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October 27, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | July 28, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - A bill that would legalize some forms of online gambling in the U.S. has passed a vote in the U.S. House Committee on Financial Services. [more..] Oakland, Calif. - A class action lawsuit has been filed against Apple over charges its iPad can overheat and malfunction in direct sunlight, Bloomberg reported. [more..] Reston, Va. - Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace reach a higher percentage of women than men globally, according to a new report from Internet audience measurement firm comScore. [more..] Tokyo - Online payments firm PayPal, a unit of eBay, is preparing to expand into Japan without the branding help of its corporate parent, which essentially conceded the auction market to Yahoo Japan when it withdrew from the country in 2002, the Associated Press reported. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook on Wednesday debuted a new question-and-answers feature, which lets members pose questions to their friends as well as the other 500 million users of the site. [more..] Cambridge, Mass. - Just 4 in 100 online adults has ever used a location-based mobile service like Foursquare, Gowalla or Loopt, and only 1% of these people "check-in" on such services more than once a week, according to a report from market research firm Forrester. [more..] South San Francisco - Envivio, a provider of Internet video delivery services, announced on Wednesday that it has secured $15 million in new financing, and named several new executives. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook will acquire Hot Potato, a start-up focused on chat applications for live events, for between $10 million and $15 million, people familiar with the deal told All Things D. [more..] New York - Business Insider, a publisher of online business news and commentary, announced on Wednesday that it has raised about $3 million in new financing. [more..] New York - Philo, the developer of a social television platform, announced on Wednesday that it has raised an undisclosed sum of financing, from investors including North Bridge Venture Partners and DFJ Gotham Ventures. [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. Tomorrow is the last day to register at the Early Bird rate. Register now for $399 until Midnight of 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. Tomorrow is the last day to register at the Early Bird rate. Register now for the Early Bird rate $299. Early Bird registration ends at Midnight on July 30th
Briefly Noted Seattle - Amazon.com has temporarily sold out of the $189, entry-level model of its Kindle e-book reader device. [more..] Stockholm, Sweden - Should Wikileaks, the website that published 90,000 documents on the war in Afghanistan, be targeted for shutdown by U.S. authorities, Sweden's Pirate Party has offered to host the site, TorrentFreak reports. [more..] Reston, Va. - comScore, the provider of Internet audience measurement services, said that a processing error caused it to under-report usage statistics for Yahoo by 2-3% in June. [more..] Seattle - Amazon.com has launched a new integration with Facebook that provides product recommendations based on what your friends have said they liked on Facebook, TechCrunch reports. [more..] Los Angeles - News Corp.'s IGN Entertainment on Wednesday launched a new social network aimed at gamers. [more..] Los Angeles - WaTunes, a social music service that also provides distribution of artists' songs to digital retailers and services, said on Wednesday that it plans to release mobile versions of its Music Store application for iPhone, Android, Palm and BlackBerry platforms this winter. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - National Geographic - Washington - iFactor Consulting - Pheonix - Payvment, Inc. - San Francisco, CA - Zynga - San Francisco
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