Samsung and LG will introduce cross-brand compatibility for smart home devices by the end of this year. Users will be able to control various smart home appliances using a single management app.
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Discord users are reporting their troubles of connecting to audio on their Bluetooth headsets. Many are complaining that the app plays audio on the speakers instead of the headsets.
Discord has adopted the cross-platform framework React Native for its Android app so it can keep up with the development pace of its clients on other OSes. However, there have been lots of complaints.
Today, Facebook announced a new feature which will enable cross-platform communication for users of Instagram and Messenger. This includes text messages, audio calls and video calls.
After a few months in technical preview, Google is bringing its open-source, cross-platform framework, Flutter, to Windows in Alpha, with the company working to add UWP support soon.
Hello Games has announced that cross-platform multiplayer is being added to No Man's Sky, letting players across Steam, GOG, Windows 10, VR, Xbox One, Xbox Game Pass, and PlayStation 4 join together.
The latest update to hit The Witcher 3 on the Nintendo Switch delivers quite a few features, including the ability for players to transfer cloud saves between the Switch and PC versions.
Minecraft Bedrock Edition could finally be coming to PlayStation 4 according to several leaks that have happened recently. This would mean cross-play with PC, Xbox One, Switch, and mobile users.
SQL Server Management Studio version 18.4 offers full support for SQL Server 2019. Additionally, sqlpackage v18.4 has also been released, with the major upgrade being cross-platform support.
GOG has announced an overhaul to its Galaxy launcher which will serve as a hub for all other launchers and platforms, letting users play and chat with their friends all from one place.
Firaxis Games announced today that Civilization VI single-player saves can now be shared across Steam and Nintendo Switch, letting players pick up from where they left off through either platform.
Psyonix has finally confirmed the release date of the longtime-coming cross-platform party feature for Rocket League. The Friends Update is slated to land later this month for all platforms.
Microsoft is working on an Xbox Live SDK that will make cross-platform play easier across Xbox, Android, iOS, Nintendo Switch, and Windows PCs. Sony's PlayStation is notably absent from this list.
PlayStation 4 players can finally join Rocket League matches of Xbox One and Nintendo Switch consoles from today, as Psyonix has managed to enable cross-platform play support across all platforms.
The developer of battle royale title Fornite, Epic Games, has announced that it will be launching a set of tools for free throughout 2019, which are focused on enabling cross-platform games.
Shifty Jelly, maker of the popular cross-platform podcatcher Pocket Casts, has been acquired by multiple parties, namely NPR, WNYC Studios, WBEZ Chicago and the podcast 'This American Life'.
Facebook today launched Spaces for the HTC Vive, making its social virtual reality app cross-platform. The company says that support for more virtual reality platforms is on the way.
Microsoft's popular fighting game Killer Instinct has finally landed on Steam, with it bringing cross-play capabilities with Xbox One and Windows 10 users. The game is purchasable for $39.99.
Minecraft now supports cross-platform play with almost every platform it is available on. The 'Better Together' Update is rolling out to Windows 10, Xbox One, VR, Android, and iOS today.
While Rocket League's Autumn Update is landing on September 28, Psyonix has laid out what it is working on for future updates. These include a new party system, in-game tournaments and more.
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Editorial: Sony's PlayStation strategy needs to be 'for the players' instead of the business
Gaming is at a crossroads with cross-network play being embraced by Microsoft, Valve, and even Nintendo. Meanwhile, Sony's strategy seems business-oriented rather than one that is "for the players".
Microsoft executive Mike Ybarra has stated that given the popularity of cross-platform play on Xbox One, the feature is here to stay. Sony remains unmoved in its decision to disallow cross-play.
The verbal war about cross-platform play between Sony and Microsoft continues. This time, Xbox head Phil Spencer has lashed out against Sony's defense for rejecting the functionality.
An upcoming update to Minecraft introduces 4K visuals and cross-play. Sony has revealed why it rejected Microsoft's offer to allow PlayStation users to play with gamers on all other platforms.
After running a test late last year, Microsoft is bringing Gears of War 4 cross-play to the Xbox One and Windows 10 PCs. The rollout won't be for every mode and will be focused on Social Quickplay.
A discovery in the files behind the Windows Photos app shows signs of a new, cross-platform photo and video sharing service by Microsoft. Included is a 'Belize' logo, intro music sample, and QR codes.
Microsoft is encouraging developers to build cross-platform applications using ChakraCore - a vital element of the Chakra JavaScript engine and UWP - by bringing it to OS X and Linux.
After years of rumors, Microsoft has finally acquired cross-platform mobile development company Xamarin. Xamarin allows developers to create native Android, iOS, and Windows apps with one code base.
As part of the company's cross-platform strategy, Microsoft has released a new app for Android that is dedicated solely to helping users to discover its own apps on the competing platform.
Microsoft has announced this morning that it has acquired HockeyApp, a company that makes it easy to test and distribute apps on many different platforms.
Epic Games has agreed to incorporate GameSpy's suite of online technology into Unreal Engine 3, under the terms that the technology will be immediately available to any publishers or developers that license the engine. PlayStation...
A group of malware developers have produced a proof-of-concept virus called BadBunny that uses OpenOffice macros. The code was sent directly to SophosLabs, which has already issued virus protection updates. Sophos technology consultant Graham Cluley...
The official Netscape Blog has announced that Netscape 9 is under development, and just like the current version, it will presumably be based on Mozilla Firefox. According to the announcement, Netscape 9 will be a...
Microsoft today unveiled its roadmap for PC and Xbox 360 cross-platform gaming, predicting that "the floodgates will open" for software playable across the two formats by 2008. Speaking in a session at the Games...
The hacker who created a widely reported cross-platform virus that could affect both Windows and Linux PCs may have inadvertently done some free bug testing for the Linux operating system. Linux creator Linus Torvalds said...
Linus Torvalds has had an opportunity to examine the testing and analysis by Hans-Werner Hilse which we reported on yesterday, and has blessed it as being correct. The reason that the virus is not propagating...
Sun Microsystems has focused a lot of attention on its newly open-sourced Looking Glass three-dimensional user interface here at the JavaOne Conference. But a pair of technologies that Sun quietly released as open source last...
Thanks my mate Timan who sent this to me while looking for Eskimo Bob.. At the Electronic Entertainment Expo, TransGaming Technologies and Transitive Technologies will be unveiling a game-porting technology that can allow Windows-based x86...
Exclusive Showing of First Official Film Trailer for THE MATRIX RELOADED And THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS at E3 Infogrames, Inc. a leading global publisher of interactive entertainment software, announces that its highly anticipated...
