Live Video Streaming Service Justin.tv Releases iPhone App

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Live streaming video service Justin.tv has released an application for
Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPhone, which allows users to watch every channel available on the
website, and chat live with other viewers of the video streams they’re
watching. NewTeeVee notes that rival Ustream’s iPhone app also lets users
upload video and broadcast live video streams from their iPhones, a feature
that Justin.tv plans to add in a later release.


 

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http://blog.justin.tv/justintv-iphone-app/

http://snipurl.com/v0uw8
(NewTeeVee)

Survey: More Internet Users Considering Buying iPad Than Kindle

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Mark Hefflinger
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Reston, Va. – Though Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) new iPad tablet computer won’t
be available for purchase until April 3, 15% of Internet users said that they
plan to seriously consider purchasing the device in the next three months,
according to a new study by Internet audience measurement firm comScore.

That’s
1% more than those considering buying the Amazon (NASD: AMZN) Kindle e-reader. And while Apple
has touted the iPad’s ability to serve as an e-reader, the majority of
potential owners said that they would use the device for other purposes.

Instead, nearly half indicated a high likelihood of using it to browse the
Internet and check email, while more than a third said that they would use it
to listen to music, maintain a contact list or watch videos.

Overall, nearly
70% of those surveyed have conducted online research into the iPad and Kindle.

"The tablet and e-reader market is developing at a breakneck pace right
now, and Apple’s entry into the market is sure to accelerate mainstream
consumer adoption," said Serge Matta, an executive vice president at
comScore.

"These devices have the potential to be incredibly disruptive to
the way consumers currently access digital content."

 

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Placecast Gets $3 Million for Location-based Mobile Marketing

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Placecast, a provider of location-based mobile marketing services, has raised
$3 million in its second round of funding, TechCrunch reported.

Investors
included Quatrex Capital, ONSET Ventures and Voyager Capital.

Founded in 2005,
San Francisco-based Placecast’s ShopAlerts service enables retailers to deliver
marketing text messages or other alerts when customers come into the vicinity
of their stores.

Consumers must opt-in to receive the marketing messages, from
Placecast clients including REI and American Eagle Outfitters.

The company will
use the funds to accelerate deployment of its ShopAlerts service.

 

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(TechCrunch)

http://www.placecast.net

Report: iPhone Games Poaching Revenue From Sony, Nintendo

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Mark Hefflinger
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San Francisco
– Games developed for Apple’s (NASD: AAPL) iPhone and iPod touch accounted for 19% of all
revenue from games developed for mobile devices in 2009, up from 5% in 2008,
according to a report from mobile analytics firm Flurry.

Flurry said that
iPhone games took market share largely from Sony’s (NYSE: SNE) PSP, although market share
for Nintendo’s DS was affected as well.

The Sony PSP’s share of U.S.
portable game revenue fell from 20% in 2008 to 11% in 2009, while the Nintendo
DS’ market share slid from 75% in 2008 to 70% last year.

Games for the iPhone
also accounted for roughly 5% of the total U.S. game software market in 2009,
compared with games for portable (24%) and console (71%) platforms.

 

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(Flurry blog)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-10470102-37.html

Nintendo to Release New DS With Glasses-Free 3D

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Mark Hefflinger
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Tokyo
– Nintendo announced on Tuesday that it plans to release a version of its
popular DS handheld game system equipped with a glasses-free 3D display.

The Nintendo
3DS will be support games developed for previous versions of the device.

The company said additional details would be revealed at the
Electronic Entertainment Expo in Los
Angeles in June.

Nintendo has to date sold more than
125 million units of its DS

 

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(AP)

EU Court Hands Google Victory in AdWords Trademark Case

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Mark Hefflinger
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Brussels
– The European Union’s highest court ruled on Tuesday that Google (NASD:  GOOG) cannot be
held liable for trademark infringement when advertisers choose keywords related
to existing brands on its self-service AdWords online advertising service.
Luxury goods retail group LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton sued Google in 2004,
alleging the company was infringing its trademarks by letting other retailers
— including potential counterfeiters — to buy keyword search ads using its
own trademarked brands, such as "Fendi."

The court did say in its
ruling that consumers could well become confused by such keyword ads, but
maintained that such disputes would have to be resolved between advertisers.

The net effect is that Google will not be party to such disputes, but may have to
comply when a trademark owner demands that keyword ads purchased by
third-parties be taken down.

The Wall Street Journal noted that such a dispute
is now brewing between U.K.
flower delivery service Interflora, and Marks & Spencer, which purchased
keyword ads for "Interflora" — to promote its own flower delivery
service.

 

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(WSJ)

http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10470136-93.html

http://snipurl.com/v0sfc
(Financial Times)

Angered China Moves to Block Google; Partners Step Back

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Mark Hefflinger
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Beijing – In the wake of
Google’s (NASD:  GOOG) decision yesterday to stop censoring results on its search engine in China, the Chinese government moved to block
access to the unfiltered results on Google’s Hong Kong
site, while several of the company’s partners appear to be distancing
themselves, The New York Times reported.

The country’s largest wireless
carrier, China Mobile, is under government pressure to dump Google search from
its mobile home page, business executives close to industry officials told The
Times.

China Unicom is also expected to delay or ditch the launch of a new
handset powered by Google’s Android operating system.

Chinese Web portal
Tom.com has already abandoned Google as its search engine partner.

It’s unclear whether the government will move to fully block   searching on Google, which is popular among "highly educated and vocal" Chinese citizens, The Times noted.

Related Links:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/technology/24google.html

http://snipurl.com/v0s8a
(DMW previous coverage)

Lionsgate Board Rejects Icahn's Revised Takeover Bid

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Mark Hefflinger
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Vancouver, Canada – Film studio Lionsgate (NYSE:  LGF) said on Tuesday
that its board of directors has voted unanimously to reject activist investor
Carl Icahn’s hostile takeover bid for control of the company, and urged its
shareholders to follow suit. The company said Icahn’s new offer, which
escalated from his previous offer earlier this month to up his stake to 30%, "remains
financially inadequate."

"The only substantive change is that the
Icahn Group is now bidding for full control of the Company without offering a
meaningful vision, without demonstrating a relevant track record of industry
experience and without paying a control premium," said Lionsgate
co-chairman and CEO Jon Feltheimer.

Icahn has stated that he hopes to wrest
control of the company in order to nominate new board members, and scuttle
Lionsgate’s bid to acquire the film libraries of MGM and Miramax.

 

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(DMW previous coverage)

http://www.lionsgate.com

Offerpal Media Acquires Mobile Developer Tapjoy

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Mark Hefflinger
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Fremont,
Calif. – Offerpal Media, a
provider of virtual currency payment alternatives, announced on Tuesday that it
has acquired Tapjoy, the developer of a monetization and distribution service for
iPhone, Android and other mobile platforms.

Financial terms of the transaction
were not disclosed.

Launched in January 2009, Tapjoy has developed iPhone
applications including TapDefense, TapSudoku and TapWord, and said its reach
currently extends to over 35 million mobile consumers.

Founded in 2007, Fremont, Calif.-based Offerpal offers consumers the
ability to earn virtual currency by taking part in targeted advertising offers,
completing surveys or otherwise engaging with brands.

"The addition of Tapjoy provides us with a proven
product that dovetails nicely with our own platform strategy and creates
tremendous economic advantages for mobile developers," said Offerpal
chairman and CEO George Garrick.

 

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http://snipurl.com/v0rgh

http://www.offerpalmedia.com

http://www.tapjoy.com

Apple Inks iPad E-book Deal With Perseus

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Mark Hefflinger
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New York
– Apple (NASD: AAPL) has signed a deal with Perseus Books Group, a large independent
publisher and distributor of titles from smaller presses, to offer titles for
sale on its forthcoming iPad, The New York Times reported. Perseus-distributed
presses include City Lights Books, Harvard Business School Press and Zagat. Apple
has already secured deals with five of the six biggest publishing houses to
include their titles in its iBookstore for the iPad.


 

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http://snipurl.com/v06z6
(N.Y. Times)

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