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| Jun 9, 2010 | The startup con man | Two weeks ago, several tech publications wrote about DinglePharb, an exciting new social gaming developer based in the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Led by a CEO named Nathan Agulto, DinglePharb said it was bringing a game called VVDragon to F... |
| May 13, 2010 | PlaySpan Partners With Snoop Dogg To Sell Celebrity Branded Virtual Goods | Micropayments startup PlaySpan is partnering with rapper and producer Snoop Dogg, and branded virtual goods agency Virtual Greats to sell a premium line of licensed Snoop Dogg digital items for sale. PlaySpan powers micro-payments across ov... |
| Mar 9, 2010 | Revised video game financing list: 115 game companies raised $663.1M in 2009 | [Update: We’ve added our list with new fundings we’ve heard about from readers and Engage Digital Media].
Game startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money raised in the year fell considerably compared to 200... |
| Mar 9, 2010 | Revised video game financing list: 115 game companies raised $663.1M in 2009 | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
[Update: We’ve added our list with new fundings we’ve heard about from readers and Engage Digital Media].
Game startups continued to sc... |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Game startups raised $600.5 million in 2009, down 36 percent | Game startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money raised in the year fell considerably compared to 2008.
Our analysis shows that 97 game startups raised $600.5 million in 2009, down 36 percent from a year ago... |
| Dec 21, 2009 | Game startups raised $600.5 million in 2009, down 36 percent | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Game startups continued to score big investments in 2009, but the amount of money raised in the year fell considerably compared to 2008... |
| Jul 14, 2009 | Cross Reality: When Sensors Meet Virtual Reality | During my recent visit to MIT in Boston I met with Joseph Paradiso, Associate Professor and Director of the Responsive Environments Group at MIT Media Laboratory. He showed me some demos of what his lab is up to, focusing mostly on what is ... |
| May 28, 2009 | Roundup: AOL spinoff, secret news meeting, and more | Here’s the latest action:
AOL spin-off approved by Time Warner — After AOL’s merger with the media conglomerate in 2000, it’s been, well, a long decade. AllThingsD has more.
Leading newspapers hold secret meeting to discuss charge for conte... |
| May 16, 2009 | Real world laws intrude on virtual world behavior | Navigating the laws of cyberspace is getting ever more complex as virtual worlds themselves become mirrors of the real world. That’s one clear message from a Stanford University event on legal frontiers for digital media that I attended tod... |
| May 11, 2009 | Events highlights for the week of May 11 – May 17, 2009 | Hello, newly sunny Philadelphia, that’s a hell of a farmer’s tan you’ve got there.
Let’s keep that weekend energy going with our region’s active tech community. Half of our highlights are straight outta West Philly. It’s not bias, we swear!... |
| Apr 16, 2009 | Roundup: Apple patents surface, Second Life grows, Rosetta Stone IPO takes off | Here’s the latest action:
New Apple patent filings raise eyebrows — The next versions of the iPhone could make use of a motion-aware user interface, based on some recent patent filings. MacRumors has more.
Nokia’s net income takes a dive — ... |
| Jan 12, 2009 | Angels shine on virtual world creator Multiverse with $2.4M | Multiverse Network, creator of highly customizable virtual worlds and games, just roped $2.4 million in angel funding to help sustain itself through 2010 (and hopefully the whole of the recession). Its platform, pliable enough to fabricate ... |
| Dec 31, 2008 | NCsoft Accused of Violating MMOG Patent | Virtual Worlds News reports that Worlds.com filed a potentially significant patent infringement suit against NCsoft on Christmas Eve. In the Complaint Worlds.com claims NCsoft games such as City of Heroes, City of Villains, Dungeon Runners,... |
| Dec 30, 2008 | Virtual worlds firm files IP suit on Christmas Eve | Worlds.com, which launched its first 3D avatar environment back in the mid-90s, has retained an intellectual property law firm and has filed patent infringement suits. Its first, against game developer NCsoft, was filed on Christmas Eve.
Th... |
| Dec 22, 2008 | Virtual world maker Gaia cuts staff by 13 percent | Gaia Interactive, a San Jose, Calif. creator of virtual world software, has laid off 13 percent of its employees (16 full-time and 20 contractors) due to unfavorable market conditions. The cuts follow an $11 million third round of funding t... |
| Dec 18, 2008 | The 3D Web in 2008 | What’s going on with the 3D web? At one point, it was being heralded as the next big thing. Is that still the case? Take for example, the virtual world Second Life. Once a booming place where every business had set up their online presence,... |
| Dec 5, 2008 | Youth media ad network GoFish reels in $22.5M | GoFish, a media-based advertising network targeting six to 17-year-olds (and moms), announced that it has brought in $22.5 million in private placement funding, which it will use to pay off its $14.5 million in debt and expand its sales and... |
| Sep 30, 2008 | Roundup: Senate to vote on bailout, Dow bounces back, Hollywood sues RealNetworks | Senate to vote Wednesday on revised bailout bill: The U.S. Senate will consider a new bailout bill with provisions that have been praised by House Republican leaders. The new provisions include tax breaks for businesses, alternative energy ... |
| Sep 10, 2008 | TechCrunch50 LiveStream: Day 3 | http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/280032
We’ll be streaming TechCrunch50 here Monday through Wednesday so everyone can see the conference’s demos for themselves as they happen.
You can also find our written coverage of the conference here an... |
| Sep 9, 2008 | TechCrunch50 Livestream: Day 2 | http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/280032
We’ll be streaming TechCrunch50 here all day so everyone can see the conference’s demos for themselves as they happen.
You can also find our written coverage of the conference here and coverage from o... |
| Sep 8, 2008 | TechCrunch50 LiveStream: Day 1 | http://www.ustream.tv/flash/live/280032
We’ll be streaming TechCrunch50 here Monday through Wednesday so everyone can see the conference’s demos for themselves as they happen.
You can also find our written coverage of the conference here an... |
| Jul 8, 2008 | Will Google Cultivate Its Virtual Worlds To Make Them Lively? Definitely | We’re running a little experiment here with our discussion on Google’s new Lively offering. Two of us at Techdirt, Mike Masnick and Mike Ho, reacted quite differently to the announcement, so we’re each posting our own take (after sharing th... |
| Mar 24, 2008 | SecondLife: Anyone Still Here, Keep Your Hands Off Our Logo! | Even as it faces a long list of other problems, LindenLabs
announced today
that it will begin enforcing its copyright against unauthorized use in 90 days. An official post on the
SecondLife
blog introduced a new website called the
SecondLif... |
| Dec 18, 2007 | No Dreams For One Third Of Electric Sheep Company Employees This Christmas | The Electric Sheep Company, regarded by many to be the leading Second Life development company, has parted company with one third of its workforce (22 people).
The Electric Sheep Company is best known recently for its work in creating the C... |
| Aug 20, 2007 | HiPiHi Seeks To Standardize 3D Worlds And Develop Interoperability | China’s answer to Second Life, HiPiHi, announced at the State of Play V conference in Singapore Monday its intentions to work towards standardized 3D worlds, with an aim of eventually delivering interoperability between various platforms.
H... |