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About 613 days ago Apps | Blogging and Social Media | E-Commerce | Gaming | Innovation | Internet and Online Business | Online Marketing | PCs, Laptops, and Notebooks | Smartphones and PDAs | Tablets and eReaders

TechCrunch’s Disrupt Battlefield: Entertain Us

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From Monday to Wednesday in San Francisco, TechCrunch’s latest Disrupt Start-up Battlefield competition will showcase entrepreneurs from 30 start-ups vying for a $50,000 prize by making six-minute-long pitches to a rotating panel of venture capitalists, tech influencers, angel investors and Silicon Valley players. Monday featured three sessions of Start-up Battlefield, titled Disrupting Traditional Markets, Moving the Web Forward and Entertain Us; here are the start-ups presented in session three: Entertain Us. READ MORE »

About 613 days ago Apps | Blogging and Social Media | Business Software | Cloud Computing | Computer Security | Database Software | E-Commerce | Gaming | Hardware | Innovation | Internet and Online Business | Managing Technology | PCs, Laptops, and Notebooks | Servers and Routers | Smartphones and PDAs | Tablets and eReaders | Telecom and Wireless

TechCrunch’s Disrupt Battlefield: Moving the Web Forward

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From Monday to Wednesday in San Francisco, TechCrunch’s latest Disrupt Start-up Battlefield competition will showcase entrepreneurs from 30 start-ups vying for a $50,000 prize by making six-minute-long quick pitches to a rotating panel of venture capitalists, tech influencers, angel investors and Silicon Valley players. Monday featured three sessions of Start-up Battlefield, titled Disrupting Traditional Markets, Moving the Web Forward and Entertain Us; here are the start-ups presented in session two, Moving the Web Forward. READ MORE »

About 617 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Gaming | Internet and Online Business

Making Fun Eyes Religious Social Game Market

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Making Fun, a social games developer owned by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp., announced the release of a game for Facebook called Noah’s Ark. The company hopes the game will tap what it sees as the latent market of religious social gamers. Chief executive of Making Fun John Welch told reporters that his company is working to develop games that will be competitive in a market dominated by game developer Zynga. READ MORE »

About 618 days ago Computer Security | Data Security | Gaming | Hardware | Internet and Online Business | Network Security | Spyware and Malware

Sony Hires New Cybersecurity Chief

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Earlier this year, when Sony took its Playstation Network offline after several crippling cyber attacks, it was a clear signal that tech companies needed to make security a priority. The company is hoping that a new hire will help do that. READ MORE »

About 619 days ago Gaming | Internet and Online Business | Smartphones and PDAs | Tablets and eReaders

GameStop Offers Store Credit for iOS Devices

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GameStop is betting on mobile gaming as its future. And it’s hoping to rope in iOS device owners by letting them trade in their iPhones and iPads for store credit. That is, their “gently used” iOS devices. READ MORE »

About 620 days ago Gaming | Hardware | PCs, Laptops, and Notebooks

Razer’s Blade: A Laptop for Gamers on the Go

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Gamers, you can now go portable. Hardcore gaming hardware manufacturer Razer has just released its Blade–the Razer Blade, get it?– laptop, a light (6.97 lbs.) and thin (0.88 inches) knee-sitter that still delivers the power and speed necessary to operate modern immersive games with a smooth visual experience. READ MORE »

About 625 days ago Apps | Blogging and Social Media | Gaming | Innovation | Location-based services | Smartphones and PDAs

Edmodo Repurposes Social Networking Life For the Classroom

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The internet’s potential as an educational tool has been apparent as long as the internet has been around. The problem, of course, is that unfettered access to the internet is hardly conducive to structured in-classroom learning. READ MORE »

About 631 days ago Gaming | Innovation

Are Sifteo’s One-Inch Gaming Cubes the Future of Computing?

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What could you do with a handful of one-inch cube computers? Perhaps lots of things. At least, that’s the hope behind Sifteo and its new hot cubes which come in sets of three for $149. The appealing-looking cubes can be used for a variety of fun games, but the MIT Media Lab grads who created them believe they may become much more. READ MORE »

About 634 days ago Apps | E-Commerce | Gaming | Internet and Online Business | Smartphones and PDAs

The Oldest and Youngest iPhone App Developers

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At 84, George Weiss may be the oldest iPhone app developer. He recently launched an iPhone app for his game Dabble, which was named 2011 Word Game of the Year by Creative Child Magazine. It sells for 99 cents. READ MORE »

About 638 days ago Blogging and Social Media | Gaming | Internet and Online Business | Web Analytics

iQU Launches Analytics Tool for Game Developers

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One sure sign that mobile and social gaming has made it is the ability to monetize. Game developers and publishers now have a resource to help them do just that. iQU (pronounced “eye-cue”), a Netherlands-based data intelligence firm is launching an analytics and marketing platform to help round up online gamers by tapping into mobile and social networks. READ MORE »