Big Fish announced today that Bill Lee, a prominent Silicon Valley
entrepreneur and technology investor, has chosen to join its Board of
Directors. Big Fish's board is the only board that Bill Lee currently
participates on as a Director for a company that he has not founded, which is
significant given the caliber of the companies he touches. Bill's recent
investments include Tesla Motors (NASDAQ:TSLA), Yammer, Posterous (acquired
by Twitter), SpaceX, Tweetdeck (acquired by Twitter), Kelkea (acquired by
Trend Micro), Hootsuite, Peel, Social Concepts (acquired by Big Fish Games),
Playhaven, Appmakr, and Zaarly. He is also on the advisory board of i/o
ventures (http://www.ventures.io) -- a San Francisco early stage startup
program that focuses heavily on mentorship.
"With the upcoming launch of its universal cloud gaming service and growth in
the social mobile marketp... (more)
London, 17 May 2012 - Broadband-IP&TV Asia 2012 has been hailed a huge
success, with well over 1,000 visitors attending the event in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia this week. With a focus on delivering growth in an evolving
ecosystem and enhancing the customer experience for the connected consumer,
Broadband-IP&TV Asia affirmed its position as the most comprehensive event
ever delivered in the region.
The event showcased international representation from over 150 visionary
speakers and transformational players from over 62 countries, in both
advanced and emerging markets. This included ... (more)
T-Mobile USA, Inc. today announced that its new, flexible and worry-free No
Annual Contract mobile broadband service passes will debut May 20, making it
easier for customers to enjoy access to high-speed Internet on the go
whenever they want. With T-Mobile’s new, more affordable No Annual Contract
data passes, customers can experience T-Mobile’s blazing-fast 4G network
speeds across a variety of mobile broadband devices including tablets, mobile
hotspots and laptop sticks – with no strings attached.
Starting at just $15, T-Mobile’s lineup of No Annual Contract mobile
broadband p... (more)
Global education leader Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) and A&E Television
Networks (AETN), the award-winning global media content company today
announced the availability of two popular co-branded high school social
studies iBooks textbooks for the Apple iPad. Available on the iBookstore℠,
The Americans and World History: Patterns of Interaction represent the next
step in the revolutionary partnership of HMH and HISTORY® which aims to
bring engaging educational experiences to tech-savvy students. While full
versions will not be available for purchase until August 1, a sample cha... (more)
Precision indoor location is stealing the headlines, yet wide-area
alternative/hybrid location is where the money is today.
GPS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and cellular location technologies will each be
installed on over one billion devices in 2017, with direct revenues forecast
to break the $8 billion mark.
Senior analyst Patrick Connolly says, “Increasingly, tablet, camera, and
portable gaming vendors are using location to differentiate and support
additional services and revenue models. Others, like the femtocell market,
are driven by mandates. To illustrate the potential, the non-cel... (more)