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There's been a ton of news that came out of E3, especially from the bigger, well known, companies. So, you might have missed hearing about a fun mobile game that was created by a small company called 3 Queens. It is an all-woman owned gaming development and publishing company that is based in South Carolina. The first mobile game from
Ford was the first to bring voice control to in-vehicle apps when AppLink launched for the first generation of SYNC in 2010. The voice control, of course, makes it safer for drivers to select apps while they are driving. Now, Ford is announcing the first smartphone apps to be compatible with AppLink for SYNC 3. The integration of voice control
App Camp for Girls seeks to address the gender imbalance in technology professions by inspiring girls who are middle-school age with a broad introduction to the process of app development, from brainstorming to pitching their apps. You can support them by contributing to their Indiegogo campaign. App Camp for girls is a one week, full time day camp program for
YouTube Gaming is set to launch in the summer of 2015. It is an obvious attempt to compete with Twitch and Steam. YouTube Gaming will have more than 25,000 games, and each of them will have their own page. There will also be channels from a wide array of game publishers and YouTube creators. Some of this functions similarly to
Skeegle is an app that allows people to share live moments with their close contacts. It functions in a way that is similar to Meerkat or Periscope. The difference is that Skeegle is more private. Users have a lot of control over who is allowed to view what they broadcast. The Skeegle app is free to download and use. That
Twitter has been making changes that are designed to make the social media website a nicer, safer, place to interact with others. In April, it made policy changes that enabled Twitter users to report harassment that was happening to someone else. (Previously, users could only report harassment if it was happening to them). Now, Twitter will let users share their
Tumblr has announced a new feature that has recently been added. It is called Answer Time. It might be Tumblr's attempt to compete with Reddit's AMA (Ask Me Anything) as well as other social media platforms that involve a famous person answering questions from the general public. In May, President Obama did a question and answer session about climate change