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Cloud Imperium hits $50 million in crowdfunding for its space sim video game Star Citizen

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by on August 18, 2014 at 11:32 am
Posted In: Around the Web

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Cloud Imperium has soared past the $50 million crowdfunding mark for its highly ambitious space simulation video game Star Citizen. At the time of writing, the developer has raised just over $51 million from more than 525,000 fans. The latest milestone has unlocked yet another premium feature for the game; natural and realistic languages for three alien races. Such a high level of crowdfunding is almost unprecedented in the video game industry. Kickstarter has helped a number of independent developers put their passion projects into motion, but the time-restricted nature of the platform usually limits the overall level of funding…

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Dolphin wants to be more than a window to the Web – it plans to be a channel for all your content

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by on August 18, 2014 at 10:56 am
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Profiles and Interviews

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Mobile browsers are solidifying their importance amidst the mobile revolution, as more and more people access the internet via their smartphones and tablets, abandoning the desktop experience in the process. Dolphin is one of the oldest and most popular third-party browsers for Android — we called it a “genuinely beautiful Android browser” in a roundup — currently claiming more than 100 million users worldwide. Dolphin Browser was started in the US back in 2010. Recently, Dolphin made a rather surprising move by announcing that it sold a 51 percent stake to Changyou, a Chinese online game developer, in return for $30 million…

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Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice hits the UK to help you switch between reading and listening to ebooks

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by on August 18, 2014 at 10:22 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider

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Amazon’s Whispersync for Voice has been open for business in the US for a while already, and now it’s available in the UK too, its second launch market. To recap, Whispersync for Voice lets users switch between reading ebooks and listening to audio books without losing their place, thanks to Audible integration, the audio entertainment company acquired by Amazon back in 2008. There are around 25,000 professionally narrated audiobooks available on Audible in the UK. Until recently, US readers using the Android and iOS Kindle apps have been required to install the separate Audible app to make the switch between…

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Wikileaks founder Julian Assange plans to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London ‘soon’

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by on August 18, 2014 at 10:04 am
Posted In: Around the Web, assange, UK, wikileaks

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange dropped a bombshell today, after revealing that he plans to leave the Ecuadorian embassy in London “soon.” Responding to a question at a press conference at the embassy, where he has resided for the past two years, the Australian confirmed his intention, but gave no specific time frame for his exit. Assange was equally elusive as to why he is planning to move on, though he did say that it is not motivated by health reasons, as was suggested by media. Assange held a press conference which was all streamed online Earlier comments from Ecuador’s Foreign Minister Ricardo Patino suggested…

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Offline over the weekend? Read all the tech news you missed right here

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by on August 18, 2014 at 9:54 am
Posted In: Around the Web, Insider, Roundups

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Sometimes it’s impossible to keep yourself as plugged in to the constant tech news cycle as you’d like. Things happen, life gets in the way and maybe your family begin to question why they haven’t seen you in the last few days – all of which means you’ve missed this weekend’s best tech news and features. It’s OK, we understand; that’s what we’re here for. So grab a coffee, mute your phone and spend 10 minutes catching up on the best tech news and features that you’ve missed from across the last two days. News from The Next Web over the weekend Google…

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