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Founded in 1958, Midway Games‘ legacy traces right back to pinball and arcade games including some of the most successful console releases of the ’90s, including the Mortal Kombat series, Space Invaders, NBA Jam and Ms Pac-Man. The independent studio eventually folded and filed for bankruptcy in 2009 and most of its assets were bought over by Warner Brothers. Its story is something that hasn’t really been told before and now, Josh Tsui, founder of Chicago-based games developer Robomodo, is hoping to crowdfund a documentary about how Midway came to dominate an entire sector of the gaming industry. Launched today…
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Social media can be unforgiving, especially when it comes to Twitter; users are more engaged than on Facebook, and are more likely to point out mistakes, big or small, on the instantaneous social network. But just because a tweet is limited to 140 characters, doesn’t mean that your social media marketing strategy should take 140 seconds to construct. While it’s impossible to account for human error, using social media marketing apps can help a company spot some of the red flags and prevent a #fail before it occurs (or at least help monitor the damage in real-time before it gets…
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Digital Asset Management. DAM. The very sound of it is dry, dry, dry. What’s worse than a dry topic? The consequences of not making optimal use of your valuable photo, audio and video assets — or worse, not using them at all. A new report from IDC and sponsored by Adobe — Proving the Value of Digital Asset Management for Digital Marketers and Creative Teams — brings the point home. Based on a survey of digital market, creative services, asset management and IT pros, the study, released today, underscores the benefits of a proper DAM system. According to IDC Vice President Melissa Webster,…
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Google’s self-driving car was involved in its first accident with injury after being rear-ended
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One of Google’s self driving cars was recently involved in the company’s first accident resulting in injuries – and once again, it was a person at fault, not the vehicle. On July 1, three Google employees riding one of the automated vehicles were injured after the car was rear-ended by a distracted driver while stationary in traffic. The employees were taken to a hospital, complaining of whiplash, but were later released. In May we received the first report on accident statistics for the cars, where Google cited that its 20 vehicles have been involved in 11 minor incidents over the…
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