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Apple vs. Google: A world view on the mobile gaming war
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SaaS database startup Connectivity hauls in $6.3 million
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Facebook’s desktop gaming revenue slips in the first quarter of 2014
Hulu brings Chromecast-like screen-casting to video game consoles
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Minecraft gets a complete re-creation of Denmark — yes, the entire country
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Dark Souls II launches today on PC but preorder deal still available
Surface sales up 50% from last year — down nearly 50% from holiday quarter
Security concerns aside, the public cloud market will hit $191B by 2020
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In first quarter, Microsoft ships 2M consoles — including 1.2M Xbox Ones
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