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Video: How Habbo kept players engaged with smartphone spin-offs
Video: How Habbo kept players engaged with smartphone spin-offs
Paul LaFontaine, former CEO of Habbo developer Sulake, discusses keeping players engaged in a game world as they move across platforms in this free video lecture from GDC 2012, courtesy of the GDC Vault.
March 13, 2013
Glu Mobile beats Zynga in the real money gambling race
Glu Mobile beats Zynga in the real money gambling race
Smartphone game maker Glu Mobile launched its first real money gambling game in the United Kingdom on Tuesday, becoming one of the first traditional game companies to enter that space.
March 13, 2013
Get a job: Insomniac needs an in-house environment concept artist
Get a job: Insomniac needs an in-house environment concept artist
"We are looking to you to create images that solve visual problems and inspire production artists, and establish style and content guidelines for the art team. We are looking at you to help be the kickstarter of the process!"
March 13, 2013
Tripwire acquires nCircle
Tripwire acquires nCircle
Tripwire, a Portland Ore security and compliance company, has announced a definitive agreement to acquire nCircle, a San Francisco risk and security performance management company.
March 12, 2013
Lack of privacy is not that bad, says Univ. of Chicago – you haven’t got it anyway, says Cambridge
Lack of privacy is not that bad, says Univ. of Chicago – you haven’t got it anyway, says Cambridge
Against a background of the EU likely to water down its privacy proposals, and Harvard university secretly searching the emails of 16 resident deans, two major universities have published two very different papers on privacy in the internet age.
March 12, 2013
Spam back with a vengeance in February
Spam back with a vengeance in February
After a fourth quarter of declining spam levels in 2012, junk emails actually almost doubled in February 2013.
March 12, 2013
Another Honeywell ICS vulnerability rears its head in building control
Another Honeywell ICS vulnerability rears its head in building control
A new vulnerability, CVE-2013-0108, has been discovered in Honeywell industrial control systems (ICS), continuing the growing trend of SCADA and building control issues.
March 12, 2013
Wi-Fi: From ‘Poor Cousin’ to Preferred Partner
Wi-Fi: From ‘Poor Cousin’ to Preferred Partner
For much of Wi-Fi’s history, technologists and mobile industry executives viewed it as the “poor cousin” to licensed mobile communications. Today, all
March 12, 2013
Social Media Is Like Gelato In A Cone #CiscoSMT #SocialSavvy
Social Media Is Like Gelato In A Cone #CiscoSMT #SocialSavvy
Last week I spoke at an event and the definition of social media came up. Some people refer to social networking tools when they speak of social media
March 12, 2013
DmC, Tomb Raider, Tearaway, ESRB talks headed to GDC 2013
DmC, Tomb Raider, Tearaway, ESRB talks headed to GDC 2013
GDC 2013 organizers are highlighting more notable talks for its March conference, including talks on Tearaway,Tomb Raider, DmC, EA Spouse, and an international ratings system.
March 12, 2013
Does a Zynga-Yahoo! merger make sense?
Does a Zynga-Yahoo! merger make sense?
Zynga shares soared Monday, after an analyst's report mentioned the social game maker was a possible candidate for a takeover -- by Yahoo!, of all companies.
March 12, 2013
God of War: Ascension: What the critics are saying
God of War: Ascension: What the critics are saying
This edition of Critical Reception examines online reaction to SCEA Santa Monica's gory brawler God of War: Ascension, which reviewers describe as "a car riding in the spectacle slipstream of its predecessors, never quite able to surpass them."
March 12, 2013