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Nothing can stop Call of Duty. Activision Blizzard revealed that its popular shooter franchise is alive and well while releasing the financial results for its the fourth quarter of 2015. The publisher noted that Call of ...

You’ll get more Destiny this year, but not Destiny 2. Activision confirmed that developer Bungie has more of its multiplayer online sci-fi shooter coming to fans this year, but the full sequel will not go on sale until...

PRESS RELEASE: Ocugen, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing treatments for sight-threatening diseases, today announced that it licensed a clinical-stage asset from the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) to b...

PlayStation 4 is a dominant sales force, but that doesn’t mean that Microsoft’s console is withering and dying. For every $1 that the average PlayStation 4 owner spent on Ubisoft games in the French publisher’s fis...

Google is apparently working on a virtual reality headset that, unlike its Cardboard platform, will have no need for a smartphone — or a high-powered PC or gaming console, for that matter. The device will sport a displ...

What plays great as a fine-minute sketch isn't so fresh when stretched out to a full hour, but given that Funny or Die's revenue model is based on advertising impressions, they don't need you to watch the whole movie to ...

Facebook has confirmed that it is looking to bring back SMS support in Messenger and has also launched multiple account support. At least for now, both features are only for Android users. Android Police earlier reported...

VB WEBINAR: With marketing covering more territory and tasks than ever, marketing clouds are becoming indispensable. But figuring out where to start and how to choose can make walking on hot coals a more attractive under...

The perfect bite. Those three words carry heavy weight for those who love food– especially food in Paris. That’s why when Chef Catherine Reed guided me through her perfect bite at her quaint restaurant in the 7th arr...

When 27-year-old Jenny Lefcourt pitched WeddingChannel.com to experienced investors, she learned the power of naiveté. It was her secret weapon.

Twitter today announced it has released a tool called Screengrab that makes it easy for applications to take screenshots of Android applications. Screengrab integrated with Twitter’s Fastlane developer tools, and it’...

Google today announced it will drop support for SPDY on May 15, 2016 (the company’s previous timeline was “early 2016“). SPDY, which is not an acronym but just a short version of the word “speedy,” is a protoco...

Ever since Instagram’s launch, one of the most common feedback metrics has been “liking” a photo, which carried over to the introduction of videos. However, in an effort to provide a better engagement measurement t...

Buying or selling a business, raising capital or investing in a start-up, or negotiating a make-or-break contract are all situations where participants often draft a letter of intent prior to a formal contract.

One of gaming’s biggest video sites is looking at its success during 2015. Twitch revealed its 2015 retrospective today, and the game livestreaming company highlighted its enormous scale and growth as well as its passi...

Ubisoft’s most reliable annual franchise is starting to slip, and the company is looking to shake things up moving forward. The French publisher generated $638 million (532 million euros) in sales during its fiscal thi...

For three out of four quarters in 2015, New York City?s tech ecosystem has led with more startup funding requests than any other region in the country, including California?s long reigning Silicon Valley.

Boston-based DataRobot took in a $33 million investment led by New Enterprises Associates, the startup announced today. The machine learning company says that with its existing offices in Asia, Europe, and the U.S., the ...

Chartboost has created a marketplace for mobile-game developers to find players and make money. And now it wants to extend that with the acquisition of Roostr, which has created its own marketplace that connects mobile-g...

Cloud file syncing and sharing software company Box today announced the addition of a document scanning feature in its Box Capture app for iOS. Box launched the app in September at its annual BoxWorks conference. Documen...

It's tax season in the United States, and financial service startup Digit has launched a feature designed to automate savings from tax refunds. Working with the Duke University nonprofit CommonCents Lab, the company leve...