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October 27, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | July 27, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Burbank, Calif. - The Walt Disney Company announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Playdom, a publisher of online social games, in a deal valued at up to $763.2 million. [more..] Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has responded to the U.S. Copyright Office's ruling that consumers aren't violating the law when they "jailbreak" their iPhones by noting that the act will still void their warranties, Cult of Mac reported. [more..] Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo Japan, a joint venture between the company and Softbank, has signed a deal to switch from using Microsoft's search results to Google's, All Things D reported. [more..] Cupertino, Calif. - Apple has begun shipping the free iPhone 4 bumper cases it promised consumers as a remedy to reception issues caused by the device's external antenna. [more..] Grapevine, Texas - Video game retail store chain GameStop announced on Tuesday that it will acquire online game publisher Kongregate. [more..] Boston - Chinese search giant Baidu is continuing to gain ground on market leaders Google, Yahoo and Microsoft, according to new research by Boston-based Strategy Analytics. [more..] San Francisco - BuzzLogic, the operator of a blog ad network and provider of conversational media marketing services, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $8.8 million in a second round of funding. [more..] Portland, Ore. - Elemental Technologies, a provider massively parallel video processing solutions, announced on Tuesday that it has raised $7.5 million in its second round of financing, led by Disney-affiliated Steamboat Ventures. [more..] Bethesda, Md. - Knewco, a developer of in-text advertising technology aimed at helping advertisers more accurately target potential clients, has raised $1.2 million in a new round of equity funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Triangulate, the developer of a social dating application for Facebook called Wings, has raised $750,000 in new funding from Trinity Ventures and Rick Thompson, chairman of social games publisher Playdom. [more..]
DMW Notice Board New York Games Conference - September 21, 2010 - New York, NY
Steven Chiang, President, Studios, Zynga, will be having a 1-on-1 Keynote Interview with Mike Vorhaus, President of Magid Advisors and Alex St. John, President & CTO of hi5, will be delivering a Keynote presentation at this year's event! The first round of speakers for the 2010 conference have been announced. You can find the agenda and all event updates online. 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. Register now for the Value Rate of only $399 from now until August 6th! Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, has been added as a Keynote Speaker for the conference! The first round of speakers for this years conference have also been released. An updated agenda and speaker list can be found online. 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. This is the last week to register for the Early Bird rate. Register now for $399 until July 30th! Digital Media Conference, West - October 27, 2010 - San Francisco, CA
Join us as we bring some of the nation's top industry leaders back to the city by the bay! All event updates and registration forms can be found online! We are currently accepting speaker submissions and offering sponsor/exhibit opportunities now. Please contact Event Director Jay Baage via email jay@digitalmediawire.com for more information. Register now for the Early Bird rate $299. Early Bird registration ends at Midnight on the morning of July 30th
Briefly Noted Seattle - Amazon.com announced on Tuesday that Millennium Trilogy author Stieg Larsson has become the first to sell over 1 million Kindle e-books, and is the first member of Amazon's new "Kindle Million Club." [more..] Sunnyvale, Calif. - Yahoo announced on Tuesday that Internet audience measurement firm comScore underreported its U.S. page views for June by more than one billion, and its duration metrics by more than 850 million minutes. [more..] London - Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS, has seen 90% audience growth in the U.S. over the past 12 months, where it now counts over 8 million users, CBS Interactive music president David Goodman told the Guardian. [more..] Corrales, N.M. - "Shrek" producers DreamWorks Animation said on Tuesday that it has signed a multi-year deal to use on-demand, "elastic" cloud computing services from Cerelink to render its motion picture projects. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - National Geographic - Washington - iFactor Consulting - Pheonix - Payvment, Inc. - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco
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