8 posts and columns on cards

Accel Partners Bets on Social Games Company Dragonplay

in Commerce on April 2 at 9:00 pm PT

Dragonplay, a social games developer focused on card and casino games, has raised $14 million in a first round of funding from Accel Partners.
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Apple Turns the iPhone Into a Hallmark Store

in Mobile on October 4, 2011 at 10:32 am PT

At its iPhone event in Cupertino, Apple announces a new service that lets iPhone, iPod touch and iPad users send customized greeting cards anywhere in the world from their iPhone and iPad.
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Verizon Wireless Touts 4G Network, Shows Off Devices

in Mobile on January 6, 2011 at 1:03 pm PT

Verizon showed off 10 devices coming in the first half of the year and said it will cover another 140 cities with the high-speed network by year’s end.

Turning a Tablet Into a Board Game

in The Digital Solution on January 4, 2011 at 4:04 pm PT

In the new Digital Solution column, Katie tests a game that successfully marries digital and analog games by using the first physical device to digitally interact with the Apple iPad.
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Verizon’s 4G Network Is Windows-Only, for Now

in Mobile on December 1, 2010 at 7:45 pm PT

Those who want to be among the first to rule the air on Verizon Wireless’s new 4G network better have a Windows PC handy. Verizon had already made clear that, for the rest of this year at least, the company will have only laptop cards and that 4G smartphones wouldn’t come until next year. However, it looks like Mac users will also have to wait–at least a little while.

Liveblogging Microsoft Bing's Search Summit 2010: There Will Be Donuts (and Also Cream Puffs!)

in News on July 13, 2010 at 10:41 am PT

After BoomTown complained at December’s search summit held by Bing about the lack of the finest pastry known to man–namely, donuts!–minions were dispatched by top Microsoft geek general Satya Nadella to fix the dire situation. And, happily, at Search Summit 2010, there on the lovely snack table were a small pile of them–which looked like Krispy Kreme to me. There were lacking the key sprinkles feature, but carb crisis averted and back to search news!

Layoffs, Palm Pre Coming to Verizon

in News on July 27, 2009 at 7:31 am PT

This recession is a long way from over if Verizon’s latest earnings are anything to judge by. Reporting second-quarter earnings that were a penny better than the 62 cents per share Wall Street had been expecting, the company said it suffered a nasty 21 percent drop in profit thanks to the econalypse, which is pinching enterprise customers pretty hard these days.
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