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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 14, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Cupertino, Calif. - Apple announced on Wednesday that, due to "surprisingly strong U.S. demand" for its iPad, it has delayed the international launch of the device by one month to the end of May. [more..] San Francisco - Twitter now counts 105,779,710 registered users, and is adding 300,000 new users per day, TechCrunch reported, citing remarks made by Twitter co-founder Biz Stone at the company's Chirp conference in San Francisco. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google on Wednesday launched a new feature that lets users search across the entire archive of tweets sent by Twitter users. [more..] Washington - Satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM said on Wednesday that it added more than 171,000 net subscribers during the first quarter, compared with a net decline of more than 404,000 the prior year. [more..] London - The worldwide 3D television business is projected to be worth more than $17 billion by 2014, according to a new report from market research firm Generator Research. [more..] Fremont, Calif. - Spring Design on Wednesday began shipping its Alex eReader, an Android-based e-book reader device that costs $399. [more..] Washington - Acknowledging the growing importance of social media, the Library of Congress said on Wednesday that it plans to digitally archive every public "tweet" since the launch of microblogging service Twitter in 2006. [more..] New York - Greycroft Partners, a venture capital firm focused on digital media investments, announced on Wednesday that it has closed its second fund, Greycroft II, at $130.7 million. [more..] San Francisco - MyLikes, the San Francisco-based developer of a word-of-mouth advertising platform, said that it has secured $630,000 in seed funding from 11 ex-Google employees who were former colleagues of MyLikes founders Bindu Reddy and Arvind Sundararajan. [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 Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft on Wednesday incorporated real-time Twitter data into its main Bing search engine results. [more..] Espoo, Finland - Nokia's Ovi Store is now serving up over 1.6 million downloads per day, across mobile applications, content and ringtones, Mobile Entertainment reports. The average user makes 8.5 downloads per month. [more..] Oakbrook Terrace, Ill. - Redbox, a unit of Coinstar that operates a network of DVD rental kiosks, announced on Wednesday a deal to expand distribution into nearly 300 kiosks at Kum & Go convenience stores nationwide this year. [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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