Game studio Ys Net, its publishing partner Deep Silver, and distributor Epic Games have come to a solution to appease angry fans over the PC exclusivity of upcoming, Kickstarter-backed game Shenmue III. In an upcoming survey, the trio plan to offer refunds to any backers upset the game won’t be available on Valve’s Steam storefront at launch, after Epic secured exclusivity of the PC version of the game for its own marketplace. You’ll also be able to transfer your PC version to a PS4 one if you so choose instead, while those who want Steam keys one year after release, once the exclusivity window…
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It’s 9 a.m. on a Monday morning, and I log into my project management software to review my work for the week. I immediately see what I was working on last and where my team members have made progress—all of their contributions marked with their names and pictures. I laugh when I read a colleague’s latest comments; I can imagine her voice, and it feels as though she is right here with me, sharing a coffee, rather than miles away in a different time zone. Can software make you happy? Somehow I derive a modest amount of joy from the…
There has never been a better time to become a software developer. The demand for software developers is increasing all the time, as is the variety of work they are tasked with completing. Then there’s the pay. According to USNews.com, the average software developer made $101,790 in 2017. According to Gorroo.io, the average C# developer earns $102k per year. In short, programming is one of the most in-demand skills in the world right now. If you are looking to work online, or to prepare yourself for the next step in your career, there are few smarter moves than learning code. The…
NEW DELHI: Cab aggregator Olahas a signed strategic partnershipwith online lending startup Avail Finance under which both companies will build financial solutions for 1.5 million driver-partners of the ride-hailing firm. As part of the tie-up, Ola has invested an undisclosed sum in Avail Finance. Earlier this month, Avail had announced raising $9 million fundingled by Matrix Partners India. “Avail Finance has entered into a strategic partnership with Ola to build financial solutions for its base of 1.5 million driver-partners. As part of this partnership, Ola will be making a strategic investment in Avail Finance in its series A round of funding,” Avail said in a statement on Friday. Ola’s…
The right tools can help you optimize your time, and maximize your social media marketing efforts. But with so many to choose from, finding those right ones can be difficult. The growth of social media marketing has lead to an explosion of different productivity apps and assistants, all of which have varying benefits and features. The growing array of tools is both a blessing and a curse – it’s great to have so many options, but it can also be hard to know which is right for you, and whether, in choosing one, you might be missing out on another, better…
Finance Commission Chairman N K Singh on Tuesday stressed the need for a dialogue between the commission and Goods and Services Tax (GST) council to address various concerns on the taxation regime. He said the Commission had requested the Finance Minister, who is the Chairman of the GST council, regarding this, and has received a favourable response. “One of our areas is how do we engage, how purposeful can the finance commission engage with the GST to be able to bring the concerns to the notice of that constitutional body – that what can done to improve the outcome of…
At this year’s F8 Developer’s Conference, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood on stage and announced, “The future is private.” It was a bold statement coming from the guy who has spent the past eighteen months tackling a firestorm of criticism over misusing customer data and information. Still, the intent – that Facebook is shifting its focus to private, messaging platforms – put a spotlight on a central issue social media marketers are facing: the social media landscape is changing dramatically and marketers must adapt to keep pace with evolving ad platforms. Change isn’t coming only to Facebook. Overall social media…
Dell’s SupportAssist software, a Windows toolkit designed in part to protect your computer from security vulnerabilities, has yet another vulnerability of its own that makes running older versions of the software a risk to your system. As noted by Gizmodo this morning, this new vulnerability was discovered by security researchers at SafeBreach and disclosed on Monday in a public blog post. Dell has now issued an update to patch it that you should download now. A serious concern here is that this vulnerability doesn’t just affect Dell machines with SupportAssist, as was the case with an entirely separate SupportAssist vulnerability from two months ago. This time, it…
Pedestrians pass in front of the Salesforce Tower in New York, U.S. Photographer: Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg © 2019 BLOOMBERG FINANCE LP Hyperledger, from the Linux Foundation, is gathering more steam after welcoming two of the world’s largest top-10 enterprise software companies by revenue to the blockchain consortium. This week it was announced that eight new large enterprises would be cementing their blockchain journey by joining Hyperledger. Other than Microsoft and Salesforce, both already heavily invested in blockchain, the intake included a U.S.-based supply chain consulting firm, a Russian metal company, and a Polish tech company, among others. It is an important announcement as…
Following the launch of the OnePlus 7 Pro last month, OnePlus has already provided a full update to the camera software as well as tweaking other apps and the underlying code. That process will continue, and the company has highlighted a number of areas that are up next in the queue. OnePlus 7 Pro (image: Ewan Spence) EWAN SPENCE The details come from the OnePlus.com forum. A recent post talks about some of the features requested by the user base, and which are being considered and implemented for future firmwares. I want to pick out three. First up is the continued improvements to the camera…