Tag archive: online

According to a recently released study conducted by the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, young adults between the ages of 18 to 29 are the most likely to go online just to “have fun or pass the time”. While 81 percent claim to have gone online to have fun on occasion, over half of these young adults claimed to have hopped online for that reason within 24 hours prior to the survey. According to… Read More

Diablo fans, you've waited 11 years for Blizzard to release the third Diablo game, and you may have to wait a bit longer. Though the closed beta just began on Sept. 20, Activision Blizzard has revealed that Diablo III will not hit shelves until 'early 2012.' Blizzard plans to extend the closed beta test, and add more testers than it originally planned. “With every game we make, the temptation is always very strong to… Read More

Google and Facebook made waves with their policies on online identity: Essentially, one person should have one identity. My name is “Caleb Garling” on Facebook and Google; that’s the extent to which Facebook and Google (attempt to) allow me to be “present.” The argument goes: you are yourself online and as such, there is no need to have multiple logins or user names. Yet, I’d argue such a bucketing isn’t, in fact, natural; that having different… Read More

News of Airbnb’s impressive series of fundraising has been making the rounds, as well it should. The alternative travel site secured $112 million, boosting it to a $1.3 billion valuation. Airbnb has been one of Silicon Valley’s startup darlings, stealing attention with its plans for global expansion as well as its quick rise to the top of the online travel game. The company has had a pretty storybook beginning, with nary a complaint lodged… Read More

Nintendo's upcoming console has had a lot of rumored names and codenames. Some call it Project Cafe; some call it Wii 2; others believed it might have a simple name: “Nintendo.” However, we've now learned its true name: Wii U. The Wii U is Nintendo's next generation videogame console, a true successor to the Nintendo Wii. This makes it Nintendo's sixth home gaming console since 1985 when it launched the NES.… Read More

A week after E3, buzz about the Wii U certainly shows no signs of slowing. Nintendo has published a translation of CEO Satoru Iwata's E3 Q&A with analysts. The five pages are quite a read, but Iwata clarifies where Nintendo is coming from with its upcoming Wii U console, what audiences it plans to target, and some of its difficulties with the 3DS and Wii as of late. We've compiled three of the most interesting answers below,… Read More

Google's YouTube is on the verge of launching a video-on-demand service, according to a report on the the entertainment website The Wrap. The report goes on to suggest that the service could be rolled out as early as this week, possibly next. The Wrap says that Hollywood heavyweights such as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures (though notably not yet Paramount or Fox) have all done a deal with YouTube… Read More

Popular online music streaming service Spotify has come up trumps at the Start-up 100 Awards. The award ceremony, held in London on Tuesday, was organized by TechCrunch Europe and the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper, among others, and honors European-based start-ups. The judging panel included venture capitalists and investors. Swedish-based Spotify allows users to listen to streamed music any place, any time, anywhere – well, almost… Read More

Also check out Best iPad apps for kids and Best iPhone apps for kids. Keeping your kids safe in this age of constant screen time is no easy feat. While kids are becoming more and more technically adept, their ability to discern the good from the bad in terms of content is a skill that must be developed. Going into dangerous or damaging waters can be as innocent as a simple spelling mistake (take the case of the 10-year-old girl who ventured… Read More

NEWS FLASH: Once something is posted to the Internet, it's never going away. This is a concept that many are still coming to terms with. But it's one that we must all face if we are to make wise choices about what we do and do not post online. When the issues related to Facebook privacy percolate to the surface every couple of months or so, for example, the most practical Net citizens always offer a bit of advice that the rest of us… Read More

Big Brother really is watching you — constantly. According to a new report by The New York Times, cell phone companies often “track your every move” — and they do so while keeping their customers entirely in the dark about the intrusive practice. This disconcerting revelation came to light after German politician Malte Spitz sued his mobile provider, Deutsche Telekom, to find out exactly what information about him they had acquired.… Read More

After more than a week of violent protests and political upheaval, Egypt's major Internet service providers brought the embattled country back online Wednesday, according to reports by the Wall Street Journal and The Next Web, as well as a deluge of first-person accounts on Twitter. The reconnection, which includes access to previously blocked sites like Twitter, comes only a day after more than a million Egyptians converged on Tahrir… Read More

If there is one group all members of entertainment should learn not to trifle with, it is the comic book fan with online access. Sony Online Entertainment tempted fate when they originally announced they delay of the MMORPG DC Universe Online from November 15 until sometime in 2011, and if you had listened closely, you could almost hear the internets groan in protest. Thankfully though the delay has proven to be a minor one. While the game… Read More

When Ubisoft announced that a sequel to Assassin’s Creed II was on the way, it seemed like a no-brainer. Ubisoft has claimed that it is unlikely to develop any new IPs (intellectual properties) until the next generation of consoles, so its current library of titles — of which there are many — will be the focus for the company.  And of those existing titles, Assassin’s Creed seems like the one with the most potential to expand on. The… Read More

When was the last time you talked to your friends in person? If you're anything like the 26 percent of people in a new research study by Yazino and Opinium, you might be spending more time typing and texting your friends than actually seeing them. One in four spend more time chatting online than chatting in person, says the report. Worse, one in ten adults is more likely to stay in on the weekend and catch up with friends online than in… Read More