Peter Molyneux, creator of the popular “Fable” games series and head of Microsoft Game Studios in Europe, recalls the highs and lows of a 22-year career in video games – a career that was just honored by two lifetime achievement awards.
GUILDFORD, U.K. — April 15, 2011 – Peter Molyneux, one of the video game industry’s most celebrated designers and the creative force behind hits such as “Fable,” “Populous” and “Dungeon Keeper,” credits much of his 22-year career to a happy accident involving baked beans.(more…)
*Online Behaviour of Clickers Does Not Reflect Desired Audience for Most Advertisers*
Moscow, Russia, April 14, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the release of a report entitled “ Natural Born Clickers in Russia – Understanding How Display Advertising Works,” which indicates that a very small group of Internet users who are not representative of the total Russian online population is accountable for the vast majority of display ad click-through behaviour. The report includes findings from several studies of the view-through effectiveness of online display advertising and highlights key implications for stakeholders in the Russian digital media ecosystem. (more…)
*Accelerates Advanced Intelligence for Smarter Buildings Transformation*
ARMONK, N.Y., – 14 Apr 2011: IBM today announced that it has completed the acquisition of TRIRIGA, Inc., a privately-held company based in Las Vegas, Nevada. Financial terms were not disclosed.
On March 22, IBM announced that it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire TRIRIGA, a leading provider of facility and real estate management software solutions.
Many of the systems that constitute a building – heat, water, sewage, electricity and physical assets – are managed independently and often inefficiently. Collecting, managing and analyzing data in buildings provides actionable insight to energy, space and facilities management. (more…)
RESTON, VA, April 13, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released its monthly comScore qSearch analysis of the U.S. search marketplace. Google Sites led the explicit core search market in March with 65.7 percent of search queries conducted. (more…)
RESTON, VA, April 12, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today released data from the comScore Video Metrix service showing that 174 million U.S. Internet users watched online video content in March for an average of 14.8 hours per viewer. The total U.S. Internet audience engaged in more than 5.7 billion viewing sessions during the course of the month. (more…)
A project that helps students with low vision take notes wins the U.S. Imagine Cup’s preeminent software design category
REDMOND, Wash. – April 12, 2011 – When David Hayden’s team won the U.S. Imagine Cup’s prestigious category Monday, it was a victory for him as a student with low vision, and for all students with reduced vision across the world.(more…)
*More Turkish Viewers Watch Online Video on Facebook Than YouTube*
London, UK, April 7, 2011 – comScore, Inc., a leader in measuring the digital world, today announced the launch of Video Metrixin Turkey. This online video measurement service, which was the first to market in the U.S. more than four years ago, has been developed to enable comScore’s clients to succeed in the online video marketplace. The debut Video Metrix report in Turkey showed that nearly 3 billion online videos were viewed by 20.2 million unique viewers in February 2011.
“At Nokta, we are firm believers in the value of transparency – not just to our business, but to the marketplace as a whole […],” says Tümay Asena, CEO at Nokta Medya. ”After a quick and easy tag implementation process, we are now looking forward to being able to showcase the full value of our video offering in ways that suit both the targeting needs of media planners, and the Nokta business model. The introduction of Video Metrix, comScore’s video measurement service, will make a true difference to the Turkish market.” (more…)
BizSpark One startup PEAK 15 Systems powers unique travel experiences.
REDMOND, Wash. — PEAK 15 Systems, a BizSpark One startup, provides tour operators with the software they need to build you the trip of a lifetime.(more…)
