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October 27, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | July 29, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Seattle - Amazon.com on Wednesday unveiled a new entry-level Kindle e-book reader model that foregoes 3G connectivity for Wi-Fi, but features both a next-generation E-Ink display and a lower price tag of $139. [more..] Tokyo - Nintendo reported a net loss of about $289 million for its fiscal first quarter, compared to a profit of $487 million in the same period a year ago, citing a strong yen and weaker sales of its hardware. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google's search engine has once again been blocked from users in mainland China, the company said on Thursday. [more..] London - U.K. Internet service providers BT and Talk Talk plan to challenge the country's new Digital Economy Act before the High Court, over provisions that require them to police file-sharing on their networks. [more..] Cupertino, Calif. - Apple is investigating complaints from iPhone 3 owners who say the recent iOS 4 software update has degraded the performance and battery life of their smartphones, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..] Moscow - A court in the Far East of Russia has banned Google's YouTube, along with four other websites, citing "extremist" content, the Moscow Times reports. [more..] New York - The Orchard, a provider of digital entertainment distribution and marketing services, announced on Thursday that private equity firm Dimensional Associates has completed its acquisition of the company, which is now private and will cease trading on the Nasdaq tomorrow. [more..] San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga announced on Thursday that it has formed a joint venture with Japan's Softbank to accelerate development of the social game industry in Asia. [more..] San Francisco - Confidence among venture capitalists in Silicon Valley fell markedly in the second quarter, according to the latest Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Confidence Index. [more..] San Francisco - The CIA's In-Q-Tel investment arm and Google Ventures invested in a real-time Web monitoring firm called Recorded Future, Wired.com reports. [more..]
DMW Notice Board New York Games Conference - September 21, 2010 - New York, NY
Steven Chiang, President, Studios, Zynga, will be having a 1-on-1 Keynote Interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors and Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5, will be delivering a Keynote presentation at this year's event! The first round of speakers for the 2010 conference have been announced. You can find the agenda and all event updates online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Value Rate of only $399 from now until August 6th! Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, has been added as a Keynote Speaker for the conference! The first round of speakers for this years conference have also been released. An updated agenda and speaker list can be found online. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Early Bird rate of $399 until Midnight tonight! Digital Media Conference, West - October 27, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
Join us as we bring some of the nation's top industry leaders back to the city by the bay! All event updates and registration forms can be found online! We are currently accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Early Bird rate of $299. Early Bird registration ends at Midnight tonight.
Briefly Noted New York - One-time Twitter "hater" Kanye West has joined the service, in the midst of a promotional push for his forthcoming album that saw him drop into the offices of both that company and Facebook this week, according to reports. [more..] San Francisco - Netflix's payments to the movie studios and TV networks for the rights to stream their content were $116 million for the first half of 2010, up from $31 million, CNET News.com reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Redbox is now offering Blu-ray titles for $1.50 a night at a selection of its automated DVD rental kiosks -- a premium of 50 cents over the $1 nightly rental fee on standard definition titles, NewTeeVee reports. [more..] San Bruno, Calif. - Google's YouTube has upped the maximum length of videos uploadable by users to 15 minutes, up from a previous limit of 10 minutes. [more..] Washington - Clearwire said on Wednesday that consumer electronics giant Best Buy will begin offering the company's 4G wireless service in 2011. [more..] Los Angeles - Forbes will shutter its True/Slant freelance journalism site this weekend, PaidContent reported. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile applications store GetJar announced on Thursday that it is now serving 3 million downloads per day, making it second only to Apple's iTunes in terms of volume. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile applications store GetJar announced on Thursday that it is now serving 3 million downloads per day, making it second only to Apple's iTunes in terms of volume. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - National Geographic - Washington - iFactor Consulting - Pheonix - Payvment, Inc. - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco
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