The promise of making huge sums of money with mobile gaming is alluring for developers but painfully elusive. This doesn’t stop many from trying though and although most fail at making any money from their games, some developers with good backing and sound strategies do actually strike gold. Rovio and to a lesser extent Zynga comes to mind

LEGO is currently working in collaboration with Warner Bros to produce a series of video games that is based on the Kingdom of Chima LEGO set. This way they intend to take part in the online game arena with a massive free to play online game but they also intend to go for the mobile platforms and even the Nintendo 3DS.

As technology advances, action movies are getting more and more impressive. This year we have been entertained with breath cutting action movies that heavily relied on 3D technologies. We do enjoy watching them anyway

Online video , like the mobile revolution has transformed the way content is consumed in the last few years and although both have been evangelized, their take-up has been mixed among certain business sectors. Online video in particular continues to be a challenge for most businesses who either can’t figure out it works, or what value it can bring to their business. This has been confirmed—more or less—by Kantar Media who did some digging into the adoption of online video by brands

When you first get a Windows computer there are some standard programs that you get in order to make your life easier—VLC Media Player is one of them. The free and open source media player is loved around the world for its versatility and many a fan will tell you, “There’s no media file type that VLC can’t handle.” But while this is true, VLC has to be tweaked for interoperability across platforms and this time round with the release of Windows 8, developers are facing an uphill task

Mobile devices have in a sense corrupted the way we consume media and there’s no doubt that there has been cross-pollination of when devices are used and in what setting.

News that popular games publisher THQ is in serious trouble which has led to a bankruptcy filing has left many wondering if the gaming industry is falling off the cliff. There’s good reason for asking the asking the question for in a year when several major publishers have reported declining revenues, and more and more social gamers opting out of the Zynga led gaming movement, the obvious trend points to a significant decline in uptake from gamers.

As tech disruptors go Facebook has had its fair share of input into the usurping of markets. One need only to look at the fortunes of MySpace to see what damage can be wrought by a company that disrupts an industry. But Facebook it seems is reaffirming its penchant for disrupting and with several planned announcements like a search engine, it is clear that competitors have to watch out and stay keen if they are to escape the clutches of disruption