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- Candy Crush Saga maker preps for $500 million IPO
Candy Crush Saga takes aim at Wall Street. King Entertainment Digital said its revenue hit $1.88 billion in 2013, largely on the strength of Candy Crush Saga, its premiere title.
- Irrational Games, the studio behind Bioshock, will shut down
Irrational's Bioshock franchise was beloved by critics and gamers.
- Galaxy S5 rumors flare up as release date draws near
Galaxy S5 with fingerprint sensor and 16-megapixel camera? Those are two rumors floating around the Web as anticipation for the latest Galaxy smart watch also grows.
- Kickstarter hacked: Change your password
Kickstarter says that hackers accessed usernames, email addresses, phone numbers and passwords. Hackers did not get credit card information, says Kickstarter.
- Microsoft investigates zero-day attack on veterans website
The Website of Veterans of Foreign Wars came under attack this week.
- PlayStation 4 soundly thumping Xbox One, Sony says
A Sony exec says that sales of the PlayStation 4 are 'nearly doubling' sales of the Microsoft Xbox One.
- Users weigh in on Facebook's new custom gender options
Facebook took a step toward making social media more gender-inclusive by introducing a custom gender option in the "About Me" section. What do users think?
- A tech lover's guide to hacking Valentine's Day
From a Google Doodle with true love stories to a 3-D printed meal for two, it's time for Valentine's Day 2.0. Here's how to impress your digitally-inclined loved ones.
- As rivals close in, Verizon introduces 'More Everything' plan
Verizon's new plan includes an across-the-board bump in data.
- Nokia Lumia Icon: Can Verizon's new Windows Phone compete?
The Nokia Lumia Icon is a high-powered device clearly designed to hold its own among market leaders such as the iPhone 5S.
- Bitstamp halts transactions: Bitcoin woes continue
Slovenia-based Bitstamp halted withdrawals Tuesday due to a denial-of-service attack. The Bitstamp debacle is only the most recent problem in an ongoing saga of issues for the online currency. Is this a rocky start or the beginning of the end?
- Flappy Bird is gone. But Flappy Bird malware thrives.
Meanwhile, Terry Cavanagh has released a Flappy Bird tribute called Maverick Bird.
- Firefox will start running ads in the browser
Mozilla will begin selling advertisements on its popular Firefox browser.
- Snapchat says it has fixed latest security flaw
A new security snafu hits Snapchat – as does another solution.
- One step closer to charging devices wireless
Two of the biggest wireless charging groups have teamed up to combine wireless standards in hopes of throwing all cords away once and for all.
- Flappy Bird: The app was yanked to save us from addiction?
Flappy Bird's developer, Dong Nguyen, says he has pulled his popular game due to its "negative effect" on players.
- Why is Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg the top US philanthropist?
The Chronicle of Philanthropy says Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook, and his wife, Priscilla Chan, donated almost a billion dollars to charity in 2013.
- Flappy Bird flies away at height of its popularity
What's behind Dong Nguyen's decision to pull his immensely popular game, Flappy Bird, from app stores when it was pulling down $50,000 of revenue per day?
- HTC hopes to revive its fortunes through cheaper phones
Meanwhile, HTC has hinted its amenable to exploring the wearable-tech business.
- Olympic Charter gets a colorful (and political) Google doodle
A not-so-subtle Google doodle Friday that included a quote from the Olympic Charter on athlete equality sent a message that lines up with the company’s previous pro-gay rights statements.