New Games for Kids Link Tech and Reality

The next big thing in computer games for kids: moving beyond the computer.
Major media companies and start-ups are experimenting with new tools that combine technology and reality in a bid to get children to engage with real-world objects. And researchers are already investigating whether the new tools help kids learn better than regular computergames do.
Children’s [...]

Twitter Doubts

Steve Ballmer, chief executive of Microsoft, has cast some doubt on the sky-high valuations placed on the latest crop of hot internet companies, including Facebook and Twitter.
While Google and Facebook are competing to buy the loss-making micro-blogging website Twitter for $10 billion, it is doubted that the leaders of the social media phenomenon may struggle [...]

Nintendo Pays the Price as Santa Fails to Hand over New 3-D Console

The game company–Nintendo reported a monumental plunge in profits after losing millions of customers to tantrum-inducing product delays, belligerent competitors and a rare lapse in innovation.
According to Nintendo, it is said that earnings for the nine months of April to December last year were down by 74% on a year earlier. Residual momentum from its [...]

Facebook’s Deals Move

With website Groupon turning down a $6 billion offer from Google late last year, group discount deals are taken as big growth area.
Facebook muscled in on the growing online group discount market as it launched a mobile service, Facebook Deals, in the UK and across other key European markets.
The social-networking website has signed up the [...]

Law firm ACS: Law stops chasing illegal file-sharers

A lawyer has dramatically from prosecution alleged illegal file sharers in the middle of a lawsuit he brought withdrawn. The patent court in London is currently considering 26 cases of ACS brought: Act on behalf of its customers MediaCAT.
The firm had sent thousands of letters to alleged file sharers. Those who receive such letters can [...]