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Online FPS sets Guinness world record with 999 simultaneous players
A browser-based FPS called Man vs Machine, made by a Swedish non-profit technology organization, was host to the record-setting largest online gaming session ever with 999 simultaneous players. Read more… Neowin.net
Mobile payments: financial players are in the driver’s seat
The momentum behind mobile payments is picking up as we kick off a big year in mobile wallets, but many of the newest challengers in the space are going to have to overcome one nagging reality: consumers still trust their … Continue reading
Bessemer Cloudscape: A map of the major cloud players
Even as global markets struggle beneath the weight of unemployment, government paralysis, debt crises and Occupy Wall Street, one segment of the economy enjoys explosive growth with the promise of leading the recovery, one job at a time: cloud computing. … Continue reading
A cheatsheet of peer-to-peer car sharing players
Two peer-to-peer car sharing startups have launched in the Bay Area in recent months (there’s at least five here now), and there’s now four peer-to-peer car sharing companies in France. Yeah, it looks like a bubble, but the amount of … Continue reading
As the Smartphone Turns: players jockey for positions around the Elephants In the Room
As we enter the Mango era, possibly the first make or break test of Microsoft’s latest foray into the smartphone market, things couldn’t be set up better for a challenger to make a move into the space. Microsoft, while it … Continue reading