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Re: RealNetworks Clings to GameHouse, Hoping to Ride Social Gaming Wave

danielcallahan — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:05:41 -0000

Planet Cazmo, a leading creator of free-to-play online
multiplayer and social gaming experiences, founded by veterans of
LucasArts and Pileated Pictures, today announced it had secured a round
of funding led by investor Michael Vlock, who manages the Pritzker/Vlock
Family Office portfolio.

The investment coincides with the launch of Planet Cazmo's new division,
Happy Giant, which will develop and publish original and licensed
content with an emphasis on cross-platform experiences for a variety of
digital platforms such as iOS/Android smartphones and tablets.

"HappyGiant is set to take advantage of cross-platform social gaming in
and new and exciting ways," said Michael Levine, CEO. "Free-to-play
gaming is taking off on many new platforms and we plan to develop new
original brands, as well as continuing to use our experience partnering
with major brands and licenses."

The company was the first to launch virtual concerts on Facebook as
streaming live music events and recently launched a new HTML5 Mobile
game "Cazmo Monster Battles" in conjunction with partner Mocoscape

"With their track record in developing digital experiences for major
consumer brands and top entertainment acts, we see tremendous promise in
Planet Cazmo's ability to create profitable revenue streams from future
innovation," said Vlock.

"We're fortunate to have some of the most experienced minds in terms of
bringing together technology and entertainment properties," said former
Sony Music Chairman and entertainment mogul Tommy Mottola, who is an
investor and partner with Planet Cazmo. "We see great things ahead."

Re: Mountain Lion Safety Guide (Comic)

sae44 — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:01:02 -0000

What a waste of two minutes of my life.

Re: Sony PlayStation Vita Launches in U.S., Europe

stockwoodie — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:52:05 -0000

Fail.

Re: Mountain Lion Safety Guide (Comic)

JSavvy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:52:59 -0000

About as dumb as it gets.

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Robert_IT — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 20:29:52 -0000

Googles business model is based around collecting and selling your data. How the heck is this a smear tactic?

You don't make statements like this without some form of support. That's like saying the U.S. government is not watching what U.S. citizens are searching for against a specific set of criteria.

Gimme a break dude - Googles you worst nightmare. They crowdsource masses dev efforts on software, cobble it together, and make big profits off free labor. Oh, but you trust them, so your just your either ignorant or other, which is it?

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

totnuckers — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:57:47 -0000

Btw! With Microsoft history I trust Google more than your M$ overlord

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

totnuckers — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 19:56:43 -0000

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How many adwords coupons "Oh they have adwords coupons? Didn't know about that. Unless Bing provides one and you are getting some eh?

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Td Gon — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:52:46 -0000

- totnuckers - How many adwords coupons are u getting or is google upping your sites rank for your comments? I dont like G or ms but trust ms a lot more! G's stock price should say something about the CO. Even the ex ceo is dumping his stock! He is is prob going to but MS with the $...lol

Re: Four Weird Things the Internet Is Doing to Our Understanding of Television

Futurity Media — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:39:36 -0000

The concern must be with the explosion of bandwidth, prticularly in the mobile space, at what point will the demand outweigh the supply? http://blogs.orange-business.c...

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Carsten Könemann — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:19:54 -0000

Exactly. I can't believe the amount of money spend to catch individual private people who downloaded a few songs via Bittorrent, but if some big companies are stealing private data on a large scale, nothing happens.

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Binary Options — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:37:17 -0000

Ditto that!

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Secular_Investor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 04:14:30 -0000

So it is a "smear campaign" by WSJ, 3 Congressmen & Apple as well?

Get real.

Re: Isaac Asimov on Education and Our Robot Overlords (Video)

gjohn — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:22:24 -0000

Very prescient timing.. Asimov was 20years ahead of his time and Drake was only 2 months ahead of Sebastian Thrun quitting Stanford to do his own e-learning company.

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

ReesesCups — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:30:59 -0000

Google just doesn't seem to understand....i think is time the government makes things a little more crystal clear to them

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

Secular_Investor — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:15:28 -0000

Google and others seem to think they are entitled to act like the worst hackers and malware, and override your privacy settings and steal your data.

Its about time governments and legislators everywhere, made this a criminal offence.

It probably is already. For example this appears to be a wilful violation of the Data Protection Act in the UK. Surely the US has similar protection for its citizens? In which case they should take firm action and throw the top executives of the guilty companies into jail.

Meanwhile, hopefully lawyers will start a class action for tens of billions of dollars! This seems to be a very strong prima facie case and huge punitive damages should be demanded.

Come on lawyers! Get Going, Get Rich and make them pay! This is potentially a lot more profitable for you than chasing ambulances! So GO GET THEM!

Re: Most Smartphone Owners Are Between 25 and 34 Years Old (And Here’s How Much Money They Make)

Jeff Kibuule — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:37:13 -0000

A young person not having a smartphone is considered an oddity in this day and age.

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

totnuckers — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:36:19 -0000

Actually this is exactly M$ tactic to smear its competitors. Amazon and Facebook also using the same security bypass. They only singled out Google.

Re: Microsoft: Google Bypasses Privacy Settings in Internet Explorer, Too

John_Q_Publics — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 23:04:29 -0000

This is exactly Google business model. Stalk your every moves 24/7 and sell the information. And they are making big bucks.

Re: iPhone Address Book Rage (Comic)

Bruno Pedro — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 23:27:31 -0000

apple fanboys

Re: A New Email Encryption App Your Network Admin Might Not Like

Mark Bower — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 15:17:26 -0000

"The systems at Enlocked only have access to your messages for the short time we are encrypting or decrypting them, and then our software instantly removes any copies. " - website.

Re: Not This Time: Facebook’s Board Should Optimize for Wisdom, Not Diversity

Project Collaboration — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:56:25 -0000

Facebook goes to the market at its peak, it will be downhill from now here on.

Re: Ahead of iPad 3, Tablet Owners Look to Cash In

michiganfan94 — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:58:35 -0000

I sold my 32 GB wi-fi iPad 2 for $500 through Amazon Marketplace (they take 10% commission). eBay prices are about the same or a little less. Rumors are that the iPad 2 price will drop by about $100 when the iPad 3 is released, which means that I would have a hard time selling my used iPad 2 for $500 in a month when someone can buy a new or Apple refurbished 32 GB iPad 2 for $500. These price drops happen with every new release as Apple and retailers clear out the old models. I took a gamble to sell ahead of the masses flooding the market when the iPad 3 comes out and new prices are announced. My prediction is that both new and used prices will continue to drop as retailers start selling down their inventory. Meijer was selling 16 GB iPad 2 for $70 off last week.I'm iPad-free for a month but (hopefully) saved myself $50-$100. Consider this if you know you are selling to get an iPad 3.

Re: Ahead of iPad 3, Tablet Owners Look to Cash In

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Re: iPhone Address Book Rage (Comic)

Max Woolf — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:58:17 -0000

You don't need the middle two panels. Brevity is the soul of wit.

Re: iPhone Address Book Rage (Comic)

Carsten Könemann — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 19:48:00 -0000

The author of this cartoon clearly didn't get the issue. It's not about apps accessing address book data, it's about apps accessing private data without permission. People want to know what's going on with their data.

Also some apps were accessing data they didn't actually need. An alert alone might discourage developers from unnecessarily accessing private data, because it's a signal the app is not trustworthy.