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April 29, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 12, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Los Angeles - Mobile handset maker Palm has retained Goldman Sachs and Qatalyst Partners in an attempt to solicit bids for the struggling company, Bloomberg reported, citing three people familiar with the situation. [more..] New York - Heating up the market further after the release of Apple's iPad, Google is "soon expected" to begin selling a tablet PC of its own, The New York Times reported. [more..] Beverly Hills, Calif. - RealD, a provider of digital 3D cinema projection systems, on Friday filed for an initial public offering (IPO) of shares on the New York Stock Exchange that hopes to raise up to $200 million. [more..] San Francisco - Microsoft provided some additional details about its mobile project codenamed "Pink" at a press event at a night club in San Francisco on Monday, PaidContent reported. [more..] Washington - Hundreds of D.C.-area residents soon will be able to watch local digital TV broadcasts on a variety of mobile devices through a special demonstration of the technology coordinated by the Open Mobile Video Coalition (OMVC). [more..] Oxford, England - Google has acquired Plink, an Android-based service that can identify works of art from pictures taken by mobile phone cameras, according to a post on the Plink blog. [more..] San Francisco - Twitter announced on Friday that it is acquiring Atebits, the developer of Tweetie, an iPhone application for Twitter. [more..] Emeryville, Calif. - MobiTV on Monday announced the release of an iPhone application, which will deliver live and on-demand sports, news and entertainment television content to the device over both Wi-Fi and 3G networks. [more..] Santa Monica, Calif. - EdgeCast Networks, a provider of content delivery network services, announced on Monday that it has raised $10 million in its third round of financing, led by Menlo Ventures. [more..] Pasadena, Calif. - TweetUp, a start-up founded by Goto.com and Overture creator Bill Gross that has developed a Twitter search service, has raised $3.5 million in funding, led by Index Ventures. [more..]
DMW Notice Board LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
We are pleased to announce terrific new keynotes and speakers for the 4th Annual LA Games Conference at Hollywood's renowned Roosevelt Hotel on April 29:
KEYNOTE additions include the CEOs of two cutting-edge companies working at the intersection of cloud-based computing and games and social networking and games, respectively: DAVID PERRY - CEO, Gaikai and JOHN PLEASANTS - CEO, Playdom. Other confirmed speakers include industry leaders such as Brian Ward, SVP, Worldwide Studios, Activision Blizzard, Chris Petrovic, General Manager, GameStop Digital Ventures, Nanea Reeves, SVP & COO, Global Online, Electronic Arts, Peter Wanat, Executive Producer, Universal Studios Interactive Group, Michael Pachter, Managing Director, Equity Research, Wedbush Securities, Inc., Tim Chang, Principal, Norwest Venture Partners, Teemu Huuhtanen, President, North America, Sulake Inc. (Habbo Hotel), Mike Vorhaus, President, Magid Advisors, Alex St. John, President & CTO, hi5, Mari Baker, President & CEO, PlayFirst, Micah Nyatsambo, Director of Social Media, Media Contacts, Havas Digital, Neal Sinno, VP of Business Development, Arkadium, Eric Goldberg, Managing Director, Crossover Technologies, Louis Figueroa, VP, Business Development, Sony Online Entertainment, Brandon Beck, Co-Founder & CEO, Riot Games, David Reitman, VP, Content & Entertainment, Switch and Data and many more.
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Briefly Noted New York - Bookseller Barnes & Noble announced on Monday a deal with electronics retail store chain Best Buy, which will carry its Nook e-book reader and accessories in is stores, and also offer the free BN eReader software. [more..] Tokyo - Japanese electronics maker Sharp has announced plans to begin selling 3D-capable televisions, joining rivals Samsung and Panasonic in the nascent market for the emerging technology, the Associated Press reported. [more..] Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo and production company Reveille on Monday debuted a new original, daily news Web series, "Who Knew?" [more..] New York - Digital entertainment studio Electus, a unit of IAC, and Viacom's MTV on Monday announced a partnership to develop an interactive telenovela, with executive producers to include "Ugly Betty" actress America Ferrera and her production company, Take Fountain. [more..] Los Gatos, Calif. - Netflix said on Monday that subscribers do the DVD rental service can now download thousands of movies and TV episodes through their Nintendo Wii game consoles. [more..] London - U.K. performing rights organization PRS for Music on Monday announced a marketing partnership with News Corp.'s MySpace online social network. [more..] Los Angeles - The creators of the multi-billion dollar "Call of Duty" game franchise, Jason West and Vince Zampella, announced on Monday the formation of a new game development studio, Respawn Entertainment. [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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