Apps and Software

Nvidia Shield owners will be able to stream games to their handheld devices from the cloud starting next week, the company announced Thursday.

A streaming service called Grid will launch on Nov. 18 in the United States, and will offer users of the Nvidia Shield handheld gaming device a library of 20 titles at launch. All the games will be free to stream until June 30, 2015.

The Nvidia Shield, which debuted in Oct. 2013, is an Android-powered handheld device that plays any game from that ecosystem with a connected controller but can also stream games from powerful PCs running Nvidia graphics cards. The Grid streaming service will allow Shield owners to not need a PC to enjoy the same quality game, the company said. ...

Building off of the success of Facebook's wildly popular "Look Back" videos that took members down memory lane last year, the company launched on Wednesday another video tool that it hopes will go just as viral.

Facebook's new video project "Say Thanks" lets users create personalized video cards for their friends and family that highlights the times they've shared together

The timing, of course, comes just a few weeks before ThanksgivingAnd yes, this means your news feed is likely about to get flooded with nostalgic proclamations of how much one friend means to the other. ...

If you're hopelessly enthralled by Candy Crush Saga, easily the most dominant mobile game of the last two years, you're about to get a soda addiction as well.

Candy Crush Soda Saga, the behemoth's sister title, launched on iOS (App Store) and Android (Google Play Store) worldwide on Tuesday. The game adds new mechanics to the candy-matching formula.

Candy Crush Saga consistently ranks in the top tier of the highest grossing games on Apple's App Store, even two years after release. It generated $264 million for maker King last quarter.