Articles by John Watson:
Apparently Nintendo realized that despite having all the graphics of PS3 or Xbox, and comparable graphics to the PS4 and Xbox One, Nintendo was fighting a losing battle, as no one really wants a Wii. Instead of realizing they need to get better games on the Wii, instead they decided to go back and sell the original console, yes, the NES, short for Nintendo Entertainment... read more
From the very title of the movie, the many problems with Maximum Ride begin. Maximum Ride is about genetically engineered children fleeing from scientists who have been using them for experiments their entire lives. However, the title implies that it's a movie about car racing, and to be honest for the first few minutes I was waiting for the racing scenes to begin. No... read more
Unless you have been living under a rock the last 15 years, you certainly have heard about free downloading. Hey, maybe you were a hermit, or you vowed to cut out the internet for the last decade, or maybe you were in a coma. In any event, we're taking it for granted that you already know what file sharing, torrenting, and "illegal" downloading is. Despite the fact... read more
There is a huge scam going around the web development industry. It is rampant in every city, every state, and just about every country with an internet connection. This is the scam of the $500 website. Companies nowadays are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of having a website and an online presence. More and more companies are realizing that in order to... read more
Great news for current PS4 owners. Even though the PS4 Slim came out on September 7th (September 16th for the UK), and the PS4 Pro came out on November 10th, you won't need to worry about buying one and forking out hundreds of more dollars. Instead if you have money burning a hole in your pocket, pick up a couple PS4 games instead. Why? Because, frankly, the PS4 Slim... read more
I would like to share with you my first experience of earning 2.5 million page views in just one month. This post isn't about how I got 2.5 million page views in one month, but rather what I did wrong the first time I hit viral. Here is how I lost over $100,000 and how you can avoid the same mistakes.
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Paypal, Twitter, and PSN, among other major websites including Pinterest, SoundCloud, Github, Box, Heroku, Freshbooks, SaneBox, and Vox Media, among others are currently down as a direct result of a massive DDOS attack against Dyn, a popular DNS services provider. Reddit, Spotify, Shopify, Airbnb, Wired.com, and Zoho CRM are also on the Dyn networks, but since they are... read more
It is amazing that Quora raised millions of dollars for a crummy question and answer website. It probably was able to raise the funds for several reasons, none of which were because it deserved to raise even a penny. These reasons probably included: the owner had connections, they did a good job at raising capital, the owners had a good credit rating, and the people doing... read more
Ever since going public and having a peak stock price of $69 just 32 months ago in January of 2014, Twitter's share price has been decreasing on a steady basis with a bleak outlook for the future. Twitter's share price went into a free fall a couple times, in October of 2014 after a short spike, and then again in April of 2015. Since then, the Twitter stock price has been... read more
Just in: Only hours ago, owner of the famous torrent site KAT at kat.cr, Artem Vaulin from Ukraine, was arrested today in Poland; officials in the United States have requested his extradition. Shortly following his arrest, multiple KAT domains have been seized and taken down immediately. KAT has become more famous even than ThePirateBay, gaining millions of traffic,... read more