Yahoo Bets On Fantasy Sports With Real-Money Gaming
July 9th, 2015
Via The Wall Street Journal, an interesting report on Yahoo’s bet on fantasy sports: Yahoo Inc. is looking to supplement its stagnant advertising business with a new foray into legal online gambling. The Internet company on Wednesday unveiled a retooled version of its fantasy-sports mobile app that lets users wager real money daily and weekly against their […]
Read more »Like The Real Game: Fantasy Sports Worth Billions
June 27th, 2015
Via AFP, a look at the rise of fantasy sports: Fantasy sports were once just a fun way for diehard fans to express their love of the game together with other zealots, without actually getting out on the field themselves. Now they are a multibillion-dollar business whose tech-savvy clientele increasingly drive how the pro leagues […]
Read more »Virtual Reality Amusement Park Includes A Virtual Zoo
June 19th, 2015
Via Mashable, an interesting article on a virtual reality amusement park being developed in China: Despite major efforts from the likes of Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Samsung’s Gear VR, virtual reality is still a largely niche technology. But one entertainment group has decided that VR is indeed the future of entertainment and plans to build an entire live […]
Read more »SynCurrency: Can Bitcoin Conquer Argentina?
May 7th, 2015
Courtesy of the New York Times, a detailed look at the potential for Argentina – with its volatile currency and dysfunctional banks – to be the perfect place to experiment with a new digital currency: Dante Castiglione stalked through the doors of a glass-walled office tower on the edge of downtown Buenos Aires, just a […]
Read more »Esports: A $612M Industry With Over 164M Viewers
May 6th, 2015
Via Silicon Angle, an interesting look at eSports globally: It is getting harder and harder to call Esports a niche market, as a new report by research firm SuperData Research Inc says that esports has become a $612 million industry. “In many ways competitive gaming seems, at least at first glance, to resemble traditional sports,” SuperData wrote in the […]
Read more »The Future Of Games Will Focus On Escaping From Reality—And Improving It
April 27th, 2015
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal, an interesting article on the future of games: Do you want an escape from everyday life, or a way to change your life? In the coming decades, gaming technology will make both choices possible in 3-D virtual reality to a degree unheard of today. Anyone wishing to explore imaginary […]
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