When Chris Pranger decided to appear on a small podcast called Part-Time Gamers last week, he didn’t realize he was making a mistake that would ultimately cost him his career at Nintendo–they fired him shortly afterward.
Twitter announced today through their company blog that the service will significantly raise the character cap on direct messages (DMs). The previous limit for DMs was 140 characters, the same as status updates made through the service. The new limit is 10,000 chaacters, over 70 times the previous amount. The…
In an unexpected turn of events, Google announced a massive restructuring of the company in a letter to investors today. In the letter, Google co-founder Larry Page outlined the changes coming to the tech giant, starting with the formation of Alphabet Inc. This new company will now be the parent…
As of Friday July 17, Xbox One users can now stream their games to play on Windows 10 PCs and tablets. In a post on Xbox Wire, spokesperson Larry Hryb, aka Major Nelson, detailed feature updates coming to the Xbox App on Windows 10. The game streaming component is available to…
As part of an ongoing attempt to synchronize services, YouTube announced an overhaul in the user interface (UI) of their line of apps for set top boxes and game consoles on Thursday August 14th through their YouTube Creator Blog. The updated interface for the app has already been released to the…
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Thanks to Google’s Android Wear devices, Tinder users can now swipe, match, and chat to your hearts’ content, without ever having to pull out their smartphone. On July 11, 2014 Tinder developers announced on their blog that the app is now compatible with Google’s smartwatch platform, stating “We’re proud to announce…
YouTube announced the release of their YouTube Creator Studio app for the iOS platform on their YouTube Creators Google+ Page. The application allows YouTube content creators to manage their channels, including comments and analytics. When announced by YouTube CEO Susan Wojciki during her keynote speech at Vidcon 2014, the app…
As of June 18th, Twitter now has official gif support. That means users can put up that gif taken from the the newest viral video for all their followers to see. This new update will extend support from the website to the iOS and Android apps as well. The process will…
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