Consumer Intelligence Research Partners says its data suggests that around 20% of US iPhone buyers in Q3 opted to buy one of the three iPhone 11 models despite availability being limited to the final week in the quarter.
The market intelligence firm says more budget-conscious consumers had two different approaches to balancing features against price…
First, and most obviously, to buy the…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare multiplayer impressions — A romp through a battlefield playground
October 24, 2019
While the single-player campaign of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is intense, ponderous, and serious, the tone of multiplayer combat the opposite. It’s a romp through a battlefield playground, where players shriek for joy whenever they get a kill.
I’ve played the full…
Where to watch the Apple TV app: iPhone, iPad, Mac, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, smart TVs, and more
October 24, 2019
The Apple TV app is Apple’s attempt to unify content from multiple channels and providers into a single experience with an Up Next queue of shows in progress, recommendations about what to watch next, and access to your purchases from the iTunes video and movie…
Google Stadia’s first game-dev studio opens in Montreal
October 24, 2019
Google is launching its cloud-gaming service Stadia on November 19. The company is positioning this as the first giant leap into a console-less future. But one thing that will help Stadia succeed is marquee, exclusive content. So hopefully Google is starting to make some of its own games. Well, today, the company revealed that it is opening a studio in Montreal to do exactly that. That team…
GameStop may begin selling Call of Duty: Modern Warfare early
October 24, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare launches tonight for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4 when the clock strikes midnight. But you probably don’t have to wait until October 25 to start playing the military shooter. If you purchase it digitally, Activision plans to unlock the game…
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare — The single-player campaign begins with a couple of blasts
October 24, 2019
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare starts out with a notice that says it has mature content. You have to click on it where it says, “I understand.”
That is your last chance to turn around before you get sucked into the enthralling but brutal story of modern war. Then it begins…
Incode raises $10 million to verify identities with AI
October 24, 2019
Incode, a San Francisco startup developing what it describes as an omnichannel biometric identity platform, today announced that it’s raised $10 million in seed funding from undisclosed investors. Founder and CEO Ricardo Amper said that the newfound capital will enable Incode to accelerate the development and rollout of its tools globally, some of which are already being used by major banks…
Mike Ybarra joins Blizzard after years as Xbox services boss
October 24, 2019
Blizzard Entertainment is getting a new executive from Microsoft. Mike Ybarra is taking on the role of executive vice president and general manager at the Overwatch and World of Warcraft publisher.
This comes two weeks after Ybarra left his long-time position on…
National Grid Partners, the investment arm of big power company National Grid, announced it has invested in three new startups in artificial intelligence and energy infrastructure, bringing its portfolio of investments in the past year to 18 companies.
NGP has invested in…
The OxygenOS Open Beta 4 should be available to download for the OnePlus 7 and OnePlus 7 Pro very soon and brings a long list of new tweaks and improvements for Android 10.
Officially announced on the OnePlus forums, the update isn’t quite ready yet as the development team is still “addressing an issue.”
Considering that we saw Open Beta 3 hit devices just a few weeks ago, this is quite the…
