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Forge Your Own Guitar Skills With Ubisoft’s Rocksmith

Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 14, 2011 at 6:00 am PT

No more silly plastic guitars with buttons. Ubisoft has rigged a way for people to learn to play a real electric guitar using videogames.

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The Case for the Fat Start-Up

Ben Horowitz, Co-founder and General Partner, Andreessen Horowitz in News on March 17, 2010 at 12:00 pm PT

Much has been written and said about the current economic downturn and the resulting lessons on how to run high-technology companies. Quite famously, Sequoia Capital, the premier venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, held a mandatory all-CEO meeting in fall 2008 during which it advised them to “Cut spending. Cut fat. Preserve capital.”

Macworld ’09: Garageband "Learn to Play," "Artist Lessons"

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:43 am PT

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.

Macworld ’09: Garageband “Learn to Play,” “Artist Lessons”

John Paczkowski in News on January 6, 2009 at 9:43 am PT

Phil Schiller returns to the stage to explain Garageband ’09. Our team was challenged to help people learn to play a musical instrument and they came through, says Schiller. Garageband now offers a feature called “Learn to Play” which offers not just nine basic lessons for guitar and piano, but “Artist Lessons” from the likes of John Fogerty, Norah Jones and Sting.