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Google teams up with TiVo to give advertisers a clearer picture

Google and TiVo have been responsible for a good deal of anxiety within cable and network television circles. Put both together in the same sentence, and you have the potential need for some serious psychotherapy. Yes, the two Silicon Valley companies ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  24 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Google Inc.

Hawk tricks out a new game

Tony Hawk, the former professional skateboarder and the name behind a billion-dollar video-game franchise, hasn't had a runaway hit in a while. But Tuesday, Hawk will come out with a new game, Tony Hawk Ride, that includes a new trick to his virtual ...

From ALEX PHAM, TheDay.com,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Tony Hawk,  Activision, Inc.,  Los Angeles Times,  Neversoft

How Twitter plans to make money

A $1-billion valuation creates big expectations, especially when the company doesn't yet have a clear plan for how it plans to generate cash. That's certainly the case with Twitter, the microblogging site that boasts tens of millions of users ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc

Twitter adds business model

The twitterati today are aflutter about a few crumbs that Twitter Chief Operating Officer Dick Costolo dropped during an interview with TechCrunch's Michael Arrington on how the microblogging service plans to make money. With millions of people, ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Twitter Inc,  TechCrunch,  Michael Arrington

Video game sales suffer 19% drop in October

Game sales drop for the seventh month this year. Credit: Mykl Roventine via Flickr. Ouch! Sales of video games and consoles in the U.S. fell 19% in October compared with the same month last year, putting the industry on the path for a decline in 2009 ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  12 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Flickr,  Activision, Inc.,  Lazard LTD.

Electronic Arts slashes 1,500 jobs as profits falter

Electronic Arts today said it will cut 1,500 jobs by the end of March, the vast majority of them through a restructuring plan aimed at saving the company $100 million a year. The video game publisher announced the cost cuts even as it proposed to pay ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.,  Facebook Inc.

EA buys Playfish for $400 million, jumps into social games

Electronic Arts, looking to jump into the exploding market for games on social networks,  this morning said it has agreed to buy Playfish in a deal valued at $400 million. The transaction calls for $275 million in cash, plus $25 in retention bonuses ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Electronic Arts Inc.,  Facebook Inc.

Windows 7 sales topped Vista in first weeks, but economy still a drag on PC sales

It wasn't a high bar, but Windows 7 made it. That Windows 7 would do better than Vista is not too surprising. Critical buzz for Windows 7 was relatively positive and largely void of the savage language that reviewers heaped on Vista when it launched ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  6 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Shaun White makes the jump from Olympic half-pipe to virtual slopes

Shaun White shows off his new game for the Nintendo Wii. Credit: Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times. Shaun White used to battle with his older brother Jesse for control over the family's PlayStation game console while the two grew up near San Diego. ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Ubisoft,  Tony Hawk,  Nintendo,  Los Angeles Times

Sony sales slide 20% as global economy erodes profits

Sony saw sales drop nearly across the board in its fiscal second quarter as the consumer electronics and media giant continued to struggle with a withering global economy. As shoppers around the world cut back on buying televisions, cameras and ...

From ALEX PHAM, Los Angeles Times,  30 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Sony Pictures,  Universal Music Group,  Michael Jackson

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