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April 19, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | March 24, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories New York - Activist investor Carl Icahn on Wednesday called out the head of Lionsgate, the film studio for which he has made an unsolicited takeover bid, detailing how he believes the company has been mismanaged in recent years. [more..] Las Vegas - Sprint announced on Wednesday that it will release its first "4G" handset this summer, the EVO 4G from Taiwan's HTC. [more..] Las Vegas - News Corp.'s Fox Mobile Group on Wednesday introduced Bitbop, a forthcoming mobile video subscription service that will offer full-length TV shows and movies for streaming or temporary download to smartphones. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - In the wake of its decision this week to stop censoring search results in China, Google addressed potential concerns companies may have that China may take action to block other Google service used by enterprises, such as Gmail and Google Apps. [more..] Berlin - Rapidshare, the Germany-based file-hosting service that has come under fire for hosting unauthorized copyrighted content, has in recent weeks begun to target users uploading or downloading copyrighted files by terminating their accounts and logging IP address data, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] New York - IMO Entertainment, a start-up founded by former Sony Music and Columbia Records head Don Ienner, on Wednesday launched a preview of its flagship product, an embeddable content player with social and monetization features. [more..] San Diego - Verimatrix and Widevine Technologies, two providers of digital rights management (DRM) and anti-piracy technologies, announced on Wednesday that they have settled a pending patent infringement lawsuit. [more..] New York - A relatively unknown firm called Durham Holdings has won a broad U.S. patent for technology that describes the use of motion to control the interface of a smartphone -- a feature present in the iPhone and many other smartphones from Palm, Motorola, Google and others, All Things D reports. [more..] Chantilly, Va. - Following several years of falling revenue, the radio industry is expected to see slight ad revenue increases in 2010, according to a new report by media advisory firm BIA/Kelsey. [more..] San Francisco - Mike Maples, whose investment vehicle Maples Investments has over the past five years backed firms including Twitter, Digg, Smule and Gowalla, announced on Wednesday the launch of a full-fledged venture capital firm, dubbed Floodgate, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Chicago - Vibes Media, a provider of mobile marketing services, announced on Wednesday that it has acquired Zeep Mobile, a developer of mobile ad delivery technology. [more..] Boston - Swaptree, an online, service that allows users to trade books, CDs, DVDs, and video games, has raised $4.7 million in a round of venture capital, according to a regulatory filing. [more..] San Diego - KidZui, the developer of a kid-friendly Web browser, has raised $4 million in new financing led by Mission Ventures with participation from previous investors, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Lexington, Mass. - Wistia, a provider of video-sharing, management and collaboration tools for companies' sales, marketing and training purposes, has raised $775,000 in new financing from angel investors, VentureBeat reports. [more..]
DMW Notice Board 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 - Cablevision, the nation's fifth-largest cable TV provider, announced on Wednesday that it has licensed technology from RealD that will enable the delivery of high-definition 3D television content to the home. [more..] Dallas - AT&T on Wednesday a new music application that lets users purchase downloads, stream radio, ID songs and access song lyrics on their mobile phones. [more..] Los Angeles - Recording artist Lady Gaga has become the first to reach 1 billion collected views of her viral music videos, TechCrunch reported, citing data from analytics firm Visible Measures. [more..] Las Vegas - E-book retailer Kobo on Wednesday introduced its Kobo eReader device, which will retail for $149. [more..] Danbury, Conn. - Pointy Heads Software on Wednesday introduced Knocking Live Video, a new platform that lets iPhone and Android-based smartphone users transmit live video to one another. [more..] New York - Social media consultancy Converseon and word-of-mouth analytics firm ChatThreads on Wednesday announced that they have partnered to create Chorus, a system that combines advanced social media monitoring and analysis with offline word-of-mouth tracking. [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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