Tag Archives: Software development

Will Austin’s Tax Incentives Make It The Video Game Capital Of The World?

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Did you ever wonder how Hollywood (the industry) came to be located in Hollywood (the city)? It wasn’t just the weather. Though the temperate climate did help early movie makers shoot outside year-...

Enterprise Apps to help Your Business

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CIOs can be forgiven for thinking that all the cool apps are being built for consumers these days, but it turns out to be untrue. I, too, was skeptical when I was invited to an event last week hosted...

Indie Running: IGF Final Nominees Announced

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The Independent Games Festival has announced the nominees for its grand prizes, to be awarded at the end of the Independent Games Summit in San Francisco in March. With 650 applicants judged by 375...
    






Tesla And Adobe: Why Continuous Deployment May Mean Continuous Customer Disappointment

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For the last 75 years products (both durable goods and software) were built via Waterfall development. This process forced companies to release and launch products by model years, and market new and...
    






Titanfall-Xbox One

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Titanfall is available at Amazon for $59.99. In Titanfall the advanced warfare of tomorrow gives you the freedom to fight your way as both elite assault Pilot and agile, heavily armored 24’ tall...
    






Battlefield 4 for $30 during Black Friday 2013

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One of the most popular video game franchises out there is Battlefield. Recently a flyer leaked claiming to show some of the Black Friday 2013 deals from GameStop. One of the deals expected to be...

Kabam Now Valued at $700 Million After Employees Sale Common Stock

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Kabam, after a sale of $38.5 million in former workers’ common stock, ended up worth a hefty $700 million. However, according to the Wall Street Journal, the company is not keeping any of the money....

Candy Crush Saga Maker Prepares for IPO

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Online game maker King has had unexpected success with Candy Crush Saga. Now the company has hired J.P. Morgan according to The Wall Street Journal to prepare for an IPO. TechCrunch though has a...
    


Zynga Announces Layoffs for Cost Reduction

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Sometimes what hurts you can heal as well. This seems to be the case with Zynga, the video game producer, which is to downsize over 500 of its employees in an unprecedented move, the first of its...