The extremely unpopular SOPA bill was supposed to be the last order of business today as the House Judiciary Committee prepared to break for the holidays, but a parade of objections and amendments (over 50) kept the bill in discussion and at last the committee adjourned without resolving the issues. What was expected in...
In October of 2001, Rockstar Games dropped a bomb on the gaming world. That bomb was called Grand Theft Auto III. In just one release, Rockstar shifted their flagship 2D series into a 3D world, introduced an enormous chunk of the population to the concept of massive sandbox games, and stirred up the first...
We here at ReadWriteWeb understand that everything Retro, especially when it pertains to childhood fun, is new again. You remember your Atari fondly, despite it’s crude attempts to make one game of ball and stick, into another, simply by changing the title. You conveniently forget the fact that despite the lack of a save...
Kickstarter truly is a wonderful place. In an instant, an idea can turn into an actual product. Take the “I FOUGHT SOPA AND ALL I GOT WAS THIS STUPID T-SHIRT” project. The Kickstarter project to get this t-shirt into production started today and it has already received more than enough to get going. 93...
It’s the end of a big week here at ReadWriteWeb. For one, we just got acquired by SAY Media. As I sit here thinking about what happened in 2011 and what’s to come in 2012, I keep in mind the simple fact that soon ReadWriteWeb will be operating under a very clean look and...
Image: Joi Partner Bing Gordon saved KP’s bacon See Also: Meet The Most Powerful People Behind The Largest Tech IPO Since Google INSIDE ZYNGA: Meet The Man Charged With Helping The Company Grow Up Watch Mark Pincus Debut The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google Zynga finally made its debut as a publicly-traded company today...
Image: Joi Partner Bing Gordon saved KP’s bacon See Also: Meet The Most Powerful People Behind The Largest Tech IPO Since Google INSIDE ZYNGA: Meet The Man Charged With Helping The Company Grow Up Watch Mark Pincus Debut The Biggest Tech IPO Since Google Zynga finally made its debut as a publicly-traded company today...
See Also: Sheryl Sandberg Leaving Starbucks Board Facebook’s Revenue Numbers Just Leaked, And The Numbers Look Underwhelming The British Are Drunk In 76 Percent Of Their Facebook Photos Facebook is done moving from its long time headquarters in Palo Alto to a new office park in Menlo Park. The company announced plans to move...
This week, creator of Firefox, Mozilla, announced a holiday charity campaign called the “Mozilla Firefox Challenge” in which it has seeded 12 celebrity backed charities with $5,000. The organization that ends up with the most donations by January 11, 2012 will get an additional $25,000 donation from Mozilla. That’s a total of $85,000 Mozilla...
There’s something very appealing about the design of the London Underground (PDF) Tube maps. The design has spawned plenty of spinoffs, and is in demand for all types of projects. If you’re looking to include something similar in your own project, Nik Kalyani has produced a jQuery plugin that you can use to create...