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Harry Potter Goes Digital: Launching Social Site and e-Books

San Francisco, Calif. — Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling announced Thursday that her popular series of fantasy novels will soon be available as e-books...

Turntable.fm Hits 140K Users in First Month

New York — Turntable.fm, a startup online radio company, has gained over 140,000 users since launching its service to the public earlier this month. The...

PopCap Games Rumored to be Acquired by EA for $1 Billion

Seattle, Wash. — PopCap Games, a casual games company famous for games such as “Bejeweled,” "Zuma" and "Peggie," is rumored to be in acquisition...

Winklevoss Twins Drop Appeal in Facebook Lawsuit

New York — Olympic rowing twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss have decided to drop their appeal to the Supreme Court of a federal court...

Is Google Entering the Social Games Biz?

Mountain View, CA – A job posting on the Google job board suggests that the Mountain View-based company is starting a new business –...

SoundCloud to Integrate DIY Media’s Cloud-based Solution for Social Commerce

Seattle, WA – DIY Media, a social commerce provider, today announced that music-sharing platform SoundCloud will integrate its cloud-based solution for social commerce. The solution...

Suspect in LulzSec Hacker Attacks Arrested

Wickford, Eng. — The alleged 19-year-old mastermind behind the hacker group LulzSec was arrested in Essex, England on Tuesday in a joint effort between...

Facebook Projected To Take Top Spot in U.S. Display Ad Market

Palo Alto, Calif. — Facebook’s United States advertising revenue is expected to reach $2.2 billion in 2011 — surpassing Yahoo to take the biggest...

Transmedia Producers – Conducting Symphonies of Narratives

We hosted the second in a series of exclusive Transmedia workshops last week in Washington D.C. with Starlight Runner’s Jeff Gomez. This time I...

Facebook to Integrate Spotify Music Streaming; Possibly Coming to U.S.

Palo Alto, Calif. – Talks of Facebook planning to integrate Spotify’s music-streaming services with their social networking platform have resurfaced, GigaOm reported, citing sources...