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June 14, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | June 10, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Los Angeles - A security problem with AT&T's website has exposed the email addresses of more than 114,000 owners of Apple's iPad, including those of "dozens of CEOs, military officials and top politicians," reports Gawker, which was given the data by Goatse Security, the Web security group that exposed the AT&T security hole. [more..] Washington - A consortium of broadband providers and technology firms has created a voluntary Broadband Internet Technical Advisory Group (BITAG), which aims to develop consensus on Net Neutrality issues like network management practices. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook announced on Thursday that it has partnered with the National PTA to establish a program "that will provide information, support and news to encourage citizenship online, reduce cyberbullying and advance Internet safety and security." [more..] San Jose, Calif. - Global traffic on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks now totals 3.5 exabytes per month, and is expected to grow at a moderate pace with a compound annual growth rate of 16% from 2009 to 2014, according to Cisco's Visual Networking Index. [more..] Madrid - A federal court in Spain has acquitted the operators of a Web forum that offered links to download music and videos from file-sharing networks, comparing the sharing of media online to book-lending, which has been around "since ancient times," TorrentFreak reports. [more..] San Francisco - Twitter announced on Thursday that it has acquired Smallthought Systems, a provider of Web analytics services. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - Content delivery network services provider Akamai announced on Thursday that it has acquired the assets of Velocitude, a mobile services platform. [more..] El Segundo, Calif. - Market research firm iSuppli announced on Thursday that it will acquire London-based fellow market researcher Screen Digest. [more..] Woodland Hills, Calif. - CrowdGather, a network of special interest forums and enthusiast board communities, announced on Thursday that it has acquired digital ad agency Adisn, in an all-stock deal valued at $5.5 million. [more..] Los Angeles - Collecta, the developer of a real-time search engine, announced on Thursday that it has raised $4.7 million in new funding. [more..] San Mateo, Calif. - Attributor, the provider of a content monitoring service for publishers, has raised $3.2 million in its fourth round of financing, from Sigma Partners and Selby Venture Partners. [more..]
DMW Notice Board UPDATE: Matias Myllyrinne, Managing Director, Remedy Entertainment, to give special presentation about developing the top selling Alan Wake Xbox game . Dan Winters, VP, Developer Relations and Acquisitions, Activision Blizzard, will be featured in a keynote interview with Marty Poulin, CEO at ShadyLogic Studios. Ronald Azuma, Research Leader, Nokia Research Center Hollywood to deliver Keynote Presentation on augmented reality, location-based services for media and entertainment . New speakers announced from Mandalay Pictures, Lionsgate, NBC Interactive, Tokyo Pop, Imagination Studios, Team 17, Starbreeze Studios and many more! Together with our friends at Variety and Nordic Game, we are pleased to announce speakers for our second annual pre-E3 transmedia event. This year's event features three keynotes, special presentations as well as 6 panels and bustling after-party by the pool! Don't miss this opportunity for top notch networking. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email ( jay@digitalmediawire.com) for more information.
Digital Media Conference East - June 25, 2010 - Washington D.C.
Join over 500 of the most influential decision-makers in the media, entertainment and technology industries will gather in Washington, DC / Tysons Corner for the 7th Annual Digital Media Conference East. This year's event features 3 keynotes and 15 panels divided across 5 Tracks: Mobile • Social Media • Television/Video • Marketing • Law & Tech. Keynoters include Boxee CEO & Co-Founder Avner Ronen and Kelly Day, EVP and General Manager, Digital Media and Commerce, Discovery Communications. New speakers announced from National Geographic Global Media, CBS Interactive/TV.com, Yahoo! News, MTV Networks, WeatherBug, Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Cisco Media Solutions Group and many more!
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.
LAST WEEK to register for only $499. Reserve your seat now!
Briefly Noted Redmond, Wash. - Microsoft on Thursday introduced its new Bing social search service, which provides results in the form of real-time status updates from Facebook, Twitter and similar services. [more..] New York - The standards editor at The New York Times has asked writers to avoid using the term "tweet" as a noun or verb when mentioning Twitter, noting that the publication "favor[s] established usage and ordinary words over the latest jargon or buzzwords," The Awl reports. [more..] Los Angeles - Investigative News Network, a public service journalism venture backed by 32 non-profit news publishers, has received $200,000 in new grant money and named former TheWrap.com COO Kevin Davis as its inaugural CEO, PaidContent reported. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - Streaming music service Spotify announced on Thursday the availability of its service on TVs in Sweden and Finland, the results of a new partnership with local ISP TeliaSonera. [more..] Burbank, Calif. - Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment on Thursday announced plans to release a new installment for its "Mortal Kombat" franchise for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in 2011. [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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