Twitter to roll out commercial accounts this year
Yes, Twitter will start earning some income this year.
Co-founder Biz Stone said the company is in the first phase of rolling out commercial accounts that will entice business users to pay for premium services like detailed analytics. After that, the company might move into building business-oriented application programming interfaces (APIs), creating a “commercial layer” over [...]
Apple TV to get long-anticipated upgrade?
For several years, Apple TV has been a mediocre product from a company that rarely accepts mediocrity. Left in the dust by a number of internet video-to-TV devices like Roku and even Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Apple’s offering has remained the same for a year and a half — and is more expensive to boot — [...]
Roundup: DOJ approves Oracle-Sun deal, Gamestop falls short, Twitter’s charming memory loss
Here’s the latest action:
The Department of Justice cleared Oracle’s purchase of Sun — Larry Ellison’s $7.4 billion acquisition of the Valley’s rockstar server maker and owner of the rights to Java software, is a transaction on the scale of Yahoo’s ad sales deal with Microsoft. European antitrust regulators are still evaluating whether or not to [...]
Twitter had been in talks to buy FriendFeed too, co-founder Stone says
Twitter had been in talks to acquire FriendFeed before the start-up of ex-Googlers decided to sell the company to Facebook last week.
“If that’s where they wanted to end up, that’s the right move for them,” Twitter co-founder Biz Stone said in an interview with VentureBeat, acknowledging that the company approached FriendFeed several times and would [...]
Twitter co-founder Stone on tweet location: “Everyone should do this!”
Twitter is about to let you signal the exact location of where you’re tweeting from, inserting your latitude and longitude coordinates to tweets you select to carry such information.
Co-founder Biz Stone, in an interview with VentureBeat today, said that he welcomed other players, such as Facebook, Google and others, to do the same: “Everyone should [...]
You’re Confused About Metal Gear? Hideo Kojima Is Confused, Too [Konami]
Let’s be honest here, the Metal Gear Solid saga is hard to follow. Fascinating and intricate, sure, but like a daytime soap with clones, nanomachines and mechas.
Don’t worry if you are baffled at times. Series creator Hideo Kojima gets baffled, too, scratching his noggin while figuring out plot points.
“I personally get confused too about [...]
PAL PlayStation Store Update: Gamescom Gamescom Gamescom [Europe]
For some reason, while the American update was a little thin this week, the PAL PlayStation Store sees the arrival of a ton of content, from live Gamescom press conference videos to a demo for Bethesda’s WET.
Games & Demos Colin McRae DiRT 2 (demo) WET (demo) Mini Ninjas (demo) IL2 Sturmovik: Birds Of Prey (demo) [...]
Hong Kong Hosting PS3 Slim Launch Party [Sony]
That’s right, the steaming metropolis will having a big bash for the new Sony console. Look, shirtless man!
Sony HK is having a launch party in Causeway Bay, which is one of Hong Kong’s major shopping areas. The event is on August 31 and starts at 6pm and will run past midnight on September 1, [...]
Plants vs Zombies To Gnaw At Retail, iPhones, Your Chest [Popcap]
PopCap announced today that Plants vs Zombies – a game we like very, very much – will now be able to be enjoyed by even more people, with both a retail and iPhone release.
The game will, as you read this, already be sitting on store shelves across America, for the reasonable price of $20. And [...]
How Much Does The PS3 Slim Really Cost? (In Japan, That Is…) [PS3 Slim]
Well, it is cheaper, but is it cheaper? Sony shaved off more than the price for its new PlayStation 3, the PS3 Slim.
Japanese news site Get News did some number crunching — your mileage may very. Let’s dive in:
• PS3 Slim = ¥29,980 (US$318) • PS3 Slim + Game = ¥36,980 ($394) • PS3 [...]