| | Upcoming Event: June 25, 2010 | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | June 7, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | |  | Top Stories San Francisco - Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced a new iPhone model with support for video calls, and a corresponding iOS software update at the company's annual WWDC developer's conference in San Francisco. [more..] New York - The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Friday asked a federal judge for a permanent injunction that would shut down the LimeWire file-sharing service, and a court hearing scheduled for Monday could decide the service's fate, according to published reports. [more..] Overland Park, Kan. - Sprint announced on Monday that the HTC EVO, the first U.S. handset to support faster 4G networking, broke its sales record for a single phone sold in one day on Friday. [more..] New York - Some 23% of U.S. mobile consumers owned a smartphone in the first quarter of 2010, up from 16% in the second quarter of 2009, according to a report from Nielsen. [more..] Boca Raton, Fla. - OpenPeak, a developer of multimedia touch-screen devices currently at work on a media tablet, announced on Monday that it has raised $52 million in new funding, from existing investors and Intel Capital. [more..] Redwood City, Calif. - Social applications developer RockYou announced on Monday that it has raised a new $10 million round of funding, led by SoftBank, and the acquisition of a majority of the shares in its joint venture, RockYou Asia. [more..] Los Angeles - Dmitry Shapiro, the former CEO of now-defunct video-hosting service Veoh, has been named chief technology officer at MySpace Music, the joint venture between the News Corp.-owned social network and the major record labels. [more..] San Francisco - Six Apart, the provider of a blogging software platform and complementary services, announced on Monday that it has acquired NaturalPath Media, an online ad network for sustainable, healthy and conscious lifestyles. [more..] London - Audioboo, the provider of a mobile application that lets users record and share geo-tagged audio, has received a major investment from UBC Media, Imagination Technologies and Don Cruikshank, The Guardian reports. [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. Register now for only $249. Limited number of tickets available. 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 $399. Reserve your seat now! Briefly Noted Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Monday that it has further integrated Facebook across its global network of websites, and rebranded its Yahoo Profiles service as "Yahoo Pulse." [more..] Washington - SBNation, a network of sports-related blogs, said on Monday that it plans to launch 20 new regional sports sites in the coming weeks, starting with new sites for New York, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Arizona and D.C. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - Aspiro Music said on Monday that Apple has approved its WiMP streaming music service application for distribution from the App Store in Norway. [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 DMW Information Executive & Editorial Team | |