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The phenomenal success of Fortnite and IPO of Slack has me thinking of all the freemium unicorns that have gotten their wings over the last years. Box, DropBox, and Evernote all come to mind, but there are many more. Their success can inspire others to try th…

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Facebook killed a deal to buy a video-chat app popular with teens out of fear it might draw attention from antitrust regulators, The New York Times reported Monday. Houseparty is an app that allows multiple people to video chat at once, and became hugely p…

From aggressive dance-offs with JoJo Siwa to Fortnite challenges with BTS, Jimmy Fallon loves to get his guests to work up a sweat. And, as we learned from Paul Rudd's appearance earlier this year, he loves an 80s tribute. On Monday night he combined the two…

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Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf holds his trophy after winning the Fortnite World Cup Finals.  Johannes Eisele / AFP/Getty Images It's been close to two weeks since 16-year-old Kyle "Bugha" Giersdorf won $3 million and the title of best solo Fortnite player at the W…

Kyle Bugha Giersdorf, the newly-crowned 16 year-old Fortnite World Cup solo champion, was playing the game in a stream last night when his home was swatted. Fortnite player Kyle Bugha Giersdorf won the World Cup Solo finals today. The 16-year-old North Read…

Livestream superstar Tyler Ninja Blevins this afternoon alleged that Twitch, in the week since he left the streaming service for rival Mixer, has treated him with petty slights, the last straw coming today: A porn video was the number one recommendation of ch…

Needless to say, Ninja saw a number of problems with the move. It's not just that Twitch effectively replaced his presence with recommendations, something he said wasn't true of "any other" channel, it's that it was tarnishing his brand. Kids could have seen …

Remember last week, when Fortnite players had just about had it up to here with the new B.R.U.T.E. mechs and how drastically they changed the direction of a fight? The common sentiment was that Fortnite should get rid of the mechs, but it looks like develop…