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Submitted by Logicalextremes
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When, in late September, rumors surfaced that Comcast was trying to buy NBC Universal from General Electric, Wall Street reacted with dismay. Grandiose attempts to combine media production and distribution — programming and plumbing — are nothing new in the entertainment business, but they almost always end in disappointmen (Read More)
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20 hours ago
: That’s one funny thing about the Internet: it’s an extraordinarily rich communications system, but as an information and entertainment medium, it encourages private consumption. The pictures and sounds served up through our PCs, iPods and smart phones absorb us deeply but in isolation. Even when we’re together today, we’re often apart, peering into our own screens.
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The Apple Blog:
Speaking yesterday at the Professional Developer’s Conference, Microsoft’s Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie explained what’s really important when it comes to the smartphone business, and it’s apparently nothing at all to do with the number of apps available on any one platform.All the apps that count will be ported to ev (Read More)
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21 hours ago
: Amusing: "That’s why there are more than 100,000 apps in the iTunes Store and, what, five in the Windows Marketplace? And that’s why quality apps like Facebook or Tweetie 2.0 have been ported, feature-complete, from the iPhone to Windows Mobile, Blackberry and Palm OS? Oh, wait…"
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MAKE Magazine:
Banned Xboxs flood online marketplaces via BBG.Hundreds of Xboxs have appeared on online marketplaces such as eBay and Craigslist in the wake of the mass Xbox live bans. Over the past week Microsoft has banned nearly one million users from the online gaming service after finding that they had modified their consoles to play (Read More)
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Submitted by Loucypher
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Facebook made its much-anticipated debut on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 video game consoles this week.Microsoft launched the Xbox 360’s integration with Facebook today, bringing social networking experiences into the living room. With it, you can update your status from the game console, browse updates from your friends, (Read More)
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Submitted by Esjay
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASECartoon Network Enterprises LaunchesIndustry-First Mass CustomizationManufacturing-on-Demand DVD ProgramLaunching November 16On AdultSwimShop.comAdult Swim's Build a Custom DVD ProjectAllows Fans to Create Fully Customizable DVD on DemandCartoon Network Enterprises (CNE), the licensing and merchandising (Read More)
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Submitted by Bwana
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In this video, I conduct an extensive overview of QuickHit Football alongside Brandon Justice, Director of Design at QuickHit.Sponsor: Try GotoMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts Sponsor: Try SquareSpace free for 14 days, use the code “bwana” to save 10% on the life of th (Read More)
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Submitted by Esjay
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[Leisure Suit Larry creator Al Lowe sits down with our own Leigh Alexander to discuss the evolution of the game industry, his new iPhone app, CyberJoke 3000, and why old-school adventure games won't see a resurgence.]Sierra-era veteran Al Lowe has effectively retired from the game industry, but was intrigued enough by the o (Read More)
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Submitted by Massmediamobile
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Manpower has seen a spike in Americans looking for work in Singapore. The company has 500 applicants interested in Singapore compared to just a few dozen six months back.Opportunities abroad are good news for the adventurous and yet still good news for those who don't want to move -- there will be less U.S. competition for (Read More)
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Knowledge Hemispheres Consolidated Feed for New Media:
Day 2 of DevLearn kicked off with a keynote from Eric Zimmerman on Serious Game Design. Cammy Bean did a fantastic job of taking notes during the keynote, so I’ll defer to her on this. You can see her notes here. (Thank you, Cammy!)Session 401: Overview of Latest Learning Trends: What’s Hot, What’s Not, and WhyThis session (Read More)
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Rock, Paper, Shotgun:
Big Fish Games, they of the casual gaming world who aren’t PopCap, have released a new game rather beautifully called Fauna Sphere. I love the name, I’m terrified by the game. It’s one of them-there free cutesy MMO things, with an animal of your creation – a Fauna – and tasks to complete. It seems rather competently done, b (Read More)
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All Facebook:
Last month we wrote about the impending launch of Facebook on XBox LIVE and now it’s official. According to Microsoft, Facebook will launch on Xbox LIVE on November 17th, the same day we mentioned last month. Facebook integration is relatively robust (see here) including the ability to update your status, view your Facebo (Read More)
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L.A. Times - Business:
Electronic Arts, looking to jump into the exploding market for games on social networks, this morning said it has agreed to buy Playfish in a deal valued at $400 million.The transaction calls for $275 million in cash, plus $25 in retention bonuses for executives of the tiny London-based developer of games such as Pet Societ (Read More)
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Submitted by Louisgray
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Accel Partners is making other venture capital firms look plain silly.At a time when VCs have struggled to sell their portfolio companies or bring them public, Accel is the backer of two companies - mobile advertising company Admob Inc. and games developer Playfish Ltd. - that announced today they have been acquired for mor (Read More)
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ThinkGeek :: What's New:
Everything you always wanted to know about Halo - with beautiful pictures, too. Sure you love gaming and playing all the Halo games, but wouldn't you love to know more? With info from the legendary Halo story bible, this book's got some insight you'll never get anywhere else. And it's got lotsa purty pictures. $37.99. (Read More)
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The Next Web:
Electronic Arts has acquired Facebook gamesmaker Playfish for up to $400 Million.Playfish is a British based developer of free to play casual social games primarily popular on the likes of Facebook and MySpace, Bebo and the iPhone, among others.To date, more than 150 million Playfish games have been installed and played by (Read More)
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