Featured Post: July 11, 2009 | Dean Takahashi
As console games slide, online games up 22 percent compared to a year ago
The number of online game players rose 22 percent in May compared to a year ago, drawing more than 87 million players in the U.S., according to market researcher comScore.
That improvement is a stark contrast to the slide in overall console game revenues in… Continue Reading
Calling all entrepreneurs …
Thinking of starting a business or looking for ways to grow your recently launched firm? VentureBeat’s Entrepreneur Corner is filled with expert advice on taking your company to the next level.
Here are a few of the most recent stories that you might have missed:… Continue Reading
Video demo of T-Mobile’s MyTouch 3G with Google
Here’s a video demo of the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G with Google phone. It’s the latest phone based on the Android operating system developed by Google. I shot it today with Josh Lonn, director of product development for T-Mobile, at Friday’s preview event. The phone is… Continue Reading
Gambolio gaming portal takes a page from iTunes
By avoiding flashy banner ads and copying the idea of a playlist from music software, London-based Gambolio hopes to take on an already crowded market of flash gaming portals.
Gambolio (from the word “gambol,” meaning “to skip about in play”) quietly solicited feedback over Twitter… Continue Reading
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Report: Pandora caps off good week with $35M in funding
Widely popular Internet radio service Pandora just raised another $35 million in venture funding, according to a report in peHUB .
This comes after some other good news for Oakland, Calif. startup earlier this week — a royalty deal between Internet radio companies and the… Continue Reading
Has enterprise software has always been terrible? Gnip’s Eric Marcoullier says yes
When I listen to business software makers talk about how their market has changed, they frequently tell me that biggest influence on the landscape is consumer software: Hence the oft-repeated phrase “the consumerization of software.” That idea was rehashed during the enterprise panel at TechCrunch’s… Continue Reading
MobileBeat2009 — The investors: Accel, Lightspeed, Intel, Vodafone, Kleiner Perkins, T-Mobile, Blackberry Fund, Redpoint, NVP…
MobileBeat2009, our event next Thursday, is less than a week away (tickets here).
We’ve got speakers coming from every corner of the ecosystem, including the major carriers, device makers, start-ups, and more — to guarantee we have a rich debate about how applications are driving… Continue Reading
T-Mobile and Google promote the next-generation of Android phones
T-Mobile and Google held a joint event this morning to argue that the Android mobile operating system is gathering momentum even in the face of the iPhone’s rapid growth.
T-Mobile showed off its latest Android smartphone, the T-Mobile MyTouch 3G with Google, which is available… Continue Reading
DigitalBeat
Adobe Wave: Lets publishers “wave” hi to users directly from the desktop
Adobe announced a product today called Adobe Wave that lets publishers notify their users of updates directly on their desktop, in the latest effort by a large company to get in on the real-time notification craze.
Readers opt-in for the updates. For example, if you’re… Continue Reading
Ron Conway’s top ten ways to make money from real-time data
I’m here at TechCrunch’s “Real-Time Stream CrunchUp” event in Redwood City, California. Investors Ron Conway and John Borthwick are on stage, talking effusively about how Twitter — and real-time services in general — will end up being a big industry. The technology for instantly being… Continue Reading
GreenBeat
SolFocus absorbs $77.6M to bring concentrating solar systems to market
SolFocus, maker of concentrating solar systems, announced today that it has added $30.6 million to its open third round of funding, bringing its total to $77.6 million. The Mountain View, Calif. company says it will use the funds to commercialize its unique solar architecture, which… Continue Reading
Flat panel lamps from Lumiette could cut lighting energy by 75 percent
Lighting maker Lumiette launched its flat panel lamps today, claiming that they use 75 percent less energy than traditional incandescent bulbs, last five times as long, are cheaper and are even more attractive than other energy-saving bulbs. These are pretty lofty statements in a market… Continue Reading
GamesBeat
Pocket God offers case study of how to build a hit iPhone game
The iPhone has generated more than 63,000 apps worldwide. But no one has figured out the magic formula behind making a hit for the device.
Bolt Creative is one of the lucky iPhone app developers; it’s a case study on how to create a hit… Continue Reading
Nexon’s Combat Arms game fans have shot each other 3.2 billion times
The fun thing about online games is that you can measure everything. Nexon America announced everything you ever wanted to know about Combat Arms, a free online game that has been out for a year.
Nexon America is a division of Korea’s Nexon, publisher of… Continue Reading
Deals & More
Roundup: VCs more confident, Apple patents future iPhone ideas
Here’s the latest action:
Confidence is coming back among venture capitalists — So says the Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist Index, which measures the mood among dozens of well-known VCs.
Facebook sued for click fraud — RootZoo says its own analytics show discrepancies over how many… Continue Reading
Microsoft VP says Google’s playing defense with Chrome OS
Microsoft founder Bill Gates may not want to comment on Chrome OS, the just-announced operating system from Google. But Walid Abu-Hadba, the software giant’s Vice President of Developer and Platform Evangelism, was more forthcoming tonight about his thoughts on Google’s supposed threat to Windows.
I… Continue Reading
