Roundup: Wright sticks with Spore, Zango folds, Texas gives solar a boost and more
Wright still on board with Spore — Despite his departure from Electronic Arts, the Sims creator says he will still pitch in on Spore’s sequels.
Game runs apocalypse drills — A report on crisis response has been released based on the game Superstruct, a program that crowdsources people’s… Continue Reading
Roundup: Flickr founders leave Yahoo, ex-Citi CFO raising $3B for cleantech, Microsoft buys Navic, and more
Flickr founders join exodus from Yahoo — Caterina Fake and Stewart Butterfield, the founders of photo-sharing app Flickr, a $35 million Yahoo acquisition, have added their names to the lengthening list of Yahoo defections. Kara Swisher speculates that a boardroom brawl is underway at the embattled… Continue Reading
Roundup: Yahoo’s hub, media deals galore, HD DVD dead, CES, more
Here’s the latest action:
1. Yahoo’s personal communications hub
2. Media deals: Comcast, Microsoft to offer lots of films
3. Apple close to deals with movie studios
4. HD DVD looks dead
5. Yahoo to lead effort to modernize music?
6. CES highlights
7. Big Think, a video site for big ideas,… Continue Reading
Roundup: Yahoo’s internet cafes, Smartshopper’s backflip, and more
1) Yahoo launches brick-and-mortar internet cafes in Vietnam
2) Mozilla Corp., maker of the popular Firefox web browser, made $66 million in revenue in 2006
3) The internet still probably won’t be taxed in the US, through 2014
4) Adware company Zango buys comparison shopping service Smartshopper, a… Continue Reading