Snapchat’s growth stalls in Facebook’s shadow in 1Q report

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Snapchat’s growth stalls in Facebook’s shadow in 1Q report

Business Insider
NEW YORK (AP) – Facebook has been bent on copying Snapchat ever since the social media giant tried unsuccessfully in 2013 to buy what was then an ephemeral photo-messaging app.

Microsoft Build, day 2: Watch the keynote live here at 8:30 a.m. PT/11:30 a.m. ET

CNET
Live from Seattle, it’s day two of Microsoft Build. The second day of the software giant’s 2017 developers conference is scheduled to start at 8:30 a.m.

Minecraft on Nintendo Switch does the trick, hides most of its compromises

Ars Technica
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe only needed a few days to prove that good Wii U games play better—and sell better—on the Nintendo Switch. Coincidentally, the next major game for Switch seems poised to capitalize on the same idea: Minecraft, which officially goes

Nvidia’s bleeding-edge Volta GPU: 5 things PC gamers need to know

PCWorld
Nvidia just revealed the most powerful graphics processor in the world yet again. The next-generation “Volta” graphics architecture made its debut at the annual GPU Technology Conference on Wednesday, jumping off Nvidia’s roadmap and into the real …

Google just acquired one of the most successful VR game studios

The Verge
Google announced today that it’s acquiring Owlchemy Labs, the VR-focused studio that created Job Simulator and Rick and Morty: Virtual Rick-ality.

Sources: BioWare Montreal Scaled Down, Mass Effect Put On Ice For Now

Kotaku
In the wake of BioWare’s polarizing Mass Effect: Andromeda, fans have wondered where the lauded sci-fi series will go next. The answer, according to people familiar with the studio, is nowhere—at least for the time being.

New iPhone Leaks Reveal Apple’s Secret Smartphones

Forbes
Expect a big second half to 2017 from Apple AAPL -0.45%, and at both ends of your budget… A new pair of leaks have revealed our best look yet at the redesigned iPhone 8 (also referred to as the iPhone 7S, iPhone X and even just iPhone) as well as a …

American innovation is the winner as the FCC tackles net neutrality

The Hill (blog)
The Federal Communications Commission is about to take a huge chunk of government overreach out of the internet. On April 26, FCC Chairman Ajit Pai announced that the agenda for the agency’s May 18 meeting includes a notice of proposed rulemaking …

Square Enix Had “Record-High” Sales Last Year

Kotaku
Even though things might sound grim with the IO Interactive split, Square Enix proper is doing well. Really well, it seems. Advertisement.

Microsoft Talks Bringing Apps to Universal Windows Platform, Store

PCMag
SEATTLE—App developers would be well advised to update their apps to Windows 10 S, which will only run apps from the operating system’s app store, known as Windows Store.

EA Announces ‘The Sims Mobile’ Coming Soon to iOS

Mac Rumors
EA has announced a new free-to-play version of The Sims is coming to iPhone and iPad, six years after The Sims Freeplay – a simplified version of the original – launched on the mobile platform.

Why Microsoft’s Cosmos DB represents the future of cloud databases

InfoWorld
At first glance, Microsoft’s new Cosmos DB Azure database seems like a rebadged successor to Azure’s planet-scale NoSQL offering, DocumentDB.

Facebook downranks News Feed links to crappy sites smothered in ads

TechCrunch
Facebook will bury links to low-quality websites and refuse to carry ads pointing to them in a News Feed algorithm change announced today.

Toyota is using Nvidia’s supercomputer to bring autonomous driving to the masses

The Verge
Toyota has tapped Nvidia to help it bring self-driving tech to people – and roads – in just a few years. The automaker will use Nvidia’s Drive PX supercomputer, a platform with a robust new processor called Xavier, to power the autonomous driving

Microsoft’s bid to bring AI to every developer is starting to make sense

Ars Technica
SEATTLE—For the third year in a row, Microsoft is heavily promoting machine-learning services at its Build developer conference.

Microsoft Officially Launches ‘Visual Studio for Mac’ With Cross-Platform App Coding

Mac Rumors
After spending months in preview, Microsoft today is officially launching its Visual Studio coding platform for the Mac (via VentureBeat).

Cortana’s coming to your living room via HP, Intel partnerships

PCWorld
Two more hardware manufacturers are lining up behind Microsoft’s new Cortana-powered appliances: HP and Intel, indicating that Microsoft is turning to its tried-and-true PC partners to usher Cortana into the living room.

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