Analysis
Soccer star Lionel Messi is better than supermodel Kate Upton when it comes to advertising games (updated)
Opinion
How Google’s latest game gives a glimpse of our augmented-reality future
4 questions that reveal whether you have the hottest job skill of 2014
Guest
Listen up: Social listening proves critical for successfully launching new gadgets
Intel confirms that Lenovo will use Atom chips in two new smartphones next year
Feature
Princesses invade Disney Infinity 2.0
Russia’s currency needs help, but don’t count on Bitcoin
Zudy™, the Enterprise Platform Software Company secures $7.5 Million in Funding from Miami Stuff, LLC.
Prime-time: Amazon’s annual membership is now too good to ignore, and local retailers should be afraid
Developer claims Spintires publisher is ending support for the game
OMG! Guardians of the French language warn against using ‘LOL’
Cut the Rope maker ZeptoLab releases $5 mobile game My Om Nom
SoloHealth is raising another $15M for its consumer biometric health kiosks
WordPress 4.1 arrives with new default theme, distraction-free writing mode, Vine embeds, and more
A Street Fighter first: Capcom ditches in-house engines for Unreal Engine 4
P97 Networks Closes $8 Million Series A Funding Round Led by Emerald Technology Ventures and ATAPCO
Funding Daily: Today’s tech funding news, in one place
Smartphone theft hit 3M Americans in 2013 thanks to a growing black market
Microsoft brings Windows Phone carrier billing to China, India, Brazil, and Verizon in the U.S.
GameAnalytics raises $5.5M and hires new CEO
Secret’s relaunch adds 1-on-1 chat and location-based sharing
Two of gaming’s hottest brands combine: Telltale making an episodic Minecraft series
The Yahoo app gets more personalized with local news and comments on both iOS and Android
Photography community EyeEm’s latest feature teaches you to edit photos like a pro
Mixpanel grabs $65M from Andreessen Horowitz to fund acquisitions and an R&D team
Pandora launches its first native game console app — and it’s for Xbox One
Messaging giant Line buys Microsoft-owned music streaming app MixRadio
Airbnb’s mobile site is now almost as good as its app
Best of 2014: The indie games we adore
Hampton Creek, changing the world one plant-based mayo jar at a time, gets $90M
Airbnb’s tax-collecting duties extend to Europe, Amsterdam-based hosts to pay from February
Meep! Meep! Zynga launches its Looney Tunes Dash runner game
CSI creator unveils ‘gamified narrative’ Mysteryopolis game-cartoon hybrid show
Awear wants you to use your fingers to send text messages from your smartwatch
Mobile gamemaker Ucool launches a TV ad blitz for Heroes Charge
Exclusive
Google releases open-source Java SDK for Cloud Dataflow service to form data pipelines
Exclusive
King rebounds with Candy Crush Soda Saga in App Annie’s November report
Baidu researchers beef up the search giant’s speech recognition savvy
