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Longview IoT Boosts Energy and Wireless Efficiency

By Rich Tehrani on Monday, May 20

Some of the biggest challenges slowing down the adoption of IoT are security, efficient battery usage and optimized wireless communications.One company has...

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Hallmark's Simple, Inexpensive Way to Boost Customer Satisfaction

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

In an effort to boost margins, companies often push more users to automated solutions such as FAQs, chatbots, voice bots and anything...

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Tagged call center, contact center, crm, customer service, hallmark, net promoter score, nps, tsr

Huawei Places the World's First 5G VoNR Video Call

By Rich Tehrani on Friday, May 17

Huawei recently completed the world's first voice over NR (VoNR) call. The voice and video call service was made using two Huawei...

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IGEL Advances Future of Work

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, May 16

IGEL is a provider of a next-gen edge OS for cloud workspaces. The company’s software products include IGEL OS, IGEL UD Pocket (UDP) and Universal...

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Tagged automation, displayport, fow, future, future of work, google, green technology, linux, microsoft

Tata Communications and Cisco Collaborate on SD-WAN

By Rich Tehrani on Thursday, May 16

Tata Communications and Cisco have extended their partnership to enable enterprises to transform their legacy network to a customized and secure multi-cloud...

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How to Win the 50-Year-Old China Trade War

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, May 15

Today and this week in-fact is historic - the left and right in the U.S. agree that we have a major trade...

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Tagged apple lost american jobs, china, supply chain

Extreme Elements Enables The Autonomous Enterprise

By Rich Tehrani on Wednesday, May 15

Extreme Networks just announced Extreme Elements which in-turn enables the autonomous network and subsequently the autonomous enterprise. In a dynamic webinar, Dan...

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Fallout 4 Theories Confirmed: How You Survived the Vault

July 29, 2015

Fallout 4 has had plenty of news come out around it over the course of the last few weeks, and will likely have plenty more afoot before the game actually arrives in stores. One major point has been settled: just how you--as the player--managed to survive, and as it turns out, our earlier projections were proven somewhat right.

You'll remember that, back in late June, we offered up three possible projections as to how you can not only be alive for 200 years after the bombs drop, but sufficiently alive that your Mr. Handy unit Codsworth recognizes you. There were three ways I could immediately project, and those were cryogenics, cloning and the thought that you were an android duplicate as opposed to a human being.

At the time, I put the weight on the android theory, with cryonics second and cloning as the long shot. A new report in Game Informer notes that, 200 years after the fact, you'll be emerging from cryosleep as the last survivor of Vault 111.

Tagged: Android (operating system), Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, Fallout (series), Fallout 2, Fallout 3, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, Fallout: New Vegas, Fat Man, Maryland, QuakeCon : Related Tags: vault, fallout, plenty

There's One Big Problem With the Fallout 4 Mod Tools...

July 28, 2015

...they don't technically exist yet. That's right; the mod tools for "Fallout 4" aren't actually around to do anything with.

That's not exactly great news, especially for a game that's big selling point was its ability to be modified. But there's actually a good reason for this; reports direct from Pete Hines say that the company is focusing on getting the game done ahead of its November launch date. Then, in 2016, the company will move to mod tools in 2016.

With the launch date a little over three months out, the news that "Fallout 4" is "basically done," as a separate report from Pete Hines noted, means that there's just a few basic things to do.

Tagged: Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, Dogmeat, Fallout (series), Fallout 3, GameSpot, Maryland, Personal computer, PlayStation, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Todd Howard : Related Tags: tools ready, tools, fallout, ready, launch, right

Five Nights At Freddy's 4 Arrives, Already

July 27, 2015

Remember that first time you played, or just watched, Five Nights at Freddy's, and Chica or Bonnie--probably not Freddy at first--jumped out of nowhere and waggled their collective anatomy in your face? Remember jumping in your seat? Well, we just got a similar-style scare as the release of "Five Nights at Freddy's 4" leapt out of a dark corner and waggled a $7.99 price tag at us.

Yes, that's right; the game that everyone thought wasn't coming until Halloween is apparently now available on Steam at the aforementioned $7.99 price tag. There were reportedly some issues with the fullscreen option, but reports suggest that Cawthon expects fairly quick fixes for it.

Tagged: Amanda Seyfried, Batman, Cara Delevingne, Facebook, Halloween, Hugh Jackman, Peter Pan, Rocksteady Studios, Steam (software), Warner Bros. : Related Tags: nights freddy, freddy, nights, halloween, development, coming

Keyboard and Mouse for Xbox One May Be Coming Soon

July 22, 2015

While console gamers and PC gamers have been somewhat at odds of late, there are some surprising interminglings that make these two seemingly disparate groups more similar than some might expect. A new development coming fairly soon to Xbox One will narrow the gap still further, as support for keyboard and mouse is "not far away."

The word about the new control scheme came from Microsoft's Phil Spencer, who hit Twitter with the news. Though there was already keyboard support for Xbox One, according to reports, the move will mean official support for the devices, without the need for adapters, end runs, or anything similar.

Spencer reportedly also noted a possibility of streaming a Windows 10 PC to the Xbox One, and also the Xbox team is said to be working on the reverse as well, where the Xbox One's content can be streamed to a PC, a feature that will reportedly go live when Windows 10 does.

Having gamed on PC before, and having largely switched to console since thanks to the greater simplicity and ease of use--I've long since had enough of adjusting settings and checking box specs before buying a piece of software--I can say that there's not much I miss about the PC gaming experience. Sure, there are games I'd love to see migrate to consoles that are playable on PC.

Tagged: Game controller, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Mouse (computing), Operating system, Personal computer, Phil Spencer, Streaming media, Twitter, Xbox : Related Tags: keyboard mouse, keyboard support, control scheme, keyboard, mouse, though

Five Nights At Freddy's Four Trailer Launches, Fanbase Freaks Out

July 21, 2015

Although the headline might sound like a slam on Five Nights at Freddy's--or FNAF, as it's commonly known--fans, I have to admit they've got good reason. The fourth installment of Five Nights at Freddy's, set to arrive this Halloween and just under two weeks ahead of Fallout 4, looks like it's about to do something totally different.

While admittedly, the layout of every FNAF title has been different--the smaller Freddy Fazbear's Pizzeria to start with, the larger version of the second one, the Fazbear's Fright horror experience of the third--each has been in a business revolving around these animatronic horrors. But this version, the trailer revealed, will be somewhere completely different: someone's house.

Naturally, that's got a lot of people wondering what the deal is, and while it's possible that we're not actually in someone's house but a clever facsimile of same, the trailer shows what is clearly a house with beds, at least two hallways, a closet, and similar such features.

Tagged: 3D printing, Alan Turing, Animatronics, App of the Day, Balloon boy hoax, Bethesda, Breaking Bad, Fallout (series), Family-friendliness, Halloween, Maryland : Related Tags: nights freddy, house naturally, previous versions, being referred, house, freddy

Will Skyrim Improve Fallout 4? Todd Howard Says Yes.

July 20, 2015

It's been the universal problem for Fallout games since the third one, and in many ways, the problem with pretty much every Bethesda game so far: glitches. Those random, game-breaking bugs that have players clipping through rocks, falling through the floor into the universal nothingness beneath the thin crust of a gaming reality, and just plain old locking up, forcing a hard reset and recovery from a save that hopefully wasn't corrupted.

But new reports from no less than Fallout 4 director Todd Howard suggests that Skyrim's problems may mean a saving grace for Fallout 4.

Howard noted that the biggest concern, as far as Fallout 4 went, was protecting saved data. If the game crashes, well, that's a problem, but a problem that can be fixed with a simple reset.

Tagged: Bethesda Softworks, Downloadable content, Fallout (series), Fallout 3, Game Informer, PlayStation, Saved game, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Todd Howard, Xbox : Related Tags: bethesda games, howard, problem, problems, bethesda, fallout

Fathom Events Readies International DOTA 2 Championship for the Big Screen

July 15, 2015

With all the post-E3 fallout, not to mention all the news about the latest Fallout, Fallout 4, we haven't heard a lot about the e-sports market lately. But needless to say, this is a field that's still going great guns by most every applicable standard, and there's one big point that will help fuel that concept as the International DOTA 2 Championship makes its way to the big screen.

More specifically, Fathom Events--a firm already well-known for providing unusual event releases to movie theaters--will be bringing the International DOTA 2 Championship to movie theaters. The event will be broadcast live, according to reports, and seen at almost 400 theaters throughout the United States. A complete list of said theaters can be found at Fathom Events' website, with updates said to be made "daily."

Naturally, this is one of the biggest events in the e-sports calendar, and there will likely be plenty of viewers on hand at Seattle's KeyArena to watch the action live.

Tagged: Agence France-Presse, Alan Joyce, Film, Los Angeles, Minecraft, Movie theater, Theatre, United States, Video game, YouTube : Related Tags: fathom events, movie theaters, theaters, events, sports, international

QuakeCon 2015: Another Bad Bright Idea From Bethesda

July 14, 2015

I don't know what's going on out in the hallowed halls of Bethesda these days, but these guys keep putting out some really great ideas with absolutely catastrophic downsides to them. First it was offering a giveaway game that most of its target market probably already had, and now it's a strange development out of QuakeCon 2015, featuring one of the most hotly anticipated games of the year, Fallout 4.

This time around, the idea focuses on QuakeCon 2015, a major event by any standard boosted to a fever pitch by the revelation that, this year, there would be a special gameplay demo of Fallout 4 joining the fracas this year, along with new looks at Doom and The Elder Scrolls Online. Great, except for one key point: the Fallout 4 demo will not be streamed, but only shown to attendees.

See what I mean? Another great idea with serious downside.

Tagged: Android (operating system), Bethesda, Doom (video game), Fallout (series), Id Software, Maryland, QuakeCon, The Elder Scrolls, The Elder Scrolls Online, Todd Howard, Xbox : Related Tags: great ideas, sharp stick, quakecon, going, great, likely

R.I.P Satoru Iwata

July 13, 2015

Satoru Iwata was a man who experienced a lot of things. He's seen the development of a host of different games and different systems. And now, word has emerged that Satoru Iwata has passed on following a bile duct growth. As sad a day as this is for gamers everywhere--and Nintendo fans in particular--it leaves some unpleasant questions in its wake.

Iwata's career has gone on for some time, starting out as a freelance programmer for HAL Laboratory.

Tagged: Balloon Fight, Bile duct, EarthBound, GameCube, HAL Laboratory, Hiroshi Yamauchi, Nintendo, Nintendo DS, Satoru Iwata, Wii : Related Tags: satoru iwata, serious challenge, gaming market, nintendo, iwata, company

My Time in Bethesda's Fallout Shelter

July 8, 2015

One of the biggest surprises of E3 2015 was Bethesda's revelation that it had made a completely different kind of Fallout game: Fallout Shelter. This resource management vault simulation was weak sauce compared to the grand buffet of graphic and plot excess that would be coming our way this November--which can't come soon enough as far as I'm concerned--but after trying it anyway, I found myself surprisingly pleased with this little title.

Some have called it a shameless cash grab, a title that's not only incorrect, but is also downright scurrilous. The game is being given away at no charge, for one, and though there are microtransactions involved, this is no pay-to-win title; the purchase options just provide a few extra resources, the kind that can readily be had within the game itself just by playing it and accomplishing various challenges.

Though admittedly, this isn't the kind of game I play often, my time with it was still sufficiently enjoyable. I doubt I'll come back to my Vault often--the resource management gameplay tends to require a certain kind of mentality to enjoy, and I don't think I do--I could see playing it in 10 minute increments every so often.

Tagged: App Store (iOS), Bethesda, Bethesda Softworks, Fallout (series), Fallout (video game), Fallout shelter, Free-to-play, IOS, Maryland, The Vault (wiki), Todd Howard : Related Tags: fallout shelter, little taste, resource management, little something, little, fallout

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