Devin Connors Legacy Author, Author at The Escapist

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Amazon Might Reveal a Set-Top Box, Streaming Service Next Week

The set-top box comes first, with possible Amazon streaming service a few months later. Rumors of TV-connected Amazon hardware have been swirling for ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 28, 2014

Science and Tech Previews

Astro Gaming A38 Beta: Noise Cancellation Gets a Cool Factor

Quality noise-cancelling headsets are rarely cheap, but the technology has been permeating in the consumer space long enough to make the purchase less ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 27, 2014

News

Facebook is Buying Oculus VR for $2 Billion – Update 4

Deal is for $400 million in cash, and $1.6 billion in Facebook stock. Update 4: This is speculation, without a doubt, but maybe, ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 25, 2014

News

Nvidia News: Shield Gets New Software, and the $3,000 Titan Z GPU

Nvidia pushes out a feature-rich OTA update for the Shield in April, and unveils a new $3,000 super GPU. Nvidia is dropping plenty ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 25, 2014

News

New M8 HTC One Available Today for $199

The 2014 One might be the best Android phone currently available. Yearly hardware refreshes in the high-end smartphone space is now a commonality ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 25, 2014

News

A First: US Dept. of Justice Convicts Two for Mobile App Piracy

Two men convicted of pirating over one million Android apps over two years. For the first time ever, the Department of Justice has ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 25, 2014

News

The Price of Marketing on Facebook is About to Go Way, Way Up

Unless companies shell out cash, post visibility is expected to drop to 1-2%. Facebook, for all its positives and shortcomings, exists as a ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 24, 2014

GDC 2014

26 GDC Attendees Tell Us What They Learned – in Pictures

We gave GDC 2014 attendees a whiteboard and a pen and asked them to quickly write down in one sentence what they learned. ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

GDC 2014

Hands-On With Oculus Dev Kit 2, and Looking to Retail

The new development kit is shipping in July, so we decided to see how close the unit was to being ready. Oculus VR ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 20, 2014

GDC 2014

Hands-On With Sony’s Project Morpheus VR Headset

VR is one of the bigger themes at GDC 2014, and Sony is officially in the thick of the virtual reality movement. Its ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

News

The Next Oculus Rift Developer Kit is Coming in July for $350

Oculus Dev Kit 2 packs an OLED wallop. The next development kit from Oculus VR is coming later this year, and it’s a ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

GDC 2014

Sony Reveals PS4 VR Headset, Project Morpheus

Update Sony took the wraps off its PlayStation VR headset today, putting an end to rumors and speculation that have run rampant for ...

By Devin Connors Legacy AuthorMarch 19, 2014

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