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Unity drops Flash support, says Adobe is not firmly committed
— The popular game development platform Unity will no longer invest in Adobe's Flash, as the company says that it does not believe that the future is certain for Flash. — Although Unity Technologies has been working …
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EA backs off from Facebook in a big way
— In a surprise announcement, Electronic Arts today revealed that it is retiring a number of its biggest Facebook games, including The Sims Social. — The Sims Social in particular has been extremely popular in the past, with 10 million daily active users recorded towards the end of 2011.
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‘Memory’ board game trademark threatens several iOS games
— Apple is sending notices to several developers asking them to remove or rename Apps that have ‘Memory’ in their titles. — The notices are coming at the request of German company Ravensburger, which claims to hold trademark …
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Zynga settles lawsuit with PyramidVille developer
— Zynga has settled its trademark infringement lawsuit against another developer that attempted to add a “Ville” suffix to its game titles, this time French studio Kobojo, maker of PyramidVille. — The social game giant has made it a point …
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Rovio confirms acquisition of Casey's Contraptions IP
— [Smartphone/Tablet, Business/Marketing] — Angry Birds creator Rovio has confirmed to Gamasutra that it has acquired the rights to the Casey's Contraptions IP from developers Snappy Touch and Mystery Coconut.
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Double Fine's record-breaking Kickstarter closes with $3.33M earned
— After a bit more than a month, Double Fine's extremely popular Kickstarter campaign has ended with an overall donation pool of $3,335,265, making it one of the highest funded projects in Kickstarter's history.
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Steve Jobs, Atari Employee Number 40
— Steve Jobs was called many things during his tragically short life — innovator, entrepreneur, leader, father — but back when he showed up at the Los Gatos doorstep of arcade game leader Atari in May of 1974, he was an unwashed, bearded college dropout …
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Microsoft To Offer Students Free Xbox 360 With Windows 7 PC Purchase
— Microsoft today announced it will start offering a free, 4 GB Xbox 360 S — a roughly $200 value — to qualifying students who purchase a Windows 7 PC for $699 or more over the summer. — The offer, which runs …
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Sony Tells Dev Partners PlayStation Store To Return May 24
— Barring any additional problems, Sony plans to bring the PlayStation Store back online next Tuesday, May 24, according to a memo sent to Sony's game developer and publishing partners. — The company has sent a tentative publishing schedule …
Announcing TypeScript 0.9: Generics and More — Anders Hejlsberg, Steve Lucco, and Luke Hoban join us for a conversation about TypeScript 0.9. TypeScript now has generics! (and more)
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
99.999 Is Not Enough: An OpenCloud Approach to Delivering Application Uptime and Performance — Executive Summary — The pressure to keep vital applications online and performing well is extreme.
University makes major investment in big data development — As news of the benefits provided by big data platforms such as Apache Hadoop spreads, more organizations are investing in the burgeoning technology.