Appletell – You all remember the Apple Pippin, the greatest biggest flop of a game system ever, don’t you? Since then Apple has stayed relatively far away from the gaming market all together. However, I believe some of there products have, coincidentally, brought them somewhat back into it. Look at the iPhone and its accelerometer. Those two devices together make a great pair for a handheld gaming system [...] read more
Cool TechGamertell – It’s the end of the week and E3 2008 has officially ended and now it’s time to sit back, relax and take in all the announcements made by the big three: Sony, Nintendo, and Microsoft.
Here’s a breakdown of the good and the bad of each company’s press conference. Clearly, Microsoft was this year’s winner but read on to find out where the other two companies fell flat. [...] read more
Xconomy – iPhone, schmy-Phone. While games and other applications developed for Apple’s iPhone have been all the rage for the last few days, there’s another sector worth keeping an eye on: social-network gaming, or games made for online platforms like Facebook, MySpace, and Bebo, which typically need to be played on a desktop or laptop. VentureBeat is [...] read more
FASTforward Blog – Can machines understand the feelings expressed in text? Social media (including blogs, discussion groups, private emails, etc) and mainstream press (web pages, newswires, announcements, etc) are full of quirky, subtle cues about people’s attitudes and opinions. Harvesting this information has proven to be valuable for tracking companies’ reputations, playing financial markets, analyzing customer loyalty, [...] read more
