Jivan Achreja

The East Coast Game Conference 2014 proved yet again to the Triangle that video games are a huge business for North Carolina. The industry at large has been evaluated at a range of $75-100 billion dollars or more, and growing annually. I, for one, had no idea of the developer presence we have right here in our back yard until I attended ECGC this year. The gaming industry has been in a bit of an upheaval with Zynga’s long-documented poor performance after its initial exponential growth and the bankruptcy and shutdown of high-profile studios such as 38 Studios. Outside...

High Speed internet is the lifeblood of our entire society. Gigabit speed internet would be crucial to our area, especially for entrepreneurs. Right now, the state of the United States internet is pretty bleak. Globally, the U.S. ranks 8th in connection speeds, having an average of 9.8 Mbps throughout the country. South Korea in comparison, is ranked first with an average of 22.1 Mbps. There is a very clear need for faster internet throughout the entire country, and the battle for broadband dominance in North Carolina is happening right now. On February 19th, Google announced that Raleigh, Charlotte and...

Recently, I covered a 40-day honest breakdown of the Playstation 4 on ExitEvent to help users know what to expect. As part of my holiday celebrations, I also picked up the PS Vita for myself and a family member based on the rave reviews online. I honestly had no idea what to expect. Here is what I found out and what you need to know. The Good Region Free: The PS Vita and all of its peripherals are unlocked right out of the box. Gone are the days of having to worry about where your disc is from and...

Note: ExitEvent does not endorse any candidate running for any political office anywhere, any time. Houston Barnes, one of the Triangle’s own entrepreneurs, is campaigning for the 2nd Congressional Seat in North Carolina. In the interest of full disclosure, I first met Houston a few years ago during a pitch event for Triangle Entrepreneurship Week. He is active professionally in the local entrepreneurship scene of the Triangle. Houston treats his campaign the same way he would a startup: “You start with an idea and a vision, and you build a team around it. Then you refine the product and...

This holiday season, a generation-long battle began anew throughout the world: The Console War. The prize? The chief entertainment position in households across the planet for the next several years. As an early adopter and tech geek, new widespread technology is like Christmas for me. I barely have time for one system, let alone the 1300 that seem to exist, so picking one console over another was an impossible choice. I hope this review gives some clarity on what you’re ACTUALLY getting into. After making my preliminary choice of which camp to sign up with, I was one of...

For over two years, denizens of the darker parts of the Internet have conducted various transactions on an area of the Internet called Silk Road. Silk Road served as an online black market for anything and everything nefarious you could possibly imagine. Think of it as an Ebay for everything illegal. Services and products sold included: Drugs, Hitmen, Weapons, Paraphernalia, Child Pornography and Forgeries – to name the basics. Silk Road was supposed to be completely anonymous, until the FBI shut down the site and arrested Ross William Ulbricht, the 29-year-old creator of Silk Road. Ulbricht’s story is a...