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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | March 11, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories London - Pink Floyd has won its case before the U.K. High Court against record label EMI, over a breach of contract concerning the sale of its albums as individual song downloads, the BBC reported. [more..] Washington - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has solicited sworn declarations from Google's competitors, on the potential for reduction in competition in the mobile ad market due to its acquisition of AdMob, Bloomberg reported. [more..] New York - Financial services firm Cantor Fitzgerald plans to launch a service next month that will allow consumers, industry insiders and institutional investors alike trade on futures based on motion picture box office receipts. [more..] London - News Corporation is considering a sale of Jamba, the mobile content publisher and distributor it acquired control of for around $381 million in two transactions in 2006 and 2008, the Financial Times reported. [more..] Tokyo - Sony Computer Entertainment on Thursday unveiled its PlayStation Move motion-sensitive controller for the PlayStation 3, which it plans to release in the fall. [more..] New York - As AOL continues to explore the sale of some of its non-core assets, TechCrunch speculated that the company may fair better financially if it were simply to abandon social network Bebo, rather than sell it. [more..] Washington - LivingSocial, the developer of several popular social networking tools and a new social commerce service, said on Thursday that it has raised $25 million in its second round of funding, led by U.S. Venture Partners. [more..] New York - Betaworks, a holding company that invests in and helps develop online start-ups, has raised $20 million in new funding, led by Intel Capital and RRE Ventures, GigaOM reported. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - Image Metrics, a provider of facial animation software and services for the entertainment industry, announced on Thursday that it has raised $8 million in a private placement of its shares. [more..] San Francisco - Chomp, a provider of reviews and recommendations of applications for Apple's iPhone, has raised $2 million in new funding, VentureBeat reported. [more..] Seattle - Evri, the provider of a search engine that filters the real-time Web for news and conversations, announced on Thursday that it has acquired Radar Networks, the developer of semantic search engine Twine.com. [more..]
DMW Notice Board Digital Strategies Conference - March 10, 2010, Toronto, Canada
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LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
Over 300 of the most influential decision-makers in the games industry gather for the LA Games Conference to network, do deals, and share ideas about the future of console, PC, online and mobile games. LA Games Conference – now in its 4rd year – features a lively and fun debate on timely cutting-edge business topics, demos as well unrivaled access to some of the most progressive companies in Hollywood, Silicon Valley and beyond. New speakers added: Bill Young, Director, Global Media Sales, Electronic Arts, John Hayase, Executive Director of Development, Sony Online Entertainment, Chris Petrovic, General Manager , GameStop Digital Ventures, Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group, Dave Ulmer, Senior Director, Entertainment Products, Motorola Media Solutions, Kenny Rosenblatt, CEO and Co-Founder, Arkadium, Alex St. John, President and Chief Technology Officer, hi5, Gene Hoffman, CEO, Vindicia and many more!
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Briefly Noted Los Angeles - The appeal of the convictions of the operators of file-sharing hub The Pirate Bay has been tentatively scheduled to commence on Sept. 28, 2010, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] Duluth, Ga. - Video rental giant Blockbuster's partner for DVD rental kiosks, NCR, has launched a new feature that lets customers rent DVDs online at BlockbusterExpress.com, and pick them up from local kiosks. [more..] New York - Motorola plans to add Microsoft's Bing search engine as the default on the Android-based phones it sells in China, replacing Android developer Google's own search engine, The Wall Street Journal reported. [more..] San Francisco - Dolby Laboratories announced on Thursday that it plans to extend its Axon surround-sound voice chat platform beyond PC games to the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Mac OS X platforms. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - Gannett Digital - McLean - VMIX MEDIA INC - San Diego, CA - Socialcast - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco - Synacor - Buffalo, NY - Live365 - Foster City - Amazon.com - Seattle, WA
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