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Classic brands vs a new breed of iPhone games

by Chris Caceres, February 12, 2010 | Comments

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Big brand game developers like EA and Sega just aren't getting it when it comes to porting to iPhone

iPhone games have come a ways. Over the past year or so, we've seen the rise of rich 3D shooter games like Gameloft's NOVA, or wild air combat flying games like SGN's Skies of Glory. There's no denying the iPhone has some serious gaming capabilities. And as some of us iPhone owners begin to adopt it as a gaming ...

Thoughts on Buzz

by Fred Wilson, February 12, 2010 | Comments

	Buzz is Google's finest implementation of "social" to date Reece asked me in the comments the other day what I thought about Buzz. I told him I hadn't had the time to turn it on and play with it. I did that later in the day and have been using Buzz for a couple days. So here goes Reece.I'll state right up front that there are elements of Buzz ...
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NBC Olympics app delivers mobile Vancouver

by Ronny Kerr, February 12, 2010 | Comments

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Official iPhone app brings event updates from the 2010 Winter Olympics

A few days ago, we talked about all the various ways users will be using social media to follow the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Let's add one more resource to that list, already growing long.NBC is set to bring iPhone customers all the Olympic updates they could ever need with the official NBC Olympics app, currently available for free ...

A whole lot of iPad apps on the way

by Chris Caceres, February 12, 2010 | Comments

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Flurry report indicates plenty iPad developers working hard

The iPad was received with mixed emotions amid the tech industry. Some feeling it will change the way we consume media, and others believing the device is useless with its lack of multitasking and limitations on browsing the Web (like lack of Flash support.) Either way, along with Apple's announcement of the device in late January came a surge of ...

Veoh shuts its doors

by Matt Bowman, February 12, 2010 | Comments

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Chapter 7 bankruptcy is emblematic of the online video bubble.

In August of last year, I anticipated a bit of a blood bath in the overcrowded online video space. With capital harder to come by, an ad money deluge that never happened, demand for semi-pro production growing too slowly, and big incremental video hosting costs, a bit of online video carnage was inevitable. Yesterday, one of the previous front-runners, Veoh ...

Google Buzz all abuzz in just two days

by Ronny Kerr, February 12, 2010 | Comments

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Not small numbers: 9 million posts and comments, 200 posts/minute from mobile

After just two days in the wild, Google Buzz has stirred up something of a social share frenzy.According to Google, tens of millions of people have tried the product out. Not only that, but the company has already counted nine million posts and comments and, from mobile devices, 200 posts roll in every minute.Of course, these numbers probably owe a ...

Social media and the Olympics

by Chris Caceres, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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What to get out of Facebook and Twitter this 2010 Winter Olympics

The Vancouver 2010 Olympics begin tomorrow, and of course like any other major event, its committee has embraced social media practices to connect with the potential millions across the Web. Will this increase the success of the Winter Olympics? We can't really answer that question just yet, but two very important online entities, Facebook and Twitter, will play a roll ...

YouTube's new Video Speed Dashboard

by Chris Caceres, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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Gives a nice look into how your YouTube download speeds compare to others

Online video provider, YouTube keeps rolling out features and tools. On Thursday, the company launched a Video Speed Dashboard in an attempt to inform its users just how fast their videos are downloading in comparison to others nearby, other regions, different ISPs and across the globe. The information provided is pretty straight forward. By heading over to http://youtube.com/my_speed, YouTube will ...

Google acquires social search site Aardvark

by Ronny Kerr, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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For $50 million, Google gets social media Q&A site; second big social news for Google this week

Google has acquired social search site Aardvark for an estimated $50 million, according to the latest reports."We have signed a definitive agreement to acquire Aardvark, but we don't have any additional details to share right now," a Google representative said in a statement.Aardvark, a sort of social question-and-answer service, has built its offerings entirely on the premise that people have ...

Zynga acquires Serious Business

by Chris Caceres, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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Social gaming giant gobbles up Serious Business, maker of Facebook Game, "Friends for Sale"

Zynga, the social gaming company behind the insanely popular Facebook game Farmville, has signed an agreement to acquire Serious Business. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.San Francisco-based Serious Business' largest game on Facebook was Friends For Sale. The game reached about one million daily active users according to an interview with CEO Siqi Chen. As for business model, ...

Is Web 2.0 sucking the innovation well dry?

by Matt Bowman, February 11, 2010 | Comments (2)

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Entrepreneur-turned professor says companies like Facebook hamper much-needed cleantech funding

There’s no doubt that Facebook and Twitter have distracted the collective workforce for countless hours on the job—those of us in media get to write that time off as real work (ha!)—but are those companies also distracting investors, sucking hundreds of millions of dollars away from more important innovations in sectors like healthcare, energy efficiency, and education?Many economists would dismiss ...

Riddim Ribbon riding to the top of App Store

by Ronny Kerr, February 11, 2010 | Comments

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New title from Tap Tap Revenge developer already seeing success on Apple iPhone

Riddim Ribbon, the latest release from Tapulous of Tap Tap Revenge fame, has ridden a wave of popularity to the top spot of the 25 highest grossing apps on the App Store.Having claimed the number one spot, Riddim Ribbon has officially beaten out Rock Band, Call of Duty: World at War: Zombies, Qik Video Camera, and GT Racing: Motor Academy, ...

Facebook mobile grows to 100 million users

by Chris Caceres, February 10, 2010 | Comments

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Social networking giant reaching mobile users through apps, mobile optimized sites and SMS

As if almost 400 million desktop users wasn't quite enough, Facebook announced on Wednesday its mobile version, also known as Facebook Mobile, now reaches 100 million users. Less than six months ago, the social networking giant announced it had 65 million users accessing Facebook mobile. The company said in a blog post, "This usage happens on almost every carrier in ...

Facebook Chat aiming for ubiquity

by Ronny Kerr, February 10, 2010 | Comments

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Launch of XMPP support means third-party messaging applications can integrate Facebook Chat easily

Facebook has just announced that third-party instant messengers will now easily be able to integrate Facebook Chat, which now operates under Jabber (XMPP) technology. Since many of the most popular messaging clients--iChat, Pidgin, Adium, Miranda--offer Jabber support, it's likely that you'll be able to now chat to your Facebook friends via your favorite client.An added bonus for users who take ...

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