Woman to Test and Chronicle Mother’s Dating Advice on Herself, Then Turn Virtual CupidWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 8:20AMCarly Spindel plans to embark on a six-week program to find the perfect man. She will be testing out a course developed by her mother, Janis Spindel, America’s top matchmaker with two decades of experience. Then, she plans to challenge single women around the world to try the course for themselves. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/Dating ...
Woman to Test and Chronicle Mother’s Dating Advice on Herself, Then Turn Virtual CupidWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 7:01AMCarly Spindel plans to embark on a six-week program to find the perfect man. She will be testing out a course developed by her mother, Janis Spindel, America’s top matchmaker with two decades of experience. Then, she plans to challenge single women around the world to try the course for themselves.
Foursquare gets down to businessTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 11:14PMLocation-aware social site Foursquare is introducing tools that make it easier for businesses to target users. This is a smart business move.
Around the nation, worldSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:29PMNEW YORK - New York Gov. David Paterson has pardoned a Chinese immigrant who faced deportation for robberies he committed as a teenager.
Girl starved to death while parents played online gameFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 6:39PMSouth Korean police have arrested a couple for starving their three-month-old daughter to death while they devoted hours to playing a computer game that involved raising a virtual character of a young...
Top ScoopsFriday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:39AMDavid Noble: Peer Review, Where Are The Scholars?
A Steve Jobs Birthday TributeWednesday, February 24, 2010 @ 5:23PMHow bad is the credit crisis. This bad . The Wall Street Journal reports that 2009 saw the lending fall at an "epic pace," the most severe drop since 1942. The article predicts that more banks will fail this year than last, even as the largest banks have begun to post profits. Small companies, which typically rely on smaller community banks, have been especially hard hit. The Journal says that ...
Virtual relationsMonday, February 22, 2010 @ 8:34PMThe drudgery of managing relationships was the most common complaint Screen Play heard from players of Grand Theft Auto IV. Cultivating relationships was certainly surprising fodder for Rockstar to explore in a series better known for getting into "hot coffee" or saying “hello to my little friend”. I actually thought it was fun to build bonds with other characters over a drink, a visit to a ...
Digital age flirting lets fingers do the talkingTuesday, February 16, 2010 @ 7:03PMTORONTO—Can I get ur number? Want 2 hv drnks l8r? Welcome to flirting in the digital age. In an era where social networking is increasingly omnipresent, tech-savvy individuals now can let their fingers do the talking when it comes to connecting with a prospective Mr. or Ms. Right.
Want 2 hv drnks l8r? Social networking flirting lets fingers do the talkingFriday, February 12, 2010 @ 1:44PMTORONTO — Can I get ur number? Want 2 hv drnks l8r? Welcome to flirting in the digital age. In an era where social networking is increasingly omnipresent, tech-savvy individuals can now let their fingers do the talking when it comes to connecting with a prospective Mr. or Ms. Right.
Want 2 hv drnks l8r?Friday, February 12, 2010 @ 12:59AMTORONTO - Can I get ur number? Want 2 hv drnks l8r?
Hi-media Payments Brings Industry Leading Micropayment Platform to North AmericaThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 5:00PMHi-media Payments, the micropayments business unit of Paris-based Hi-media Group , today announced it has opened a San Francisco office to bring its Allopass micropayments platform to the North American market.
Behind the ads of Super Bowl XLIVThursday, February 4, 2010 @ 4:24AMWhat do advertising and football have in common? The Super Bowl. Even those who aren’t football fanatics find themselves excited for the Super Bowl, if only for the commercials we all love.
CORRECTING and REPLACING Vivox Raises $6.8 Million from IDG Ventures and Existing InvestorsTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 7:48PMNATICK, Mass.----Third graph, third sentence of release issued February 1, 2010, at 9:53 p.m. PT/February 2, 2010, at 12:53 a.m. ET should read: Vivox customers and partners include leaders in online games and virtual worlds such as CCP Games, Gaia Online, Hi-Rez Studios, IMVU, Linden Lab, NCsoft, Nexon, Realtime Worlds, Sony Online Entertainment, Wizards of the Coast, and many others.
Vivox Raises $6.8 Million from IDG Ventures and Existing InvestorsTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 5:53AMNATICK, Mass.----Vivox, Inc. , the market leader in voice services for online games, virtual worlds and the social web, today announced that it has secured $6.8 million from a third round of equity financing led by IDG Ventures with follow-on investment from Benchmark Capital, Canaan Partners and GrandBanks Capital.
Love game lessons from the LadyTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 3:33AMWhether you “don’t wanna be friends” or are dating somone with some extra baggage, there is more than one factor to making or breaking a romance.
The enterprising daughterTuesday, February 2, 2010 @ 1:51AMHotelier-restaurateur Yenn Wong went through the school of hard knocks although Dad is rich.
Clean start (Part 2)Sunday, January 31, 2010 @ 3:06AMJunk, donate or sell your old stuff to make room for new fortune to roar in.
The iPad Becomes the hotPad Courtesy of Skout.comFriday, January 29, 2010 @ 6:10PMThe Revolutionary dating site announces plans to launch the first dating app for the brand new iPad (PRWeb Jan 29, 2010) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/01/prweb3538984.htm
How to Not Get Lucky With an Alien in Mass Effect 2Friday, January 29, 2010 @ 4:36AMWired.com’s review , I survived freefall into orbit with only a spacesuit to protect me. I punched a reporter, drank a spiked cocktail and tracked down an alien serial killer. But I didn’t...
Cometh the hour, cometh the DicemanFriday, January 22, 2010 @ 1:45PMChancer Dan Silkstone finds there are no winners when you apply the speed-dating approach to covering the Australian Open.
The nanopayment planWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 12:18PMCan microtransactions help developers to profit from social networks? Tom May reports
Ranking the final fourWednesday, January 20, 2010 @ 4:08AMNo. 1 seeds have had a hell of a lot of trouble getting through the divisional playoffs recently. But once they get through, they rarely stumble again. Top seeds are 6-3 in conference championship games since 2002. That’s why the smart money is on the Colts and Saints this weekend. Here’s how I rank the [...]
Brits spending 500 million pounds a year on virtual goodsMonday, January 18, 2010 @ 10:23AMLondon, January 18 : Britons are apparently shelling out more than 500 million pounds a year to buy virtual goods on social networking and dating sites.
Lady Wildcats stun TerrellSunday, January 17, 2010 @ 12:15AMDAWSON — Thanks to Crisp Academy’s shocking 47-41 Friday night upset of Terrell Academy, the girls Region 3-A GISA regular season title race just became anybody’s to win.
Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slumpWednesday, January 6, 2010 @ 6:17AMSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products.
A look back at the year in sportsThursday, December 31, 2009 @ 5:43PMLoading multimedia... By Mark Schnabel Newton Kansan As the year comes to a close, it’s time to take a look at some of the stories that topped the area sports scene.
Virtual Goods Paying Off for Web FirmsWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 4:34PMWith the online ad economy still reeling, social sites, online services and game makers are turning to tiny, incremental sales of Internet goods.
New Revenue From Virtual Goods During Ad SlumpWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 3:19PMWeb companies are banking on the idea that people are becoming increasingly interested in buying virtual products, reported Reuters.These digital bits on computers and cellphones, known as virtual goods, have become more popular in the past year as people’s lives have begun to center more around the Internet.Virtual goods are typically available for $1 or less, and range from video game ...
Virtual goods become popular pressiesWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 2:20PMVirtual goods, which exist as digital bits on computers and cellphones, have grown more popular in the past year as important accoutrements for increasingly web-oriented lives.
Virtual goods, revenue source for Web start-upsWednesday, December 30, 2009 @ 10:50AMSAN FRANCISCO, US: The Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products.
Virtual goods give Web firms new revenue in ad slumpTuesday, December 29, 2009 @ 7:27PMThe Internet made shopping without checkout lines a no-brainer. Now, some Web companies are betting that people are ready to forsake another shopping tradition: tangible products
Unlike reality, virtual retail sales are hot, especially for avatarsThursday, December 24, 2009 @ 9:17PMLaWanda Johnson loves buying virtual jewelry gifts for her online avatar friends and beams with pride when she sees them wearing necklaces she bought. Johnson, who is on disability in the real world, can be far more generous in the mobile social and gaming community Cellufun, where she can spend less than $1 or earn credits to buy for others, create a wardrobe and decorate her "home" for ...
Avatars are in a buying moodThursday, December 24, 2009 @ 4:29AMUnlike business in the actual world, sales of virtual goods are booming, thanks in part to the spike in virtual gift giving this time of year.
Vintage Toys in Brookfield ShowWednesday, December 23, 2009 @ 5:06PMBROOKFIELD-Every Christ mas Eve visions of toys dance in the heads of children snuggled all warm in their beds. But Christmas morning has changed tremendously-even within the last decade. Footballs and dolls have largely been replaced by digital media, hand-held video games and flashy gadgets.
Japanese Gamer Marries Nintendo Videogame CharacterFriday, December 18, 2009 @ 8:42PMA 27-year-old Tokyo man has married the pixellated love of his life, tying the knot with his favorite Nintendo character.
Japanese Gamer Weds Nintendo CharacterThursday, December 17, 2009 @ 11:31PMJapanese college student "falls in love" with Nintendo DS game character, stages wedding ceremony attended by dozens and thousands more online.
Tokyo man shows love for technologyThursday, December 17, 2009 @ 11:16PMA Tokyo man has married his favourite Nintendo character, Love Plus character Nene Anegasaki.
HTC TattooMonday, December 14, 2009 @ 5:12PMRob Kerr THE INQUIRER Review An affordable Android ‘andset