Industry News In Brief (October 9, 2017)

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES—Fifteen Minutes Public Relations managing partner Ryan Croy has launched PublicHaus, a PR and digital marketing agency designed to connect both consumer and B2B clients with customized services through a nationwide network of top independent practitioners. In partnership with veteran digital strategist Natacha Gaymer-Jones, formerly vice president and Los Angeles director for San…

Google-parent Alphabet’s high-tech Toronto development may be approved this month: report

[ad_1] Google-parent Alphabet’s high-tech Toronto development may be approved this month: report | Financial Post October 5, 20179:24 AM EDT A unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc is nearing a deal to develop part of Toronto’s waterfront, the Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Alphabet’s Sidewalk Labs LLC would…

Angry young men | TechCrunch

[ad_1] I used to build bombs in my basement. My friend, a guy who called himself Damage Inc. on the BBSes, built pipe bombs and made a rocket launcher that shot small Estes rockets tipped with razors. We set them off in abandoned fields and fired rockets into trees. We lived in Columbus, Ohio, where…

Nintendo’s Sakamoto on Metroid: ‘The essence of the game is like a microcosm of our daily lives’

[ad_1] It stars neither plumbers, apes, nor princesses, yet Metroid has proven to be one of Nintendo’s most beloved, enduring and influential franchises. The very first Metroid, launched more than three decades ago for the Nintendo Entertainment System, helped popularize an entire genre of game now lovingly referred to as Metroidvania — a term that…