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Why Gen Y Is Going to Change the Web
via ReadWriteWeb by Sarah Perez on May 15, 2008
Gen Y is taking over. The generation of young adults that's compromised of the children of Boomers, Generation Jones, and even some Gen X'ers, is the biggest generation since the Baby Boomers and three times the size of Gen X. And as the Boomers fade into retirement and Gen Y takes root in the workplace, we're going to see some big changes ahead, not just at work, but on the web as a...
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Dash Opens Up APIs For Its GPS Device to Developers
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on May 14, 2008
Dash Navigation is opening up its in-car GPS device to outside developers through an API program. The Dash already lets consumers create Yahoo map mashups on teh Web which theycan then send to their car. (Read my earlier review). Now, companies that want to create specific applications for the device, which includes a two-way data channel through GPRS as well as WiFi, can join the API...
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Gartner: 90% Of Virtual Worlds Fail Within 18 Months
via Worlds In Motion by Eric Caoili on May 15, 2008
According to a study conducted by Stamford-based information and technology research and advisory firm Gartner, nine out of ten virtual world businesses fail within 18 months, partly due to businesses focusing more on technology rather than on understanding user requirements. Gartner vice president and fellow Steve Prentice notes that businesses need to realize that a successful virtual presence...
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Hey, What if the Founder Gets Hit By a Bus? Nada
via Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed by pk on May 15, 2008
One of the questions investors in early-stage companies -- both private and public -- often ask is this: What if the founder gets hit by a bus? It is, of course, an investor's way of saying, "How much of this company's continuing success requires this man/women at the helm?"Most investors skew toward believing that founders of successful companies matter a great deal. A new paper,...
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CBS to buy CNET Networks for $1.8 billion
via VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi on May 15, 2008
In a marriage between old media and new, CBS has agreed to buy online news site CNET Networks for $1.8 billion in a deal that should end the recent struggle to control the board of CNET.The move comes after CNET’s management had come under attack by shareholders for not doing enough to increase its market value. CNET is one of the earliest movers to embrace an online only format, and is one of...
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Mozilla CEO John Lilly Reveals More Details On Stealth Data Project
via TechCrunch by Michael Arrington on May 14, 2008
Mozilla CEO John Lilly revealed more details of their stealth Data project today, which we first reported here. In a blog post, he says “data is one of the most important pieces to faciliate understanding (and innovation), and is also one of the most under-explored areas of the modern web.” He also says that Mozilla has two early projects that touch on the idea - Spectator and Test Pilot.The...
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Dash Navigation launches developer platform
via VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi on May 14, 2008
Can a GPS device really be a platform for developers? Dash Navigation, a Silicon Valley company that offers a GPS-enabled technology for your car, is betting so.And that’s bringing some cool Web-based applications to the automobile.The company launched its vaunted Web 2.0-style global positioning system navigation unit for cars in March. Now it is revealing today that third-party developers can...
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Q&A with Shane Kim: Microsoft’s top game studio exec expects long tail
via VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi on May 14, 2008
The video game console business is a three-party war, between Microsoft, Sony and Nintendo.If you’re not winning the console war, it’s good to say that the war isn’t over yet.In fact, it may not be over for years. That’s what Shane Kim, head of Microsoft Game Studios, told me yesterday at the company’s game showcase event in San Francisco. I sat down with Kim with a group of game...
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NeoEdge Networks launches casual game channel widgets
via VentureBeat by Dean Takahashi on May 14, 2008
Major portal web sites get a lot of traffic, but sometimes the visitors don’t stay for long. Video games, on the other hand, are extremely sticky. NeoEdge Networks, a start-up whose chairman is Atari founder Nolan Bushnell, is making it easy to put the two together so that visitors can play games on the big web sites and thereby stay longer.The Mountain View, Calif., company has a casual game...
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ION Panel Advises 'Design Games With Gold Farmers In Mind'
via Worlds In Motion by Eric Caoili on May 14, 2008
In a panel at the 2008 ION Game Conference titled Real Money, Fake Money and Loot: Designing Economies for MMO Games, participants representing a variety of MMO developers, including Big Fish Games and Sulake, discussed the game design and economics issues that can make or break a game. "Set it up from the beginning so it doesn't hurt you that people will pay someone in China to farm your...
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