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April 29, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | April 8, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories San Francisco - Apple on Thursday held a press event in San Francisco to introduce its iPhone OS 4.0, which will bring the ability to multitask with applications, as well as its new iAd mobile advertising format, according to live blogs of the event. [more..] London - Britain's lower house of Parliament has passed a controversial Digital Economy bill with provisions intact that will potentially suspend the Internet connections of repeat file-swappers. [more..] Washington - Several consumer advocacy groups, including the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD), have asked the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to investigate online ad exchanges and privacy issues related to the sale of user data for targeted advertising. [more..] New York - Google and Microsoft's Bing both lost a bit of search engine market share during the month of March, while Yahoo gained 3% and IAC's Ask.com saw its fourth straight monthly increase, according to data from market research firm Experian Hitwise. [more..] Espoo, Finland - Nokia announced on Thursday the launch of its Comes With Music music subscription service in China, which will offer DRM-free downloads to computers and mobile phones. [more..] New York - Gorkana, the provider of a public relations database covering 130,000 journalists, has been acquired by private equity firm Exponent, the Telegraph reported. [more..] Luxembourg - European music broadcasting and technology firm MusicMatic has purchased Mangrove Capital Partners' stake in Jamendo, a provider of free song downloads licensed by artists that began seeking a buyer for the company in January, TechCrunch reported. [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.
To register for the event, please click here.
(Pre-Registration Rate $549 - reserve your seat now!)
Briefly Noted San Francisco - Apple's iPad has sold out at all 673 Best Buy retail locations, CNET News.com reports -- although the range of Apple stores contacted reported relatively ample stock. [more..] New York - The Filter, a provider of media recommendation services founded by musician Peter Gabriel, announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal to provide short-form video recommendations on NBC.com. [more..] Emeryville, Calif. - Sony's Gracenote music identification and metadata service said on Thursday that it has teamed with Univision to provide Univision.com users with licensed Spanish-language song lyrics. [more..] Berlin - Universal Music has partnered with the German Savings Bank Association on a loyalty rewards credit card service that, for between $16 and $27 per year, will provide users with 10 song downloads per month, Billboard reported. [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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