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The company behind the popular Angry Birds games, Rovio Entertainment Oy, is apparently planning an IPO. The news comes in a report from Bloomberg, and the IPO would give Rovio a value of around $2 billion. They will apparently raise $400 million from the IPO. Rovio's Market Strategy and Financial … [Read more...] about Angry Birds Developer Rovio Is Planning $2 Billion IPO

After the Oculus Rift summer sale event ends Oculus has revealed that the price of their virtual reality hardware will be permanently dropped to a more affordable $499. Currently the summer sale price sets the VR headset and touch controllers at $399 providing a considerable saving of the previous … [Read more...] about Oculus Rift Touch Bundle Price Permanently Dropping To $499 After Sale Event

Gamevice, previously known as WikiPad, the creators and designers of a variety of different detachable controllers for mobile devices, has started legal proceedings against Nintendo, claiming that the Nintendo Switch console design infringes on an existing patent they own. Background on Gamevice … [Read more...] about Nintendo Sued By Gamevice Over Switch Detachable Controllers

Consumer Reports has today announced that it will stop recommending Microsoft’s Surface PC due to reliability concerns which revealed that 25 percent of Surface owners have experienced issues within the first two years after purchase. As you would imagine Microsoft is disputing the claims … [Read more...] about Consumer Reports Stops Recommending Microsoft Surface PC Over Reliability Concerns

After providing their awesome writing applications for both iOS and Mac since launch as a single payment transaction, the development team behind Ulysses are now moving their offerings to a subscription model for both Mac and iOS applications. Subscription Model Details The monthly or annual … [Read more...] about Awesome Ulysses Writing Applications Move To Subscription Model

Anchor have today announced the availability of their new Eufy Genie, an Alexa equipped voice-controlled personal assistant and smart speaker that harnesses Amazon’s intelligent Alexa technology. As you would respect the Eufy Genie allows you to control it hands-free using voice recognition … [Read more...] about Anker Eufy Genie Alexa Voice-Control System Launches For $35 (video)

A new mind controlled virtual reality game has been unveiled this week by Neurable during the SIGGRAPH 2017 conference this week. Providing a first look at what you can expect from the future technology. Neurable is a Boston-based startup developing brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) making mind … [Read more...] about First Mind-Controlled VR Game “Awakening” Created By Neurable (video)

Intel has officially confirmed that they will be unveiling the new Intel 8th Generation Core family later this month on August 21st, 2017 making it available for all to watch wherever you may be in the world via Facebook Live. The unveiling of Intel's most powerful family of processors will include … [Read more...] about Intel 8th Generation Core Family Officially Unveiled On August 21st 2017

This week IKEA has expanded its range of home products by launching a new range of IKEA solar battery packs to store energy from solar panels, which could compete with the likes of Tesla who unveiled their solar battery packs last year specifically designed for use in the home. IKEA has been … [Read more...] about IKEA Launches New Solar Power Battery Pack Storage System (video)

Disney has revealed today that it will be ending its partnership with Netflix in 2019 and removing its content from the online media streaming company, with an aim to launch its own streaming service. It was only last year that Disney reached an exclusive partnership with Netflix to bring Disney, … [Read more...] about Disney Ends Partnership With Netflix To Launch Its Own Streaming Service

Today Intel has officially confirmed the specifications for the 12- to 18-core processors which take the form of the new Intel Core i9-7920X, Intel Core i9-7940X, Intel Core i9-7960X and the Extreme Edition Intel Core i9-7980XE processors. The new Intel Core X-series processors were first unveiled … [Read more...] about Intel Confirms Full Intel Core X-series Processor Specifications 12- to 18- Core