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October 27, 2010  | | Connecting People & Knowledge Since May 2000 | | | | | August 2, 2010 · Today's Sponsor: | | |  | Top Stories Washington - According to multiple reports, the Washington Post Co. will announce on Monday a deal to sell its Newsweek magazine to 91-year-old stereo equipment magnate Sidney Harman. [more..] Los Angeles - A federal judge will not freeze the assets of file-sharing service LimeWire and its founder Mark Gorton, rejecting a request from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which recently won a copyright infringement case against the company, CNET News.com reported. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Global shipments of mobile phones running Google's Android operating system grew 886% in the second quarter from a year ago, according to a report from market research firm Canalys. [more..] Tokyo - Japanese mobile network operator NTT DoCoMo announced on Monday that it has acquired the remaining 65% interest in mobile video developer PacketVideo that it did not already own, from NextWave for $111.6 million. [more..] Los Angeles - U.S. iPad owners pay among the highest fees worldwide for their data services, at an average of $12.50 per gigabyte, according to an infographic produced by Tableau Software. [more..] Palo Alto, Calif. - Facebook said that it currently has no plans to continue its fbFund, its three-year-old program with Accel Partners and Founders Fund that provided seed funding and guidance to application developers, according to the blog Inside Facebook. [more..] New York - The number of companies registering to go public surged to near record levels during the second quarter, according to new figures from Ernst & Young. [more..] New York - AdMeld, a provider of online advertising optimization and integration services, has raised $15 million in its third round of financing, led by Norwest Venture Partners. [more..] Washington - In its third major financing round this year, LivingSocial, the developer of a social commerce service as well as several popular social networking tools, has raised another $10.2 million in equity funding, according to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). [more..] Tempe, Ariz. - Limelight Networks, a provider of content delivery network services, announced on Monday that it has acquired Delve Networks, a provider of cloud-based video publishing and analytics services. [more..] Los Angeles - Rapportive, a start-up developing ways to improve Google's Gmail by adding contextual information about contacts, has raised over $1 million in seed financing, TechCrunch reports. [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.
This is the last week to register at the Value Rate of $399. Register now until August 6th!
Digital Music Forum, West - October 6-7, 2010 - Los Angeles, CA
We are happy to announce Chris Tsakalakis, General Manager of Ebay Tickets/StubHub, and Rick Alden, Founder & CEO of Skullcandy, as Keynote Speakers 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.
Register now for the Economy rate of $499 until August 27!
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 Economy rate of $399 until August 27th.
Briefly Noted New York - The New York Times has developed a white-label version of the platform it uses to publish content for Apple's iPhone and iPad, AdAge reports. [more..] San Francisco - The iPhone Dev Team has released a new browser-based means of "jailbreaking" Apple's iPhone so that it can run unauthorized applications and operate on unauthorized networks. [more..] London - U.K. retail store chain Carphone Warehouse will launch a cloud-based music subscription service featuring repertoire from all four major record labels, Billboard reports. [more..] Extras Job/Event/Marketplace Classifieds - Cisco Systems - New York City - AppNexus - New York - National Geographic - Washington - iFactor Consulting - Pheonix
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