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April 29, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 6, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - In a blow to supporters of "net neutrality," a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) does not have authority to regulate the treatment of content running through broadband networks. [more..] Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo is in talks to acquired location-sharing startup Foursquare for as much as $100 million, Business Insider reported, citing "sources close to bankers involved in Foursquare's current fundraising efforts." [more..] New York - Suitors for AOL's ICQ instant messaging service are down to three companies, Reuters reported, citing the Russian business daily Vedomosti. [more..] San Francisco - Facing a barrage of class action lawsuits, Yelp, the provider of user-generated local restaurant and business reviews, announced on Tuesday that it will no longer let businesses pay to push a "favorite" review to the top of the page, and will no longer edit out reviews it deemed to be fraudulent. [more..] Seattle - Rhapsody, the digital music service launched by RealNetworks seven years ago that would later become a joint venture with Viacom's MTV Networks, has officially spun-off to become an independent company. [more..] Los Angeles - Following a federal judge's order last month to removing all infringing content from its site, Torrent search engine Isohunt has opted to block its main site from U.S. users, instead pointing them to a bare bones search page. [more..] New York - U.S. private equity fund-raising dipped 8% to $17.6 billion during the first quarter, compared with the same quarter in 2009, according to new figures released by Dow Jones LP Source. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - Brightcove, a provider of Internet video delivery technology, has raised $12 million in a round of venture capital, according to a new filing by the company with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [more..] Boston - Yankee Group, a technology market research firm, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $10 million from Alta Communications to expand its research team in the field of connectivity. [more..] Washington - Backed by such industry heavyweights as Comcast, Facebook and Microsoft, a new D.C.-based organization officially launched on Tuesday, with the goal of getting more seniors to adopt broadband services. [more..] San Francisco - Stitcher, a service that lets users customize talk radio programming on their mobile devices, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $6 million in its second round of funding, led by Benchmark Capital. [more..] Los Angeles - Armchair Revolutionary on Tuesday launched a beta version of its Web-based social action service, which aims to fund science and technology projects through microfinancing provided by social gaming and virtual item purchases. [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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(Pre-Registration Rate $549 - reserve your seat now!)
Briefly Noted Espoo, Finland - Nokia is developing a tablet computer that is expected to begin selling later this year, Reuters reported, citing Rodmand and Renshaw analyst Ashok Kumar. [more..] Los Angeles - Canadian film studio Lionsgate announced on Tuesday that it has partnered with private investment firm Saban Capital Group to form Tiger Gate, a joint venture pay-TV channel and distributor of TV shows and action and horror films across Asia. [more..] Los Gatos, Calif. - Netflix has announced in a blog post that, following the release of an application for Apple's iPad that allows instant streaming of movies and TV shows, the company will offer a similar application for the iPhone. [more..] New York - CBSsports.com announced that its March Madness on Demand player streamed more than 11.7 million hours of live audio and video during the NCAA men's basketball tournament, up from 8.6 million last year and 4.92 million in 2008. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - Electronic Arts on Tuesday announced the launch of Tiger "Woods PGA Tour Online," a browser-based golf game that requires no game installation, no disc and no additional peripherals. [more..] Detroit - WaTunes, a social music discovery service and digital music store, announced on Tuesday announced that it has released a Music Store application for Facebook. [more..] Philadelphia - The Philadelphia Inquirer's Philly.com has partnered with U.K. social games developer HubHub, which will provide its FanDuel fantasy sports offering on the site, TechCrunch reported. [more..] New York - Universal Music Group announced on Tuesday that it partnered with social music gaming firm Conduit Labs, to provide players of games like "Music Pets," "Super Dance" and "Loudcrowd" to access Universal songs. [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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