Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has admitted concern over 3DS sales and thinks the company needs to work harder to win over the gaming public regarding the usefulness of the device.
Palo Alto, Calif. - Throwing its hat into the ring with
daily discount companies like Groupon and LivingSocial, Facebook said on
Tuesday it has begun testing its own "Deals on Facebook" service in
five markets. The service — which will focus on social activities — initially
will be available in Atlanta, Austin, Dallas, San Diego and San Francisco, with
plans to eventually expand to other cities. Read the rest of this entry »
Sports Illustrated and others are reporting on an Android app that lets people “feed, water, train and fight their virtual dogs against others.” The app is created by Kage Games. The outrage is reminiscent of the early days of Grand Theft Auto and other violent video games.
Sky’s Brian Lenz has admitted that he feels the pressure of bringing the latest technology to the UK living room, admitting that making things simple for the mass market is the biggest challenge.
This morning, an SEC filing revealed that Gary Flake, a former Overture vet who went on to found both Yahoo Research Labs and Microsoft’s Live Labs, raised $1.39 million in funding for a stealthy new startup dubbed Clipboard (I’m not the only one who noticed).
KDE has courted controversy in recent releases. It’s improved now, but it’s far from being perfect. We straps on our goggles, dive into the Plasmoidal soup and dredge up some suggestions for change.
Israeli startup Personyze is launching its website personalization, segmentation, and analytics platform today. Personyze provides businesses the ability to turn their website into a more personalized site that puts the visitor in the center.
Developing for the iOS App Store is a no-brainer. If I said that a measly investment of 250 was enough to open up a market of 150 million consumers, the ears of any smart developer should prick up.
If you’re an early stage venture capitalist or angel investor there is no time like the present to declare a bubble, say valuations are out of control and predict the demise of the tech industry in the very near future. Since they’re in the business of buying low and selling high, any angle that suggests that the buy price should be even lower sounds great to them.