Amazon makes a big deal out of Black Friday, by starting its sales early and maintaining interest with limited-time ?Lightning Deals? which pop up throughout the sale period.

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England is launching an experiment to see if competition can get people to use water more wisely.

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Forbes contributor Todd Kenreck and creative director James Phinney talk about how Motiga studio came up with Gigantic, a five vs. five multiplayer shooter game (which also includes one really big monster).

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Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus to the tune of $2 billion, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) have attracted interest. VR is getting a lot of attention because of support from the hardware, ISV, middleware, and investment communities. Since 2010, VR has gotten a total of $800 million in investment, with $300 million this year alone. Some investments are being driven by grandiose expectations, but I think VR is going to take time to saturate the market—if ever. I want to preface this article by saying I am a huge proponent of VR. I believe VR has the potential to fundamentally change how we do many things today. However, I believe that expectations and valuations could hurt VR if they are set too high. This year, I’ve studied various reports from different firms, including investment banks, and realized that many don’t know how much VR is worth or will be worth.

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Razer CEO Min-Liang Tan says Razer Cat, the first tournament-ready controller for the Xbox One won’t again get banned for being illegal. He does say the controller is absolutely unfair… a strong selling point no doubt.

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EA recently revealed new details about the upcoming free downloadable content for Star Wars: Battlefront. The Battle of Jakku will include a new game mode called Turning Point, a 40-player match in which the Rebels need to capture thee control points from the Imperial players.

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Dependent on your frame of reference, there are three mountains that could arguably be the tallest mountain in the world

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In January 2013, a study commissioned by the Edison Electric Institute predicted that distributed generation would disrupt the electric utility industry.

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There are a lot of halo Android smartphones on the market these days, with multiple new offerings from Google, Motorola, and HTC. But amongst the fanfair for new Nexus devices and the virtually shatterproof Motorola Droid Turbo 2, LG may have missed some well-deserved spotlight for their latest flagship device. I’ve been spending time over the past couple of weeks with the new LG V10 and it’s probably one of the biggest surprises for me as we roll into the usual Q4 fast and furious refresh cycle. I was pleasantly surprised I might add. LG was undoubtedly listening to feedback on their previous version G3 and G4 flagships, where compromises made in the company’s effort to maintain a removable backplate and user-serviceable battery, amounted to certain sacrifices in sturdy build quality. The LG V10 eschews all of those previous compromises with a vigor and brings valuable upgrades and features in the process as well.

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