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GameHouse, the casual games division of RealNetworks, has announced plans to push further into the social space with its Fusion platform and Facebook app. Craig Robinson, VP of product management at Real’s games division, then talked with us about how Real envisions the future of gaming. Read More »
Threadsy, a universal social inbox, opened up to the public today. Check out our exclusive video chat with CEO Rob Goldman about what the company does and the state of social communications in general. Read More »
PopCap Games has a hit streak even Pixar might envy. But can the company keep up and get social in Facebook era? We find out in this video interview with Co-Founder John Vechey and CEO David Roberts. Read More »
Jeremy Liew, a managing director with Lightspeed Venture Partners, is a big believer in virtual goods. Liew recently stopped by GigaOM HQ for a quick chat about the explosive growth of that market and where it’s headed. Read More »
Gamers in North America and Europe are now “largely comfortable” with purchasing digital content such as virtual currency and in-game goods, according to new research. We sat down with the CEO of game aggregator Kongregate to learn how virtual goods are impacting his business. Read More »
While some cities have their mayors braving freezing lakes and shark tanks to prove their desire for Google fiber — not Alameda, Calif. But although I may have wanted my town to sizzle to sway Google, I have instead learned to appreciate the steak. Read More »
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Could more exposure to Baywatch be a good thing for people of developing countries? Well, Baywatch, might be a bad example, but during his presentation at the National Association of Television Programming Executives Conference in Las Vegas this week, World Bank Sr. Economist Charles Kenny… Read More »
Today is my last day with NewTeeVee/GigaOM. How’s that for not burying the lede? As corny as it sounds, I can’t stop thinking about The Matrix as my time here winds down. More than two years ago, I quit a rather lucrative job working with short-form filmmakers to join… Read More »
We received word this morning that YouTube has decided to end its short-lived video downloads beta program. David Rodriguez of StuffWeLike.com posted a video explaining the move yesterday along with an excerpt from the email he received from YouTube. The email from YouTube stated: “We want to thank… Read More »
If you thought the movie 2012 was disaster porn, just wait for the entertainment apocalypse that Redbox’s dollar-a-night movie rentals will bring about. That, in a nutshell, is the bottom line of a new report (PDF, hat tip to Video Business)… Read More »
Whoo! Roll Tide! Alabama walloped Florida 32 – 13 in the SEC Championship game over the weekend, delivering with it big gains in viewership on both old and newteevee. According to CBSSports.com, 91,401 unique users consumed more than 144,236 total hours of live video from the… Read More »
We’ll leave it to other blogs to spill more ink on the colorful history of the new JooJoo tablet (formerly known as the CrunchPad). The phrase “HD video” is what caught our eye. From our pal Kevin Tofel: The operating system is Unix-based and the device… Read More »
While 99 percent of video is watched on a TV in the U.S., in the third quarter DVR use and online video grew 21.1 percent and 34.9 percent respectively, year-over-year, according to the latest Nielsen A2/M2 Three Screen Report. Americans spent 129 hours… Read More »
OK, for realsies this time you guys, Sony has finally figured all this digital stuff out. Sony CEO Howard Stringer told a gathering of reporters as much yesterday when he touted his company’s new strategic initiative, the Sony Online Service (which bears the unfortunate distress acronym… Read More »
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Online retailer Zappos will be making a big push into original online video next year. The company, which was acquired by Amazon earlier this year, will be upping the number of product videos it makes to 50,000 next year, from the still-impressive 8,500 it… Read More »
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