Sunday, January 11, 2015

QQ News: January 2015

A fire hose of geeky news headlines for the weeks leading to January 11th, 2015.


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Headlines

  • 00:00 - Date and Introductions
  • 03:00 - Apple, the Camera Company (PetaPixel)
  • 05:30 - iPad Sales Slump Twelve Percent But Android Tablets Soar (Forbes)
  • 06:40 - Samsung Shutters Flagship London Store Amid Falling Sales (TheVerge)
  • 08:35 - Minecraft Creator Outbids Beyonce For $70 Million Mansion (IGN)
  • 09:55 - Puzzle & Dragons Super Mario Bros. Edition announced (Joystiq)
  • 11:30 - Nintendo Will No Longer Sell Consoles or Games in Brazil (Kotaku)
  • 12:40 - She Hears A Nintendo Theme Once, Makes Beautiful Music (Kotaku)
  • 14:45 - Nintendo Shows off The Majora's Mask Skull Kid Pre-Order Statue (IGN)
  • 15:30 - OC Remix celebrates 15 years of remixes with more music (Joystiq)
  • 16:45 - Dragon Quest Heroes May be My Favorite Warriors-Style Game (Kotaku)
  • 19:10 - Instagram Hits 300 Million Monthly Users (TechCrunch)
  • 20:30 - Final Fantasy XV Features The First Female Cid (Kotaku)
  • 22:15 - Clock Tower successor 'Project Scissors' becomes NightCry (Joystiq)
  • 23:00 - Roberto Orci Won't Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
  • 23:30 - Commander Riker Would Love to Direct Star Trek 3 (EscapistMagazine)
  • 23:50 - Justin Lin to Direct Star Trek 3 (IGN)
  • 25:00 - League Of Legends Is Building Its Own Network To Kill Lag (Kotaku)
  • 26:00 - Liberal Education: At This College, Videogames Are a Varsity Sport (WSJ)
  • 27:15 - Destiny approaching 13 million players (Joystiq)
  • 27:30 - Sony: PS4 sales surpass 18.5 million following holiday boom (Joystiq)
  • 28:00 - Leaked Windows 10 Reveals Xbox, Cortana(EscapistMagazine)
  • 29:10 - Spartan Browser Features Revealed (IGN)
  • 31:10 - Paramount Cancels Team America Screenings (EscapistMagazine)
  • 32:15 - Experts Skeptical of Korea's Involvement in Hack (EscapistMagazine)
  • 32:50 - How Much Money did The Interview Make Online? (EscapistMagazine)
  • 33:35 - Related: Algebra (DaringFireball)
  • 35:10 - Rapid fire news reel!

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