(Reuters) — eBay on Monday named Walmart executive Jamie Iannone as its top boss, handing over the reins to an outsider as the e-commerce firm deals with pressure from activist investor Starboard Value to shake up its management. The appointment comes nearly a month after Starboard, which owns more than …
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Major League Soccer and Fox Sports announced today that it is teaming up to host a FIFA 20 tournament that will air on Fox networks. The eMLS Tournament Special will kick off April 19 and air on FS1 and Fox Deportes at 7 p.m. Eastern. The series, which will have …
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This year GamesBeat Summit 2020 is going all-digital, April 28 and April 29. Today we’re bringing you another look at the event speakers we’re proud to present: Neon Media CEO and NY Times bestselling author Mark Long, who will be moderating a discussion on the game writing room with John Wick and …
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Tired of missing calls and important updates during marathon sessions of Half-Life: Alyx? Holoswitch might have a solution for you. Launched in Early Access on SteamVR in late March, Holoswitch offers a pretty seamless way to keep track of messages in VR. Once you have it running on both a …
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Even with much of the U.S. economy shutting down due to the coronavirus pandemic, the gaming sector upped its advertising outlay for television to an estimated $ 17.3 million in March—$ 5.3 million more than February’s spend. As we’ve previously mentioned, gaming could be an economic bright spot with millions …
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More than $ 700 million was invested in game startups in the first quarter, though that amount is down from the year-earlier period, according to data collected by Sergei Evdokimov, investment associate at Mail.ru Games Ventures. It was a big dip, but it’s not bad for a quarter with so …
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One of the film industry’s staple festivals, Tribeca Film Festival, is moving online in response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. That includes a selection of its VR-compatible content. As part of the move, Tribeca is partnering with Facebook’s Oculus to bring its Cinema360 lineup to Oculus Quest and Go via …
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Call of Duty: Warzone is Activision’s most successful post-launch content for a Call of Duty game, with more than 50 million downloads for the free-to-play battle royale mode in just a month. And yes, I’m one of those players working hard from home. But the latest update threw me for …
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We have all seen living standards and life expectancy rise steadily over the last century. And for those of us lucky enough to have lived in the Western world, we have enjoyed peace and security for as long as most of us can remember. But if the current pandemic has …
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