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Tweet The game of Go originated in China more than 2,500 years ago. Confucius wrote about the game, and it is considered one of the four essential arts required of any true Chinese scholar. Played by more than 40 million people worldwide, the rules of the game are simple: Players take turns to place black or white stones on a board, trying to capture the opponent’s stones or surround empty…

Tweet Frequent cut-offs and disruptions in the internet connection could be annoying, especially when you are in the middle of something really important. Since most games nowadays are played online, getting offline frequently means you cannot even play your favorite games as a pastime until the internet has been restored. But not in Google Chrome though! […] Google Chrome Browser – Plugins and Themes

Tweet Google developed a trivia game called Smarty Pins (a play on “smarty pants”). You need to answer a few questions by moving the pin to the right location. Here’s an example: “In ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ Andy and Red happily reunite on a beach in which city?” The map will move closer to the right answer and you have a few seconds to move the pin. You can answer as many…

Tweet Yesterday, Microsoft announced some significant changes to OneDrive, upping storage to 15GB from 7GB, free to all users, and upping Office 365 users 1TB of storage per person with any Office 365 account. Additional storage prices have also dropped, and an extra 100GB will now cost you $ 1.99/mo (down from $ 7.49), with 200GB of extra storage now costing #3.99/mo, down from $ 11.49. Although we’re still waiting…

Tweet Nintendo announced during Nintendo Direct that classic games from the popular handheld console, Game Boy Advance, will be available for the Wii U Virtual Console starting April in US and Japan. Read more…      Neowin