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Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds is headed to Xbox Game Pass

Nov10
by on November 10, 2018 at 9:10 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, gaming


Microsoft today announced its subscription-based gaming service Xbox Game Pass would be adding the incredibly popular Player Unknown’s Battlegrounds to its lineup. The Redmond company opened it’s XO18 show today in Mexico City with a PUBG montage featuring pumping music and the game’s typical frantic action. The reveal ended with a very enthusiastic crowd watching the “Xbox Game Pass” logo slide across the screen. One of the originators of the Battle Royale gaming craze, PUBG is a fan-favorite. If you haven’t played it, you can try it out on Xbox Game Pass starting November 12. And if you don’t have…

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Why your app idea is just ‘meh’ and won’t succeed

Nov10
by on November 10, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Posted In: Apps, Around the Web, Contributors


You heard me correctly, I said “meh.” I’m not talking about the “meh” used to ironically describe something beautiful/awe-inspiring; like when your friend uploads a beautiful sunset to their Instagram story and captions it “meh” (yeah, yeah, we know you are such a jetsetter). I am talking about the uninspired, bored, indifferent “meh.” The one for when you see something that has been done again and again, just with a different color scheme and branding.  The one for when you see someone release an ‘innovative’ product without any regard for what their user-base actually cares about. Oscar Isaac GIF from…

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How to make money on social media while NOT looking like a loser

Nov10
by on November 10, 2018 at 3:00 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Offers


There’s been enough solid data fielded over the years to come to a few concrete best practices for digital marketers, bankable information distilled for eager students in the Social Media Marketing Masterclass course bundle. A nearly $1,000 value, this full-service guide to social is on sale now at just $29 from TNW Deals.

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What happened to our VR future?

Nov10
by on November 10, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Contributors


The latest innovation from Oculus — the Oculus Quest — was supposed to take the digital world by storm, but a relatively muted response from the tech community has many scratching their heads and wondering if VR is really all that it’s made out to be. This is a drastic change from just a few years ago, when we were regularly told that VR was the way of the future, and that soon our entire lives would be constructed around alternative virtual realms where the digital sky was the limit. Today, our VR future looks much grimmer than ever before,…

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We’re living in a digital serfdom — trading privacy for convenience

Nov10
by on November 10, 2018 at 10:30 am
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Think for a second: compared to your grandparents and parents, what do you actually own outright? Why own when you can rent, license, or subscribe? This seems to be the new mantra, where nothing is permanent — but everything is convenient. This is the era of the digital nomad, and consequently, it’s also the era of the digital serf. The masses of serfs in the feudal period in Europe provided the labor, and the owners of property reaped the profits. Today, the labor is largely data, and the properties are digital. Before we dive into digital serfdom, let’s take a…

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