Firewatch Is One of the Most Gorgeous Game’s You’ll See All Year
The game is planned for release on Linux, Mac and Windows sometime in 2015. You can watch the entire trailer here, or check out some of the most …
Apple is reportedly teaming up with American Express on iPhone payments (update: MasterCard too)
Those longstanding rumors of Apple building a mobile payment service may be coming true sooner than you think. Recode’s sources claim that the folks in Cupertino have struck a deal with American Express to work on an iPhone payment system, hot on the…
Apple’s new spaceship is looking more like a landing site
When it’s complete, Apple’s Campus 2 will resemble an enormous space disc descended upon the leafy suburbs of Cupertino, but as of today, it’s looking more like a dustbowl landing site. Still, just seeing the outline for the futuristic new headquarters is impressive, with the nearby blocks of housing giving a good sense of the grand scale at which Apple’s next home is being built. A GoPro-equipped DJI Phantom 2 drone has done an 8-minute aerial tour of the site, taking in a full 360-degree view of its surroundings and eventually descending for a closer look at the foundations presently being laid down.
See author Thomas Pynchon’s hand-written edits to his ‚Simpsons‘ script
Famed — and incredibly reclusive — author Thomas Pynchon no less than shocked fans when he came out of hiding to make two separate celebrity appearances on The Simpsons in 2004. As you might have expected, his appearance was anything but ordinary: not only did his character appear with a paper bag over his head, but executive producer Matt Selman has revealed that Pynchon modified the script that was faxed to him. He wrote in some of his character’s better jokes, including puns that refer to his novels (see: „The Frying of Latke 49“ and „V.-Licious“). Most notably, as you can see in the picture, Pynchon refused to call Homer a „fat ass,“ writing in the margins: „Sorry, guys. Homer is my role model and I can’t speak ill of him.“
Consumer Apps and Services: Microsoft’s Often-Overlooked Crown Jewels
It is here, I think, that Microsoft's "mobile first, cloud first" mantra is most … And sure enough: Microsoft pushed its "Windows only" and then "Windows …