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Nintendo: Our digital sales are soaring
— Reggie Fils-Aime tells us that Fire Emblem alone sold around 80,000 units digitally; also, the pace of Wii U releases will increase “dramatically” — Last August, Nintendo began to more fully embrace digital distribution as a way to get games in people's hands …
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Xbox Live Turns 10: Reflecting On An Online Revolution
— We chat with members of the original Xbox team and Bungie in this special look back at the origins of a service that forever changed console gaming — Ten years ago today, Microsoft officially launched Xbox Live.
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Foxconn planning $1 billion facility in Indonesia
— New manufacturing plant will create 1 million jobs in the region, where the average monthly wage is $100 a month — The market leading computer manufacturer Foxconn is planning a new $1 billion facility in Indonesia.
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Zynga Interview: Mark Pincus In Depth
— Part one of a rare conversation with the man behind the #1 social gaming company … Q: I was at Zynga Unleashed, and while I realize that presentation wasn't aimed at investors Zynga's stock took a dip afterwards...
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EA is “going to be a 100% digital company, period” says Gibeau
— EA's Labels president also tells us that NPD's monthly reports are “totally irrelevant” — Electronic Arts is one of the publishers in this industry that is at the forefront of the digital transition.
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Game-specific Kickstarter alternative to launch at E3
— Gambitious to operate on system of shares and dividends — A new, game-specific alternative to Kickstarter is due to launch at this year's E3, coming from Dutch company Gambitious. — The scheme will allow investors to buy shares …
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Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
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 …
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.