you can now floss out your Android device with iOS 7 icons and wallpapers. A student named Gail Santos has come up with a way to transform your Android device into an iOS 7 device, using Nova Launcher, a theme and an icon pack, which she created herself. Santos tricked out her Galaxy Note II with the new configuration, then quickly switched back to the … Read more
Ian Kersey
Parody: Apple Unveils the New Mac, And It’s Delicious
We saw some amazing innovations from Apple at WWDC this week; the unveiling of a radically new iOS, iOS7; new Mac Book Air laptops and of course, the monolithic black cylindrical Mac Pro. But there was one kind of Mac that was lacking, and I’m not talking Fleetwood Mac. I mean the burger kind. Apple is following hot on the heels of Burger King, who unveiled a burger-centric piece of wearable tech a few weeks ago. YouTube user Simon Balch has made a hilarious WWDC 2013 parody video, which you are sure … Read more
Ian Kersey
E3 2013: L.A.P.D. Arrive On Segways to Shut Down Ouya Booth
The company behind the fledgling Ouya console has just earned some street cred, after a run-in with cops from the L.A.P.D., who were rolling hard on Segways. Instead of showcasing their Ouya console at the E3 event, where only attendees would get to see the device, Ouya set up a booth in a parking lot across the street from the E3 Expo so that the public could experience their device as well. The Entertainment Software Association, the company who runs the E3 Expo didn’t like this move, and rented out … Read more
Ian Kersey
Viva Movil Opens its First Retail Store in Brooklyn
Verizon and Jennifer Lopez’s Viva Movil opened its first retail store in New York yesterday, with the new location popping up in Brooklyn, New York. Viva Movil offers Verizon devices and services, in retail locations that cater to the Latino population and are designed by J-Lo herself. The retail locations will feature staff fluent in Spanish, dressed in “fashionable attire” and offer play areas for children, complete with tablets for them to play with. Viva Movil will also offer a full line of phone accessories designed by J-Lo, as well … Read more
Ian Kersey
E3 2013: Nintendo Game Announcements Round-Up: Videos, Pictures and More! [Updated]
Nintendo didn’t quite make it to E3 to make announcements this year, opting rather for a livestreamed presentation that was broadcast simultaneously around the world. Early this morning, Nintendo livestreamed its Nintendo Direct presentation, which showcased a slew of new upcoming titles for the company’s Wii U and Nintendo 3DS platforms. In true Nintendo style, most of the releases were remakes of older Nintendo titles, such as Super Smash Brothers and The Legend Of Zelda. While other game developers sometimes create unimaginative sequels of their titles, Nintendo has proven time … Read more
Ian Kersey
E3 2013: Nintendo To Release Yoshi’s New Island For the 3DS This Holiday Season
Among the pile of upcoming Nintendo releases that the company announced at the Nintendo Direct event today is Yoshi’s New Island, which expands on the amazing SNES title, Yoshi’s Island. Yoshi’s New Island retains the same cartoony graphics of it’s SNES predecessor, and includes similar gameplay elements, staying true to it’s 2-D platforming form, complete with baby Mario riding on the back of a Yoshi who is trying to get him to safety. The game looks like a blast, and will make gamers of all ages happy. The title will … Read more
Ian Kersey
E3 2013: The Legend Of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds Coming to Nintendo 3DS This November
The search for the Triforce continues in Nintendo’s new The Legend of Zelda game, A Link Between Worlds. This title is a quasi-sequel to the SNES classic A Link To The Past, and features a top-down view that will be familiar to any 16-Bit era RPG fans. A Link Between Worlds will feature light and dark worlds akin to A Link To The Past, and the sounds effects seem to be ripped directly from that title. A Link Between Worlds throws some variety into the game by allowing a new … Read more
Ian Kersey
E3 2013: Monolith Soft RPG “X” Coming to Nintendo Wii U Next Year
Nintendo showed off some amazing looking games today, one of them being a new RPG for the Wii U from Japanese developer Monolith Soft. The game is going my the name X, and as it is being developed by the same studio that developed the amazing Xenoblade, Xenogears and Xenoblade Chronicles games of yesteryear. X is expected to be a follow-up of sorts to those titles, with plenty of mech battles and stratergy elements. The game will provide players with an open-world to explore, taking place in magical fantasy landscapes … Read more
Ian Kersey
Mad Catz Announces The M.O.J.O. Android Micro-Console
Another Android based gaming console has been officially announced today. The Mad Catz M.O.J.O. joins the likes of the Ouya and the GamePop in the gaming micro-console world, allowing Android games to be played directly on a TV. The M.O.J.O. will run the Google Play Store as well as the Amazon Appstore, allowing users to download a variety of titles, even ones that have been purchased and installed on other Android devices. The M.O.J.O. will be compatible with a host of Mad Catz peripheral devices, such as GameSmart controllers, mice, … Read more