Facebook Inc and banks including Morgan Stanley were sued by the social networking leader’s shareholders, who claimed the defendants hid Facebook’s weakened growth forecasts ahead of its $16-billion initial public offering.The defendants, who also include Facebook Chief Executive Officer mark Zuckerberg, were accused of concealing from investors during the IPO marketing process “a severe and pronounced reduction” in revenue growth…read more →
LOS ANGELES — will Swampy sink or swim in the Disney big leagues? About seven months ago, Disney’s interactive division released a 99-cent game for mobile devices centered on a wide-eyed alligator named Swampy. Players help him find clean water for his shower. the game, called Where’s My Water?, quickly blossomed into a global hit, reaching the No. 1 spot…read more →
I remember hearing that video chat first appeared when AT&T made special phone booths in Disneyland available to use (as part of a promotion of course). but as far as regular television being part of video chatting, it’s been more of a computer, laptop and even mobile devices world. While there’s nothing wrong with that, being able to use that…read more →
Disney is introducing two theme-park tools for mobile devices to new audiences. At the end of February, iPhones users were excited to learn that the Disney Mobile Magic app is now available to them and Android users for free. Disney Mobile Magic debuted in 2009 for Verizon-only phones and cost $9.99 for a 180-day subscription. The much-talked-about app is the…read more →
U.S. officials plan to kill a proposal to build a new national high-speed wireless network after concluding it would in some cases jam personal-navigation and other GPS devices. Skip to next paragraph The Federal Communications Commission sought comments Wednesday on revoking LightSquared’s permit after a federal agency that coordinates wireless signals, the National Telecommunications and Information Administration, concluded that there’s no way…read more →
The buzz surrounding the development of Windows 8 is focused around Microsoft’s huge push into the tablet market with its new touch based operating system. however, the announcements surrounding Windows 8 is not all music to some developers’ ears. Many Silverlight developers have expressed concern for the future of Microsoft’s own platform for developing rich web applications. Whether or not…read more →
Bernardo Rodriguez faces a challenge that’s becoming a top concern for CIOs across manyindustries: He needs to make the company’s data dance for the digital user. “My job is to help the organization become a more digitally centric company, and a moreuser-centric company,” said Rodriguez, named chief digital officer of Kaplan inc.’s test prep and admission divisionlast year. That means…read more →
SOURCE: NextG Networks, Inc. Mar 16, 2011 11:00 ET MILPITAS, CA–(Marketwire – March 16, 2011) – NextG Networks, Inc., a leading provider of fiber-fed distributed antenna systems (DAS) that enhance network coverage, capacity and performance for wireless carriers, has announced it has launched DAS-based LTE service in the City of Orlando, Florida, and surrounding area, for a major carrier. This…read more →
