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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | May 6, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday posted details of a plan under which the government would regulate the Internet and implement "network neutrality" on the nation's broadband networks. [more..] Los Angeles - Google has asked a federal judge to declare that its search engine does not infringe copyrights when its search results provide links to copyrighted works hosted on file-hosting service RapidShare, according to The Hollywood Reporter. [more..] Tokyo - As sales of its Wii console slowed, Nintendo reported an 18% decline in profits for its fiscal year ended March 31, citing in part a Wii price cut and lackluster new games. [more..] New York - Digg, the news aggregation and ranking service, has laid off about 10% of its staff, according to an email sent to employees by CEO Kevin Rose that the company posted on its blog. [more..] New York - The total time spent on social networking sites by users worldwide grew more than 100% over the past year, as Facebook and Twitter posted large gains in unique users, according to a report from Nielsen. [more..] New York - AT&T's exclusive carrier deal with Apple for the iPhone has been extended by six months, due to the contract-free data plan offered for the iPad, Business Insider reported, citing Broadpoint AmTech analyst Brian Marshall. [more..] New York - Google increased its share of the U.S. search market by 2% during the month of April, and now claims 71% of the total market, according to a report from Hitwise. [more..] Los Angeles - A class action lawsuit has been filed against Sony, over its intention to disable the ability of PlayStation 3 owners to run Linux and other operating systems on the game consoles. [more..] Cranston, R.I. - DormNoise, a provider of online event organizing applications designed for college students, announced on Thursday that it has raised $500,000 of investment capital from DN Ventures and Present e-Learning Systems. [more..]
DMW Notice Board International Game & Film Lounge, Los Angeles, June 14, 2010
Together with our friends at Variety and Nordic Game, we are pleased to announce the agenda for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features two keynotes, demos and a showcase as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! We invite you to join an exclusive group of decision-makers at the event and take part in the discussion with executives, investors, analysts, press, filmmakers and gamers who will be instrumental in shaping the future of the game and film business. We are accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email (jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information. Speakers last year included Jeff Gomez of Starlight Runner Entertainment, Transmedia Producer who worked on the world's most successful movie, Avatar, and many other Hollywood projects, Navid Khonsari, Director of the multi-million selling "Grand Theft Auto" video game series and Mattias Bergbom, Academy Award winning CGI Producer for "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Register now for only $299 until May 14. Limited number of tickets available. This event will sell out!
Briefly Noted San Francisco - The nonprofit Internet Archive has launched a project to digitize more than 1 million book titles, to make them more accessible to the visually impaired. [more..] Mountain View, Calif. - Google has launched a new feature for its Google Goggles application that lets users take camera phone photos of foreign text and receive instant translations. [more..] Los Angeles - Playboy plans to launch a free, safe-for-work website in a bid to attract more ad revenue from marketers shy about adult content, PaidContent reported, citing remarks made by company executives during its quarterly earnings call. [more..] Los Angeles - Satellite TV provider DirecTV will offer the first Major League Baseball games to be broadcast in 3D, with the telecasts of the Yankees-Mariners series on July 10-11, Variety reports. [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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