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No One Is Buying Nintendo's Cautionary Tale About Mobile and Social

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on March 2, 2011 at 10:06 pm PT

Leaders in the gaming industry reacted negatively to controversial comments made by Nintendo’s President Satoru Iwata at the Game Developers Conference this morning. Critics said his statements only prove his ignorance and point to the company’s own weaknesses.

D: All Things Digital Goes Plural With New D: Dive Into Mobile Conference

Kara Swisher in Dive Into Mobile on October 13, 2010 at 6:00 am PT

Yes, it’s true–All Things Digital is expanding. And, for our first trick–ta-da–we bring you: D: Dive Into Mobile. The new conference represents the very first brand extension of our D: All Things Digital conference, now in its ninth year of grilling the big names in tech and media to sold-out analog audiences and scores more on the Web. And, as always, there will be no PowerPoints, no panels and definitely no pontificating.

Yahoo Snags Citizen Sports

John Paczkowski in Mobile on March 17, 2010 at 10:39 am PT

BoomTown was right. Yahoo is indeed buying online sports site Citizen Sports, a developer of sports-related apps and games for Apple’s iPhone and for social networking sites like Facebook. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed, but as BoomTown noted on Monday, estimates put Citizen’s selling price at about $40 to $50 million.

Going, Going…Most of What’s Left of Joost Goes to Adconion Ad Network

Peter Kafka in Media on November 24, 2009 at 5:57 am PT

The tale of Joost, the would-be online video heavyweight, is almost at an end. Most of the company’s remaining assets have been sold off to Adconion Media Group, the two companies announced today.

A Tall Tale: Did Twitter Really Save Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds”?

Peter Kafka in Media on August 24, 2009 at 10:37 am PT

Earlier this summer, Twitter was blamed for torpedoing movies like “Bruno” and “Funny Business.” Now the micromessaging service is being heralded for giving Quentin Tarantino’s “Inglourious Basterds” a big boost. Actual evidence that Twitter has any effect at all on box office revenue is scant at best. But this is a story Hollywood is going to love anyway.