Stories abound on the Internet. Here’s some thought pieces to tide over your Monday lunchtime, covering everything from the law around wearables, smartphone battery optimisation and what really happened to Atari.
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- It’s no secret that Nintendo isn’t going quite as well as it might right now. Could the solution be a Disney buy-out? Polygon’s Steve Bowler thinks so.
- I finally watched Atari: Game Over last night, the Xbox Entertainment backed documentary on the ET Landfill cartridges. It’s highly recommended if you’re a fan of retro gaming, as AusRetroGamer so rightly notes. Forget Halo, Forza or even GTA V; this is the reason to own an Xbox One right now.
- Over at PC Mag Australia, that guy I’ve never heard of looks into the number crunching behind buying on contract or buying outright when it comes to smartphones. The numbers are interesting, as is the rising tide of outright purchase only phones.
- At The Conversation, David Glance looks at the legal implications of wearable data collection.
- At Gizmodo, Campbell Simpson relates how he managed to get his LG Smartwatch to run for five days. In some ways it was because it lost key smartwatch features — but it’s an impressive feat nonetheless.
- Another Jurassic Park movie? Man, that makes me feel old.
Lunchtime reading is just that; stories I’ve hit during the day that have stuck with me for any of a number of reasons. Read them, and learn things — that’s how the Internet works, folks.