Posts Tagged with ‘Newsweek’

Shift Edit: We’ll Pay for It. Start Charging Now.

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

There is nothing worse than attempting to read a live blog of an event. NOTHING. It's painful and slow to constantly have to refresh the page to see what completely non-newsworthy information may have been added, and in the case of you, Engadget, add scrolling through the post to the BOTTOM for the newest information.
I would gladly pay money to whomever and for whatever can alleviate this pain, both from the blogger's perspective as well as the reader's, and Shift [...]

Everyone’s Waiting for Spore: Gaming with 2.0

Cyndy Aleo-Carreira

Gamers have been waiting for more than two years for Spore, the release from Sims creator Will Wright that has been rumored to be vaporware. With a final release date given as September 7, 2008, the wait finally has an end date. But what does Spore have to do with Web 2.0?
Spore will be the first game released that not only has social networking capabilities, but also takes advantage of existing Web 2.0 technologies from outside the EA umbrella. [...]