Japanese Mobile Social Gaming Startup Gumi Raises $26 Million

Mobile social gaming is big in Japan. Very big. Mobile gaming publisher Gumi, which has been growing very rapidly lately, raised $26 million last week in a series F round from Jafco, Shinsei Bank, and DBJ Capital. It previously raised a total of $7 million.

I visited Gumi’s offices and spoke with founder

Plex app available on Kindle Fire, media servers and other clients get new updates too

For a media software package to survive these days, it has to be able to run pretty much anywhere and just recently Plex added the Kindle Fire to its list of supported platforms, uploading its Android client onto Amazon’s Appstore. The team hasn’t stopped there either, delivering updates across a slew

The Xbox Metro Update Nudges Microsoft’s Console Closer To Set-top Hedgemony

The upcoming Metro update to Microsoft’s Xbox, shipping tonight and arriving on your console some time this week, pushes Microsoft’s gaming product away from the traditional run-and-gun of gaming consoles and into a new realm: that of the home media center.

While the Xbox existed as a media center before,

Si Facebook hiciera un teléfono, ¿te harías su amigo?

Expertos opinan sobre si el concepto sería un éxito entre los usuarios.

Xbox Companion app for WP7 will launch alongside the new dashboard December 6th

The fall 2011 dashboard update for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 is just a day or so away from arriving and while certain video partners may not be ready to ring the bell day one, its slick Xbox Companion app for Windows Phone 7 (caught on video here and here) will be there. The app lets users search the Xbox

YouTube Cover Song Face-Off: ‘It Will Rain’ from Bruno Mars

Bruno Mars is ending 2011 on a high note, snagging six Grammy nominations and having the lead track, “It Will Rain,” on the latest…

Xbox 360 Dashboard update (Fall 2011) review

Kiss that old "New Xbox Experience" goodbye — the Xbox Dashboard just went full Metro. Microsoft teased the console’s latest overhaul back at E3, promising to "change living room entertainment forever." The following months saw leaks, previews and betas, all leading up to today, the eve of the Xbox

Xbox 360 Dashboard update (Fall 2011) review

Kiss that old "New Xbox Experience" goodbye — the Xbox Dashboard just went full Metro. Microsoft teased the console’s latest overhaul back at E3, promising to "change living room entertainment forever." The following months saw leaks, previews and betas, all leading up to today, the eve of the Xbox

Xbox 360′s new video services won’t all launch right away; Comcast, Verizon, and HBO Go delayed

Microsoft’s new dashboard for the Xbox 360 is close at hand (read our full review for the details) but not all of the video partners that were announced for the new Kinect-centric experience will be launching alongside it. As of launch December 6th the list will look basically the same as it does now,

How would you change Motorola’s Droid Bionic?

Two Droid units, two weeks in a row here at HWYC? Say it ain’t so! This go ’round, we’ve got Motorola’s Droid Bionic, yet another LTE handset in Verizon Wireless’ stable, and with a $300-on-contract asking price, we’re pretty sure the early adopters will have some pointed things to say. Still feeling