Daily Archives: 04.11.2014

Activision Blizzard sees strong sales as Destiny outperforms expectations

By Nick Statt After Destiny’s September release, Activision is the latest large game maker to beat Wall Street estimates with the help of online purchases, signaling a bounce back for the industry.

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Self-driving car advocates tangle with messy morality

By Stephen Shankland It’s not all about 3D laser scanners and infrared cameras. Self-driving car engineers also must decide whether it’s better for a car to kill one person to save five.
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C-3PO thinks ‘Episode 7’ will be better than ‘Empire Strikes Back’

By Anthony Domanico Anthony Daniels, the definitive voice behind the lovable “Star Wars” droid C-3PO, thinks that the forthcoming “Episode 7” could be better than “The Empire Strikes Back.”
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Windows Phone owners can now make mobile payments, via Softcard

By Lance Whitney The new Softcard app from AT&T allows for tap-to-pay transactions — assuming you have an NFC-enabled Windows Phone handset and meet other requirements.

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Internet ad spending to overtake TV in ’16, research firm predicts

By Ben Fox Rubin Forrester Research also predicts that annual spending on online ads in the US will top $100 billion in 2019, as advertisers follow consumer habits.

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Internet ad spending to overtake TV in ’16, research firm predicts

By Ben Fox Rubin Forrester Research also predicts that annual spending on online ads in the US will top $100 billion in 2019, as advertisers follow consumer habits.

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