Intel Capital, Limelight Back Gaikai Game Streaming Service

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Gaikai, the operator of a cloud-based video
game streaming service, announced on Tuesday that it has received new
investments from Intel Capital and Limelight Networks.

Financial details were
not disclosed.

Los Angeles-based Gaikai plans to launch its service this
summer, which will utilize Intel equipment and Limelight’s content delivery
network services.

The company recently signed Electronic Arts as a partner, and
will stream titles such as "Mass Effect" and "Medal of
Honor" on its service.

Other investors in Gaikai include Benchmark
Capital, TriplePoint Capital and Rustic Canyon Partners.

 

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http://www.gaikai.com

FanFeedr Gets Funding for Sports News, Virtual Wagering

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – FanFeedr, a service that provides sports news
aggregation and a social game that includes virtual betting, has raised
$450,000 in seed funding from friends and family, PEHub.com reported.

Founded
in 2008, the free service offers sports fans a range of real-time news feeds,
and allows virtual wagering via credits that may be purchased, or else earned by
agreeing to participate in marketing offers from TrialPay.

The company will use
the funds for infrastructure and operations.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/2ek3nkw
(PEHub.com)

http://www.fanfeedr.com

Apple to Launch iPad in Nine More Countries Friday

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Mark Hefflinger
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Cupertino, Calif. – Apple (NASD: AAPL) announced on Monday that it will
launch the iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico,
Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore on Friday. The device is already
available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan,
Spain and Switzerland. Apple said it will roll out the iPad to many more countries
later this year.


 

Related Links:
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/07/19ipad.html

Rapidshare Wins Cybersquatting Claims Against Linking Sites

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Angeles – Free file-hosting service Rapidshare has won
more than two dozen cybersquatting claims at the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO), and been awarded the domains of sites with names similar
to its own, TorrentFreak reported. Part of the company’s campaign "against
individuals who abuse our trademark to distribute copyright protected
content," the domains seized included EasyRapidshareDownloads.com and
Music-Rapidshare.com.


 

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http://tinyurl.com/2b7nr2q

http://www.rapidshare.com

SnagFilms Expands Documentary Film Distribution

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Mark Hefflinger
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Washington – On the second anniversary of its launch,
SnagFilms, the documentary film site founded by former AOL vice chairman Ted
Leonsis, on Monday announced a major expansion of its film distribution,
including new video-on-demand offerings with Comcast and Verizon FiOS. In
addition, the company plans to make certain films available for purchase on
iTunes and rental on YouTube’s premium channel, distribute films through mobile
phone carriers and extend its library to Internet-connected TVs, Blu-ray
players, gaming consoles and set-top boxes this fall.


 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/26p7hnz
(Indiewire)

http://www.snagfilms.com

Big Fish Games Tops One Billion Casual Game Downloads

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Mark Hefflinger
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Seattle – Casual games publisher Big Fish Games announced on
Monday that it has now distributed more than one billion titles from its
BigFishGames.com portal. The company was founded in 2002, and offers a catalog
of more than 2,500 casual game titles.


 

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http://tinyurl.com/2bvamj3

http://www.bigfishgames.com

Dutch Courts Order Pirate Bay Blocked, Exempt ISPs

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Mark Hefflinger
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Amsterdam – A Dutch court last week upheld copyright
infringement-related convictions of the operators of file-sharing hub The
Pirate Bay, who had claimed they no longer had ties to the operation, having
sold the site to a Seychelles-based company called Reservella, TorrentFreak
reported.

The court had ruled that the three previously found guilty must pay
penalties of 50,000 per day if they don’t block the site for Dutch users.

Meanwhile,
another Dutch court has ruled that several of the country’s largest ISPs need
not block The Pirate Bay from their customers.

According to TorrentFreak, the
court ruled that there is no evidence the majority of Pirate Bay users are
infringing copyrights, and anti-piracy firm BRIEN must target individual users.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/34rlqf2
(TorrentFreak)

http://tinyurl.com/26qcceq
(TorrentFreak)

Report: Foursquare in Talks With Search Firms on Data Deal

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Mark Hefflinger
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*A correction was made to this story.

London – Location-based mobile service Foursquare is in talks
with all of the major players in the search space — including Google, Yahoo
and Microsoft — on a data partnership, co-founder Dennis Crowley told The
Telegraph.

"Our data generates hugely interesting trends which would
enrich search," Crowley told The Telegraph.

"We can anonymise data and use it to show venues which are
trending at that moment. Twitter helped the world and the search engines know
what people are talking about.

"Foursquare would allow people to search for the
types of place people are going to — and where is trending — not what."

*Correction: This story initially incorrectly referred to location-based service Gowalla instead of Foursquare.  

 

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http://tinyurl.com/29pxvwv
(Telegraph)

http://www.foursquare.com  

Netflix to Launch Instant Streaming Service in Canada

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Mark Hefflinger
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Los Gatos, Calif. – Online DVD rental service Netflix (NASD: NFLX)
announced on Monday that it will export its Instant Streaming feature into
Canada later this year.

The feature lets subscribers stream TV episodes to
computers and televisions, via devices including video game consoles.

At launch
in the fall, the Netflix Canadian service will be available in English only,
but the company expects to add French language capability over time.

 

Related Links:
http://tinyurl.com/28xjove

http://www.netflix.ca

Report: U.S. Venture Investment Hits Highest Level Since 2008

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York – Venture capitalists invested $7.7 billion into
U.S.-based companies during the second quarter, the highest quarterly total
since the third quarter of 2008, according to new statistics released by Dow
Jones VentureSource.

"Fueled by investors’ need to keep current portfolio
companies funded and to begin investing from new funds, venture capital
financing had a strong quarter," said Jessica Canning, global research
director for Dow Jones VentureSource.

"Deal activity and capital invested
in venture-backed companies is once again near levels seen before the start of
the economic recession in 2008."

The quarter’s 744 VC deals was a 13% increase
from the prior year, while the capital invested rose 26%.

 

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http://tinyurl.com/2d5lwru

http://www.dowjones.com/privatemarkets

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