Former executive vice president of EA Mobile Frank Gibeau is stepping in as the new CEO of Zynga, effective 7th March.Gibeau stepped down from his role at EA after 23 years last May. During his tenor at EA, he controversially stated that he was "proud" of ensuring every EA game f … | Continue reading
Less than a year after returning to lead the company he founded, Mark Pincus is once again out as CEO of Zynga. Today the social gaming company announced that Frank Gibeau, formerly of Electronic Arts and Zynga board member since last August, will be taking over as CEO. Pincus wi … | Continue reading
I feel like this is exactly what the world needs: Dream Theater is getting a digital board game based off of their latest album The Astonishing. It's being made by Turbo Tape Games, the developers of Warhammer: Arcane Magic [$3.99] and UHR-Warlords [$3.99 (HD) / Free (HD)]. While … | Continue reading
Chevrolet's new Corvette Grand Sport is for those who want to look a lot more menacing than they really are.It's like the people who wear fake vampire fangs casually around town. They might be the nicest person in the world; but, based upon looks alone, you wouldn't want to leave … | Continue reading
Although the Moto G wasn't as big of a hit in the US as it was around the world, Motorola is rolling out Marshmallow state-side. | Continue reading
Huawei's upcoming P9 flagship smartphone is expected to come out some time in the first half of 2016, and VentureBeat has obtained close-up photos showing off the phone’s body and a dual-camera system on its back. The feature looks like a revival of the Honor 6 Plus' similar came … | Continue reading
Microsoft held an Xbox spring showcase last week, showing a bunch of games to the press. Here’s a summary of what they announced, as well as links to the interviews we did during the event. We saw a hands-on preview of the first act and first full video episode of Quantum Break, … | Continue reading
The Silver Snakes, Blue Barracudas, and Green Monkeys are coming back to television. Nickelodeon is reviving the '90s game show staple Legends of the Hidden Temple in the form of a fictional TV movie, Variety reports. Legends of the Hidden Temple, which ran from 1996 to 2004, pit … | Continue reading
Today, members of the House Judiciary Committee got a front-row seat to Apple's legal battle with the FBI, in a hearing entitled The Encryption Tightrope. The committee took testimony from FBI Director James Comey, Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance, and Apple General Counse … | Continue reading
If you're a starving artist who at least finds consolation in the fact that a computer will never take your job, you may need to think again.As reported by the Wall Street Journal, last weekend Google held an art auction in San Francisco for works created by its algorithms. The m … | Continue reading
A battle broke out just outside of Jerusalem Monday after GPS mapping app Waze led Israeli soldiers into the Kalandia Palestinian refugee camp. According to several reports, two armed soldiers from the Israeli Defense Force (IDF) Okets unit were traveling in a military vehicle al … | Continue reading
Zynga has a new boss. The mobile developer and publisher announced today that Frank Gibeau will become the company’s new chief executive officer after current CEO Mark Pincus steps down. It’ll be Gibeau’s job to put Zynga back on the path of success. The company helped to start t … | Continue reading
Programmers Whitfield Diffie and Martin E. Hellman, who developed the first form of cryptography for the internet era, have been awarded this year's Turing Award. Named after famed British mathematician Alan Turing, the award is a $1 million cash prize sponsored by Google that's … | Continue reading
After debuting its FF1 concept car at CES this year, Faraday Future is announcing it has patented a power converter that is built for efficiency. The FF Echelon Inverter offers a “simpler, more straightforward design” that achieves 20-30 percent more power density, which transfor … | Continue reading
Entrepreneur, celebrity of the extreme sporting world, and generally insane madman Ken Block has developed a reputation for creating the most entertaining car videos on the planet with his Gymkhana series. This is not an overstatement: you may recall that in his last outing, the … | Continue reading
Yes, the Alexa AI from Amazon — nestled within the Echo or Amazon’s Fire TV — can put together your grocery list or tell you who won the 1971 World Series, but now she can also help you solve the mystery of who killed Batman’s parents. An exclusive from Variety outlines the “unus … | Continue reading
Zynga has returned again to the Electronic Arts well of talent. The social mobile game company has named former EA executive Frank Gibeau as its new chief executive. Zynga made the announcement today, after Gibeau served for seven months on its board of directors. Mark Pincus, th … | Continue reading
Scrolling through the @shopboxfox Instagram account is enough to notice the clean-cut aesthetic: feminine, driven, artistic. However, the ladies behind LA’s BOXFOX, Chelsea Moore, Sabena Suri and Jenni Olivero, are channeling much more than their social media accounts let on; the … | Continue reading
The bitcoin community is hopeful for the digital currency to become the currency of choice across the world one day. However, it may not happen anytime soon. To start with, bitcoin has a long way to go both in terms of its adoption or the technical development. Even if it looks a … | Continue reading
I enjoy story-driven games, which is why I often enjoy Telltale's games quite a bit. So, I was intrigued when I heard about Where Cards Fall, an upcoming game by developers The Game Band, which include a Where's my Water and Skylanders designer, and Snowman, the developers of the … | Continue reading
Having buyer personas is just the first step. Explore four ways to put them to work. | Continue reading
BlackBerry just rolled out some serious upgrades to the BlackBerry Launcher, the default keyboard, and the stock camera app on the Priv. | Continue reading
For years, iPhones and Android phones have needed different cables to charge — Apple requires the Lightning cable and you'll need a micro USB cable for an Android device. But now there’s a single cable that connects to both.The LMcable, which is picking up significant traction on … | Continue reading
Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer gave a passionate defense of encryption today, saying his coming stood with Apple in its legal battle with the FBI. He made his remarks during a keynote address at the RSA security conference in San Francisco. “There is no … | Continue reading
Deutsche Telekom has its hands tied once again. T-Mobile's majority owner has been wanting to sell it off for years, but it now plans to wait until after an upcoming auction for radio airwaves to resume looking for a buyer, according to Reuters.The German telecom company is halti … | Continue reading
The latest in gaming technology is best used for exploring apartments from 1990s sitcoms. First someone made a virtual reality version of Jerry Seinfeld's apartment, and now there's a ridiculously... | Continue reading
A newly launched “tweak store” called Extensify gives iOS users an alternative to jailbreaking their devices, by offering a simpler way to install modified versions of popular third-party applications like Snapchat, YouTube, Twitter, WhatsApp, Vine, Instagram and others. Unlike w … | Continue reading
A person with knowledge of the deal says the Minnesota Timberwolves are planning to call up forward Greg Smith from the D-League for a 10-day contract. | Continue reading
It’s OK, you survived, February is done and March is upon us. The next Valentine’s Day is 350 days away. Before you jump headfirst into almost-Spring though, there’s just time to check out 11 of the best new and updated featured iOS apps from last month – spanning productivity to … | Continue reading
The saying goes that “Any press is good press.” But how true is it? To find out, Frac.tl and Moz examined the media coverage of seven companies before and after positive and negative PR events. In addition to news headlines, it analyzed website traffic, backlinks and social shar … | Continue reading
Mars has never looked more otherworldly than it does in this new Medieval-style map of the planet's surface. We might be pretty familiar with the Red Planet these days thanks to all the robot selfies, breathtaking panoramas, and 360-degree images that are beamed back to us on a d … | Continue reading
Ashes of the Singularity looks like a technical tour de force. In this real-time strategy (RTS) game for the PC, you’ll be able to take direct control of a full army, with as many as 100,000 combat units on the screen at the same time. A title like this doesn’t come along every d … | Continue reading
While we're on the topic of metal bands who just released double albums having games based on their work, Iron Maiden's Legacy of the Beast game is chugging along. Roadhouse Interactive has just released a new cinematic trailer for the game, putting a few more teases out there fo … | Continue reading
Coolest Cooler has burned all the way through its $13 million in funding, and is now searching for an investor to help bail them out. The most funded project in Kickstarter history has hit a wall, and tells backers it now needs more money to help get things back on track and get … | Continue reading
The Boston Celtics' Brad Stevens and the Portland Trail Blazers' Terry Stotts today were named the NBA Eastern and Western Conference Coaches of the Month, respectively, for games played in February. | Continue reading
If you stepped away from video games for a decade, would you recognize them when you returned?Over the weekend, I received an email from Murali Ramanujam, who hasn't played video games in earnest since 2007. Returning to the medium after nine years, he feels lost.As he puts it:I … | Continue reading
Which interactive content types will take off in 2016 for digital storytellers? Find out in this article. | Continue reading
O modern technology, how we love thee! Sure, we may not have the hoverboards and self-tying shoelaces we imagined in the '80s, but there are still plenty of innovations to be thankful for.Now, what are these game-changing inventions and innovations we speak of?Well, we’re big fan … | Continue reading
Pebble is giving two-thirds of its current line-up a $50 price cut: the Time an Time Round are now available for $149.99 and $199.99 respectively. Interestingly, Pebble chose to keep the Pebble Time Steel at the same $249.99 price point. That makes it seem like the Steel is now t … | Continue reading
FBI Director James Comey is owning up to his agency's mistake.In testimony on Tuesday before the Senate Judiciary Committee discussing the FBI's quest to force Apple to create software that will let the agency hack an iPhone 5C that was used by one of the terrorists responsible f … | Continue reading
The Huawei P9 has just leaked out yet again, this time giving us a closer look at the device's dual rear-facing camera setup. | Continue reading
You can now fork over $2K+ to get your Galaxy S7 slickly plated in 24K gold, 18K rose gold, or platinum. | Continue reading
VB WEBINAR: Our power panel of mobile marketers share secrets from the front-lines about turning casual users into die-hard customers who stay engaged and purchase again and again. Not to be missed! Register here for free. It sounds like a no-brainer, doesn’t it: Create a positiv … | Continue reading
This is The Harper Spin, a weekly column from seasoned auto critic Jason H. Harper. He’s raced at Le Mans, crushed a car in a 50-ton tank, and now, he’s bringing his unique style to The Verge.Oh, you shameless, unrepentant hedonists. Baubles of billionaires, playthings of playboy … | Continue reading
It’s OK, you survived, February is done (with an extra day, no less!) and March is upon us. The next Valentine’s Day is 350 days away. Before you jump headfirst into almost-Spring though, there’s just time to check out nine of the best new and updated Android apps from February. … | Continue reading
Pouring petrol on the bonfire of news tech, Google announced that it has invested more than $30m into projects spanning the European news tech scene. The fund’s goal is to ‘help stimulate innovation in digital journalism’ over the next three years, Sundar Pichai, Google’s CEO sai … | Continue reading
Oh what a tangled web we weave … when we’re playing and watching Quantum Break. I discovered that the story behind the big Xbox One and Windows 10 video game coming from Microsoft and Remedy Entertainment is very complicated. That’s the hallmark of Remedy, which made memorable st … | Continue reading
Orangepixel's Heroes of Loot [$3.99] has been a mainstay on my device for the past few years, as I absolutely love how it took the typically methodical and sometimes plodding nature of a roguelike dungeon crawler and replaced it with over-the-top, chaotic shooting and an ultra-fa … | Continue reading