This game we play, this cycle of life that goes on around us, always comes to an end. Without sounding to gloomy or depressing on this fine Friday morning, I’ll simply say that no matter how popular a service or product once was, the inevitable end comes. Such is the untimely tale of the original Xbox’s demise, or more specifically Xbox Live support for the aging console. On April 15th, original Xbox users will lose their online gaming abilities. Anger and...
Of all the terrible ideas I’ve heard of how to “revolutionize the internet” or “make it a safer place”, Microsoft’s Chief Research and Strategy Officer Craig Mundie has far and wide the worst idea. His idea calls for “internet driver’s licenses” to be required by law so that the shroud of secrecy and anonymity would be no more. Regardless of your personal beliefs, anonymity and the act of speeking your mind with a...
Where were you and what were you doing 6 years ago? I can tell you that for Mark Zuckerberg, Eduardo Saverin, Dustin Moskovitz and Chris Hughes, February 4th 2004 was the start of an entirely new life. Back when Facebook (originally “thefacebook) was launched, MySpace was in it’s hayday. People were signing up and logging into MySpace left and right, and Full HD 1080p was a rare novelty. (Gee, what a difference a few years makes huh?) Over the last 6...
Being a tech junkie, I know first hand how fast the market progresses. What was new only a few months to few years ago is now old, ancient, and archaic. The video game industry is like the bigger market as a whole, a pretty fast mover. Games are constantly being released, pushing the graphical boundaries of what we thought was the upper limit. But just how old is old and how new is new? According to EA, the “old” line starts back in ’09. Like playing...
At some point or another in our lives, we’ve all sought out some way to become famous. Whether we were motivated by monetary dreams to the simple love of attention or anything in between, fame is one of those things that so many seek out yet fall short of. For good reason too. It’s hard getting noticed and appealing to a wide group of people. So how do you get your foot in the door? A new site 15toFame looks to be a new tool in the tech minded individuals of...
