In May 2013, app developer Dong Nguyen spent a few nights after work programming a small, simple and very re-playable game for mobile devices. It didn’t take long to make, just a day or two of after-work effort. The product of his time was Flappy…
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It seems that the drama behind the mobile game Flappy Bird—which gained huge popularity in a matter of days, and was recently removed by its creator, Nguyen Ha Dong—is only just starting. Today a post on BGR reports that eBay has a few listings…
Xbox is a very successful Microsoft brand, and it’s no surprise the company wants to stretch it as far as possible. “Xbox Reader,” though? According to The Verge, Microsoft may be looking to bring a full-fledged e-book, magazine and comic book…
CALGARY, Alberta, February 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — Oando Energy Resources Inc. (“Oando Energy Resources” or the “Company”) (TSX: OER), a company focused on oil and gas exploration and production in Nigeria, today announced that it has entered into…
Been under a rock this past week? We’re here to get you up to speed. Watch our Wrap-up video or scroll down to read about the biggest stories from the past week in tech. Microsoft Names Satya Nadella as its New CEO Microsoft has led a very public…
Children as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex for as little as 80p in one of Brazil’s World Cup cities, a Sky News investigation has found. It comes as international footballers join a campaign warning fans travelling to the tournament not…
Look around you. Someone nearby is probably looking at their smartphone right now. If you’re alone, that someone may be you. We’re smack dab in the middle of the mobile revolution, where you can do almost anything on a device that fits in your hand…
The last couple weeks have been rife with stories about companies signing cross-licensing agreements for each other’s patents. But this is not one of those stories. A post on Neowin reports that the University of Wisconsin has filed suit against Apple…
Just yesterday, Google unveiled their latest computational solution: a new Chromebox that’s communication-focused and targeted at collaborative businesses. This new $999 mini-PC from Google and ASUS allows for far simpler video conferencing, and provides…
Yesterday we’d gotten rumors that Google had partnered with HTC to develop its next Nexus tablet. Today, we’ve got rumors that Google has actually stayed with former Nexus-maker Asus to create an 8-inch tablet in the same line, slated for an April…
New IBM Innovation Centers Foster IT and Business Skills Development around Big Data and Analytics and Cloud Computing IBM Corporation logo. (PRNewsFoto/IBM Corporation) LAGOS, Nigeria and CASABLANCA, Morocco, Feb. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — IBM (NYSE…
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan is facing a crisis within his party centered around his assumed intention to run for another term in the 2015 election. His critics say it would violate an unwritten rule that power should rotate between the largely…
At least 22 people were killed in a raid in restive central Nigeria on Thursday, locals said, in the second such attack in the area this week. Gunmen opened fire in the predominantly Muslim village of Mavo in the Wase local government area of Plateau…
Game developer CCP Games confirmed yesterday that its much-anticipated and technically-impressive space combat game, EVE: Valkyrie is releasing as an actual, buyable product. More specifically, it will release as an Oculus Rift exclusive at the headset…
There’s no question about the world-changing potential for Google Glass, and the barrage of imitative wearables sure to follow. But a new report from VentureBeat published yesterday reveals that Glass is currently being tested for use in the field…
Confirming a rumor from just a couple of days ago, Sony has confirmed in a press release today that the rumors are true – the company will indeed be selling off its existing PC business citing “drastic changes in the global PC industry.” As expected…
It seems that the next Nexus tablet from Google won’t be made by current partner Asus if a new report out of Asia is accurate. A post on Focus Taiwan cites Chinese newspaper the Commercial Times, which says that HTC has been awarded the contract to…
We greenies are very careful about making claims about climate change in any particular location. Global warming is global; the rising temperatures referred to in the scientific literature are averaged out worldwide. Additionally, we really don’t…
Mega-retailer Amazon has purchased Irvine, California-based game developer Double Helix Games, the company confirmed today. The news broke hours ago, as reported in a post on GameInformer. The acquisition adds further credence to rumors that the company…
It may be hard to believe it, but Twitter only took itself public a mere three months ago. Yet in that time period, Twitter has performed quite well, taking its initial IPO stock price from $38 all the way up to its opening price of $67 this morning…