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June 25, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 27, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Mountain View, Calif. - Google has acquired LabPixies, a developer of casual games and applications for the iGoogle home page service, as well as mobile platforms. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - Business Marketing Services (BMSV), a Cambridge, Mass.-based company, announced on Tuesday that it will acquire the domain name thepiratebay.org, and trademarks of The Pirate Bay from Sweden-based Global Gaming Factory (GGF) in exchange for a $10 million promissory note. [more..] San Francisco - Citing a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice, Twitter has removed a user's tweet that contained links to download songs from an album that leaked to file-sharing services before its official release, Mashable reports. [more..] New York - A website that published news about copyrighted media leaked onto file-sharing networks has been taken offline by its German Web host following a complaint from major record label Universal Music Group, TorrentFreak reported. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - According to data from mobile ad network AdMob, mobile Web traffic generated by users of mobile devices running Google's Android operating system was greater than traffic from iPhone users in March in the U.S., TechCrunch reported. [more..] Los Angeles - Mail.com Media Corp., the Jay Penske-backed firm that publishes Deadline.com, Movieline.com and a number of other sites, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Boy Genius Report, a blog covering mobile phones and other gadgets. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - Streaming music service Spotify on Tuesday rolled out a feature upgrade that includes a number of social features, as well as the ability to merge one's own music library with their Spotify playlists. [more..] Washington - Nearly half a year after its former parent company went bankrupt, local gay and lesbian weekly newspaper The Washington Blade said that it will return to newsstands on Friday. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Zong, a provider of mobile payment services used by online gaming and social networking sites, announced on Tuesday the closing of a $15 million round of funding, led by Matrix Partners. [more..] Seattle - Ground Truth, a provider of mobile audience measurement services, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $7 million in its second round of funding. [more..]
DMW Notice Board LA Games Conference - April 29, 2010, Los Angeles
The 4th annual LA Games Conference is taking place next week at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel and it's shaping up to be the best event so far with interviews with Ira Rubenstein, EVP, Global Digital Media Group, Marvel Entertainment, John Pleasants, CEO, Playdom and David Perry, CEO, Gaikai. Panelists include a who's who list of gaming and connected entertainment with top executives from Electronic Arts, Activision, Zynga, Sony Computer Entertainment America (PlayStation), Sony Online Entertainment, Disney Interactive Studios, GameStop Digital Ventures, AddictingGames / MTV Networks, Lionsgate, hi5, PlayFirst, Motorola Media Solutions, Universal Studios Interactive Group, Switch & Data, Offerpal Media and many, many more!
If you're interested in finding out more about the latest trends in the booming games industry, gain unparalleled access to some of the biggest names in the business to do do some high-level networking, leading to deals and new career opportunities, this is the place to be on April 29th!
To register for the event, please click here.
(Online Registration Rate $599 - reserve your seat now!)
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