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User Agreements are Long and Boring, but Sometimes EULA Get Rewarded
You guys know I always try to have your back on the technical front. Whether it’s just some advice on new tech that’s coming out, game previews, tech law or tips on keeping your digital life safeguarded, I like helping…
Xbox One Kinect Requirement Dropped
Seriously, I’m surprised Microsoft didn’t call their new console the Xbox 180, because that’s what they’ve been doing since their next console’s big reveal. Which is both good and bad really. Good in the sense that they’re actually listening to…
Projects, Tech PM’s Sanity and Cthulhu [tf charts]
Everyone living as a technology project manager or in any job description where “technology project manager” falls into knows that there are both good projects and bad. They also know that most of them, regardless of a “good” or “bad”…
Microsoft Backpedals on Xbox One DRM Policies
Backpedal (verb): to retreat or move backward. Last night the internet saw Microsoft go into full backpedal mode on their DRM practices for the upcoming Xbox One in a post on their site titled“Your Feedback Matters – Update on Xbox…
US Military Ready to Court Martial the Xbox One
Remember a while back when former Xbox director Adam Orth put his foot in his digital mouth, tweeting to us all that if there is an always on connection (of course before they confirmed it) that we can all #dealwithit? As…
AT&T Customer? Prepare to get Nickeled and Dimed (Pennied too)
I’m usually enraged with everyone that runs the show in the mobile consumer space. Over the years, I’ve found (as well as you’ve found I’m sure) that the major players do their level best to squeeze every copper penny out…
Xbox One Update – The Whole Internet Connection Thing
** Updated Info on the Xbox One and internet connections ** In my earlier post talking covering the big Xbox One reveal today, I got a little bit into the whole always on issue. From those who had hands-on experience…
The World’s Biggest Game of PONG hits the Philadelphia Skyline for Philly Tech Week 2013
Those who know me know that I love the concept of multiclassing. I love when digital plays with real. When nerdery exists with business. When education holds hands with gaming. When technology tangos with art. And I have the good…
Microsoft Creative Director Doesn’t Deny Always-On Rumors, Tells us to #dealwithit
Remember when I told you kids about the rumor that the next iteration of the Xbox console would require an always-on connection? Even after those rumors have spread like wildfire, drawing a collective “WTF guys?” from the gaming community, Microsoft is…
