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Tencent to Restructure Business

Paul Mozur, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal in News on May 19 at 8:07 am PT

Tencent Holdings said Friday it will restructure its business operations into six groups and named a new chief operating officer as the Chinese Internet company moves to improve efficiency and grow beyond its core gaming business.

Maybe You Should Start Paying Attention to Indie Games Developers

Eric Johnson in Commerce on May 17 at 2:47 pm PT

Combine small teams, personal passion and a large accessible market and you have the makings of a creative explosion.

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Kara Swisher in News on May 8 at 8:50 am PT

CSLie has claimed its first victim, although the mystery is still unsolved.

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Get Yer Subscription Xbox for $99 (And $15 a Month)

Lauren Goode in News on May 7 at 11:03 am PT

Microsoft will sell the Xbox 360 game and media console, with the Kinect sensor, for $99 as part of a two-year, $15 per month “Gold” contract. The news was first reported last week by The Verge. Interested takers, however, will have to live near one of the 21 Microsoft stores across the U.S. to opt in to the deal.

Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

Kara Swisher in News on May 2 at 10:59 am PT

Hollywood meets Silicon Valley. Again.

Samsung Hits “Play” on Series 7 Gamer Laptop

Bonnie Cha in Product News on May 1 at 2:45 pm PT

Samsung trots out its Series 7 Gamer laptop, heavy on features and in weight.

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Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in Just Over a Month

Ina Fried in News on April 30 at 8:24 am PT

Rovio said on Monday that its Angry Birds Space game has been downloaded more than 50 million times since its release on March 22. That, Rovio says, makes the title the fastest-growing mobile game to date.

How Does Valve Decide What to Work On?

The same way we make other decisions: by waiting for someone to decide that it’s the right thing to do, and then letting them recruit other people to work on it with them. We believe in each other to make these decisions, and this faith has proven to be well-founded over and over again.

– From page 13 of the Valve Handbook for New Employees

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The Real Reason Tim Cook Was at Valve Headquarters (Comic)

Nitrozac and Snaggy in Voices on April 16 at 4:47 pm PT

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.

Drinking From the Firehose

The great thing about Zynga that people don’t get, is our values are up on the wall, and the top one, which I take really, really seriously, is “Be the CEO.”

– Veteran game designer Bob Bates talking about social gaming and corporate culture at Zynga

Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat

Kara Swisher in D10, March 9, 2012 at 10:40 am PT

Tencent to Restructure Business

Maybe You Should Start Paying Attention to Indie Games Developers

Exclusive: Yahoo Director in Charge of Botched CEO Vetting to Step Down From Board

Get Yer Subscription Xbox for $99 (And $15 a Month)

Silver Lake Grabs Large Minority Stake of WME to Push Digital Initiatives

Samsung Hits “Play” on Series 7 Gamer Laptop

Angry Birds Space Hits 50 Million Downloads in Just Over a Month

How Does Valve Decide What to Work On?

The Real Reason Tim Cook Was at Valve Headquarters (Comic)

Drinking From the Firehose

Amazon’s Video Library Can Now Be Streamed on the PlayStation 3

Smithsonian Brings Classic Arcade Games to Life (Video)

Windows Phone Users Will Get Angry Birds Space, Eventually

YouTube Heavyweight Machinima Gets a Grown-Up With Gamer Cred

No New Xbox “Anytime Soon,” Says Microsoft

Here Come the First D10 Speakers: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Entrepreneur Sean Parker, Zynga’s Mark Pincus and More on the Red Hot Seat

Viral Video: Finally, “Kara” Becomes a Cyborg (Bucket List, Check!)

When Office Is in the Cloud and on a Tablet, Is It Really Office?

Nintendo Sells 4.5 Million 3DS Units in U.S.

When Gaming Is Good for You

Here’s Zynga’s Filing on $228M HQ Building Deal (For All You Real Estate Types)

Microsoft Xbox Exec Named Activision Blizzard CFO

Cloud-Paging Start-Up Numecent Emerges From Stealth, Spins Off Gaming Unit Approxy (Video)

After Five Years, Draw Something Is an Overnight Hit for OMGPOP. Now What?

Sony: We’re Selling a Ton of PlayStation Vitas

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