Tech Week in Review 9-16-2011
Shaker Wins TechCrunch Disrupt Out of 31 startups at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt, Shaker comes out on top. Shaker basically uses your Facebook data to create a virtual environment to interact with your friends and meet new people. TechCrunch calls it a mix of Second Life, The Sims, and Turntable.fm. You become a walking avatar [...]
Read MoreNintendo’s Art Academy Fuels Creativity in Classrooms
As part of a unique relationship between Nintendo and the National Art Education Association (NAEA), art teachers in elementary, middle and high school classrooms have been provided with hand-held Nintendo DSi XL™ systems and copies of Art Academy™, a software title that offers interactive art tutorials for budding artists of any background or skill level. [...]
Read MoreRumor: Apple Looking to Acquire Sony
Days after Sony kills off the Walkman and images of a Sony Playstation Phone run rampant, speculation about a potential Apple-Sony merger is spreading across the web. The rumors caused a slight jump in Sony’s stock, which was stagnant until that point. Apple and Sony haven’t addressed the rumors at this point. It seems like [...]
Read More15 Years Later, What’s Next for Sony PlayStation?
Sony’s Playstation game console turned 15 years old within the last week. Initially, Sony Play Station was supposed to be a CD add-on for the Super Nintendo. After a very public “double-cross” with Phillips entering the picture and partnering with Super Nintendo, Sony created the Playstation 1 and entered the gaming world. We would not be ready for what Sony had in store for us. Continue reading for a look back and thoughts on what is next for Sony Playstation.
Read MoreNintendo 3DS Will Bring 3D Without The Glasses
Nintendo announced today on their Japanese website that their new handheld console device will go on sale “during the fiscal year ending March 2011.” This is probably just the release date for Japan, though. The device will be called the Nintendo 3DS and is said to be capable of 3D-like effects at the software level [...]
Read MoreWe Got Game
With this past week’s E3 Expo , I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about video games in the black community. As a percentage of the population, we are disproportionately represented in the gaming community in terms of how much we spend. We love gaming! There is a “Black Gamers for Obama Community” and an [...]
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