I’m sitting on a darkened patio of a club called Viva in the Futian district of Shenzhen. It’s not too late - about 1am - and the place is busy but not full.
Whenever companies do something inexplicable, the nerd in me always comes back to that scene in Close Encounters of the Third Kind when Richard Dreyfus keeps building models of a mountain, culminating in a huge, muddy mess in his kitchen. Throughout it all he keeps saying “This means something.” Well, the latest molehill into a mountain is the move by Time Inc.
I’ll be in Europe most of December so I’ll assess this on my own but it seems that the Eurozone doesn’t quite know what to make of Android. This is partially because they don’t have many Android phones in circulation and partially because of WinMo and Symbian entrenchment on the continent
Earlier today, I got a look at Time Inc’s new digital magazine concept .
We all know social games are hot right now, and that’s as true in Russia – a large and growing market – as anywhere else. Now Russian online game developer Nival Network has closed a $5 million round from an undisclosed investor but will use the funds to develop Prime World, its online strategy game with social networking features aimed at the Russia and former Soviet countries. Nival Network is currently majority owned by founder and CEO Sergey Orlovskiy.
It’s… a self-rolling ball Customized streetmap clocks from FluidForms USB-powered Alien figure with illuminated tongue
Peripherals, they say, are the spice of life.
Whether you’re a fan of Twitter’s new list feature or not, it has proven to be a great way to discover people of interest one can mass-follow. But keeping track of Twitter lists can prove cumbersome and overwhelming
Following an investigation that lasted over a year, Turkish authorities are fining Internet giant Google a total of 71 million Turkish Lira (approx. €32 million or USD $47 million) for supposedly dodging the national tax system.
This guest post is by Adam L. Penenberg, author of Viral Loop
