Zynga’s acquisition of Finland’s Small Giant Games last year represented a triumph for the surging Finnish mobile gaming studio as well as another sign of its new owner’s turnaround.
But given that most acquisitions fail, it was also a huge risk for both sides. How can one company buy another without quashing the culture and creativity that made it a success?
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There has been some rumors about a Sony Xperia 3, an upcoming flagship for 2020. It may have been spotted in Geekbench, showing a Snapdragon 865 chipset and 12GB of RAM. The chipset has been mentioned before in rumors, so it was expected in a way. The RAM, however, is twice…
After scheduling an official launch date for its first truly wireless earbuds, Realme went ahead and revealed the first set of details on the earphones as well as their official name – Realme Buds Air.
The earbuds will support instant pairing via Bluetooth 5.0 and…
Prices of Galaxy S10 lite, Note10 lite, Galaxy A71 and A51 appear on online retailer
December 9, 2019
The Samsung Galaxy A (2020) phones will be unveiled this Thursday, but a Slovakian retailer couldn’t wait this long and put up pages for the Galaxy A51 through A91. The pages were clearly placeholders, though someone forgot to hide the prices.
The Samsung Galaxy A91 is rumored to sell under the name “Galaxy S10 lite” in some markets. It will be the priciest of the bunch, at €670 it’s…
Dreamscaper puts a nightmarish twist on action-RPGs
December 9, 2019
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Afterburner Studios began as a lark. Cofounders Robert Taylor, Ian Cofino, and Paul Svoboda had just left their previous company…
The end is nigh for Windows 10 Mobile. We already knew that technical support for the mobile operating system would end on December 10th, 2019 (yep, that’s tomorrow). Now, we have an official end-of-life date for the Windows 10 Mobile Office apps, too: January 12th…
The very first hands-on image leak of the alleged Galaxy S11 has now surfaced, although you would be hard-pressed to work out just what you’re looking at given the quality of the leaked images.
Despite that, the upcoming flagship is visible even in a supposed ‘leakproof case’ due to that quite distinctive new camera layout that was showcased previously in CAD-based renders. Given the track…
Oppo will release the Reno3 lineup, and while there is still no launch date, the company revealed the looks of the device. There will be at least two phones – Reno3 and Reno3 Pro – with the latter having 5G connectivity both on SA and NSA networks.
Both devices…
Exclusive: Epic submitting Fortnite for Android to Play Store in hopes of special billing exception
December 9, 2019
In launching on Android last year, Fortnite could not be installed by simply going to the Play Store. Rather, the battle royale game has to be downloaded directly from Epic Games and then sideloaded. This is primarily due to the developer not wanting to give Google its…
Apple may offer tighter iOS parental controls this week
December 9, 2019
Apple’s flurry of iOS updates might include one more substantial tweak before the holiday break. Vietnamese carrier Viettel has posted a page that hints at a release for iOS 13.3 (plus a minor watchOS 6.1.1 update) this coming week, most likely on or before December 11th. The new software could represent a big deal for parents thanks to the ability to limit access to contacts in Screen…
