Google prepping special iPhone ads? (1)
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Just because Google will soon release its mobile operating system Android, it’s not ignoring the iPhone. In fact, the online ad giant is preparing to offer advertisers a way to tailor ads for iPhone users, according to Adweek. For example, a normal American Airline web ad would offer a link to American’s site where users could buy tickets. An iPhone-specific ad might let you call American with just the push of a button or take ...
Twofish raises $4.5M to create economies for virtual worlds (4)
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Twofish has raised $4.5 million in a second round of funding for its business of creating the economic infrastructure behind virtual worlds. The deal is another indication that the virtual goods economy is heating up, even as the real world economy spirals downward. The Palo Alto, Calif. company made the announcement at The Virtual Goods Summit, a packed conference in San Francisco attended by several hundred people this morning. Twofish creates a “digital resources planning ...
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Trevor O said:
I have an idea. Lets build an new online world, plug everyones asses into it and feed them cheetos, pepsi, and taco bell. Energy crisis solved.
Market continues its dreaded plunge — talk of nationalization grows (6)
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The stock market plunged again today, sending the main stock markets down to their to their lowest level in five years. The Dow dropped 678 points, or more than 7 percent, crashing below 9000. The Nasdaq fell 5.47 percent, and the S&P 500 fell 7.62 percent. The continued drop has sparked increased talk by the government and experts about the need for a takeover of portions of the banking sector — in other words, a ...
At the rate the market is going, Apple may need a sub-$500 laptop on Tuesday (1)
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A lot of people have already expressed joy over the confirmation that Apple will be unveiling a bunch of new MacBook laptops at an event Tuesday in San Francisco. But to most people (those not in the tech industry making a relatively high amount of money), Apple computers mean one thing: Expensive. Given the current economic crisis the U.S. finds itself in, Apple may have a slight problem on its hands in selling what is ...
New Apple MacBooks at Oct. 14 event — good luck on airfare, East Coasters (1)
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Well, Apple sure took their time getting those invites out. As has been speculated for several weeks now, Apple is in fact holding an event on October 14 to unveil its new line of MacBook computers. The invite, which simply reads: “The spotlight turns to notebooks,” is expected to showcase a revamp of Apple entire line of portable computers. The invite shows what appears to be a dark metallic notebook shrouded in shadow. Dare I ...
A new Halo game tops Microsoft’s Xbox 360 line-up in Tokyo (1)
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For a long time, Microsoft’s game console, the Xbox, was known best for its violent sci-fi shooting games. But the hardcore shooter games stood in the way of Microsoft’s ability to cater to the broader audiences that both Sony and Nintendo reached. While Microsoft tries to break away from that reputation, its also trying to keep the millions of its hardcore gamers satisfied. Today, in Japan at the Tokyo Game Show, it unveiled its latest ...
iPhone developers are strutting into your town on a world tour (1)
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Remember that pesky Apple non-disclosure agreement (NDA) that prevented iPhone application developers from talking about their creations even after they were released? Well it’s now a little more clear why Apple relaxed those rules: The company is launching a world tour aimed at iPhone app developers and it’d be a shame if they had nothing to talk about. The iPhone Tech Talk World Tour schedule has just been revealed on the Apple Developer Connection website. ...
ArtistData keeps artists’ information in sync across networks (2)
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Thanks to the Internet, musicians have a growing number of avenues at their disposal to promote their music. The problem is that there are getting to be almost too many. Even with a dedicated person to market your band on the Internet, you’re bound to miss some, and who knows, that could be the one that helps you take off. That’s where ArtistData comes into play. The information synchronization services provides and easier way to ...
What to expect from cleantech in the downturn (1)
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[Editor's note: This is an Op-Ed piece by Todd Kimmel, a principal at venture capital firm Advanced Technology Ventures. Kimmel was previously an entrepreneur-in-residence at ATV, which led him to co-found Coskata, one of the most promising cellulosic ethanol startups on the market, in 2006. Early this year, he moved back to ATV to focus on cleantech investment.] Traditionally, summer in Silicon Valley is a slower time, but this wasn’t the case with summer 2008. ...
Glam launches luxury site — just in time for the Depression (1)
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Glam Media, the fast-growing content and ad network focused on women, has launched Glam Luxury — featuring things like high-end fashion, premium travel and fine living. It will target luxury advertisers, including Swarovski. What great timing! A luxury site? Right when the economy is falling off the cliff? When hundreds of thousands, including wealthy bankers, are being thrown out of work? It fits the company’s recent bold history. Glam has been expanding at break-neck speed, ...
Yahoo’s stock hits where it was in October…1998 (4)
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The stock market was actually up for much of the day today. While that statement is pretty pathetic, it’s worth noting that the tech-heavy Nasdaq was going strong up until market close (see update below), with many of the big name tech stocks making gains. Because of that, it’s also worth noting one stock that saw no such luck today: Yahoo. While its counterparts, Google, Microsoft, Apple, eBay and Time Warner (which is trying to ...
Dawdle launches an easier way to sell used games online & VentureBeat (4)
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Dawdle is trying to come up with best site for selling used games and accessories. After an 11-month beta test, the company is formally launching its web site today. It is also announcing four partnerships that will help it improve its relevance for its customers. The Chicago-based company is the brainchild of Sachin Agarwal, who was inspired to start the company when he tried and failed to sell a PlayStation Portable on eBay and some ...
BlackBerry’s iPhone-envy literally shows in Vodafone promo pics (2)
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It’s pretty clear that Research In Motion’s (RIM) new BlackBerry Storm smartphone was designed with another phone in mind: Apple’s iPhone. What we didn’t expect was that RIM would be so blatantly obvious about it. For several hours tonight, Vodafone (the European distributor of the device) had a Storm promo page showing pictures of the device actually running Apple’s version of OS X that powers the iPhone. Ouch. The pictures have been removed from the ...
Google launches in-game advertising for Flash web games (4)
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After months of testing, Google is publicly launching the beta version of its AdSense for Games software. The product represents the company’s first push into a fast-growing new market — the ability to insert ads into games, either as they are being played or just after they finish. The plan is pretty much what I reported in July, when word surfaced that the search giant was testing the ads. Its decision to enter the market ...
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google will sell you anything anywhere
Google’s market cap may drop below $100 billion — like tomorrow (1)
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On November 7, 2007, Google’s stock hit its all-time high of $747.24-a-share. After a second-half of incredible growth (in 2007), $1,000-a-share seemed like it was only a matter of time. And some were even calling for $2,000-a-share. (Though, to be fair, Silicon Alley Insider’s Henry Blodget didn’t say exactly when he thought it would hit $2,000-a-share.) People aren’t saying that anymore. Google’s stock fell over 6 percent once again today. It closed below $350-a-share ($346.01 ...
What downturn? Private equity still going strong (1)
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The financial sky may be falling, but it looks like private equity firms are relatively sheltered. In fact, fundraising by North American private equity firms during the first three quarters of 2008 is actually way ahead of fundraising during the same period last year, according to a report from Dow Jones Private Equity Analyst. Private equity is a category that that includes buyout, venture capital, mezzanine, distressed and several other types of firms. This year, ...
Appssavvy snags $3.1M to connect advertisers, app developers (1)
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Even though social networking companies serve tens of millions of users, there’s still bizarrely little advertising on the most popular sites. Many big agencies and brands have experimented, but they’re still looking for better ways to target the users they want. The latest company hoping to serve these advertisers is Appssavvy, a startup that sells direct advertising space on social media applications like Flixster, MesmoTV, and Playfish — most of which have a presence on ...
BitGravity’s newest features adjust video quality to your connection speed (1)
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Most people are used to television, where control of a video — its image quality and other aspects — is locked. The idea of allowing access to control video is still new. Content distributors are still grappling with how to handle it, usually through software or new video codecs (types of video data streams). Content delivery network BitGravity has a different idea: Adding controls on the server side, where the video is streamed out to ...
