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March 10, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | March 5, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Cupertino, Calif. - The iPad, Apple's highly anticipated new tablet computer, will officially hit store shelves next month, the company announced on Friday. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google has acquired DocVerse, a provider of technology that lets users collaborate on Microsoft Word documents online, for around $25 million, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing a source. [more..] San Francisco - Twitter has recorded its 10 billionth tweet, TechCrunch reported, citing data from Gigatweet. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - Video game publisher Activision was sued this week by the heads of its Infinity Ward studio, who say they were wrongfully fired by the company on Monday. [more..] Redmond, Wash. - Responding to criticism, Microsoft has changed a controversial policy on its Xbox Live online game service that prevented users from signing up for Gamertags that expressed their sexual orientation. [more..] Los Angeles - Napster Japan, the music service joint venture between Napster, now a unit of Best Buy, and Tower Records Japan, will shutter at the end of May, Billboard reported. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Kwedit, the developer of a payment platform for virtual goods and social games, has raised $3.3 million in a new round of funding led by Maveron, TechCrunch reported. [more..] Charlottesville, Va. - Cardagin Networks, the developer of a mobile marketing platform, has raised $1 million in its first round of funding, from private investors. [more..]
DMW Notice Board Digital Strategies Conference - March 10, 2010, Toronto, Canada
Digital Strategies Conference is a one day event, co-located with Canadian Music Week, focused on what you need to know to effectively market your products and services in the Digital Age. This is an event that you can't afford to miss. Confirmed speakers include Louise Clements
Head of Sales, Facebook in Canada, Bob Garfield, Author, The Chaos Scenario, Co-Host, NPR's On The Media, Columnist, Advertising Age, Richard Sussman, Director, Media & Entertainment, Nielsen Online, Phil Miano, National Sales Director, Mobile Advertising, AOL, Paul Cormack, Consumer Marketing Manager , Family + Playhouse Disney, Astral Television Networks and many more.
To register for the event, please click here.
(Early Bird Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
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. 2010 Agenda Just Announced!
To register for the event, please click here.
(Economy Discount Rate $499 - reserve your seat now!)
Briefly Noted Los Angeles - Contestants on the current season of "American Idol" have been made to shutter existing profiles on Twitter, Facebook and MySpace, and instead have posted notes to fans to follow them on the "official" American Idol feed on Twitter. [more..] Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo said on Friday that Yahoo Sports was the most visited online destination in the U.S. for the recent Winter Olympics, according to figures from comScore. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - BigBand Networks, a developer of video-networking platforms used by broadband service providers, has named Mike Pohl as its non-executive chairman, and announced the resignation of COO David Heard. [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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