Travis Kalanick's latest obsession is the puzzle game "2048." A new piece out Thursday from Bloomberg details Kalanick's final few months as Uber CEO and what he's been up to after being pushed out of ...

2048 took the web by storm when it debuted last month. Created by 19-year-old Italian web developer Gabriele Cirulli, the sliding numbers game challenges you to combine tiles and build a tile with the ...

"2048" (center) was inspired by the game "1024" (right), which was also a clone of the game "Threes!" (left) Photo Illustration/IBTimes Step aside, “Flappy Bird.” There’s a new game in town, and it ...

Between Candy Crush Saga, the anticipated return of Flappy Bird, and Threes, it seems safe to say that society doesn't need another game to help pass the time. Alas, a new number-crunching puzzle game ...

Beating 2048 might be far easier than it seems. Featured Video Earlier, we showed you one strategy and a few tips for winning the addictive tile game. We still stand by that. But if you’re looking for ...

Angry Birds was at least amusing. Flappy Bird was comical in its dumb futility. But there is really no explaining the appeal of 2048, the nerdy, minimalist, frustrating Internet game that a ...

An insidious productivity-destroying monster is rampaging across the Internet. It’s called “2048” and it is a game. The simplest of games, really: a sliding puzzle in which a player matches numbers ...

Though the “Flappy Bird” craze may be winding down — currently, there’s only one “Flappy Bird” knock-off in the top 20 on the iTunes App Store — the longer-lasting effects of the viral game and all ...

Numbers, eh? What’re they about? We couldn’t say for sure but if addictive puzzle game 2048 is anything to go by then numbers are like letters but for counting and adding up. In 2048 you play in a ...