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Gaming for Good: PapayaMobile on Android Helps A4G Gamify Nonprofits
The gamification trend is picking up steam, thanks to group-buying programs, check-ins and social media at large. When it comes to game platforms, however, there’s an untapped potential for deep integration that a number of verticals can leverage. One Economy, for instance, is turning to PapayaMobile’s massive game platform in order to extend its reach ...
Silentium Quiets Server Farms, Says the Enterprise Will Never be 100% Virtual
My boyfriend doesn’t do well with silence. Waiting for me to finish up work the other day, he turned to me and asked “don’t you hear that buzzing?” I stopped typing for a moment, cocking my head to one side. “Well, sure,” I replied. “But you’re the only one paying attention to it.” In my ...
Akamai Launches Cloud Tool for Speedy Game Downloads
Akamai, a cloud optimization service, has launched a new solution for game publishers called Electronic Software Delivery for Gaming. It’s a specialized solution that leverages Akamai’s existing network to enhance an end user’s game download experience, with an increased download completion rate. In other words, Akamai’s helping games download faster. Akamai’s new delivery system is ...
Gmail’s Storm Cloud Has Silver Lining: Rackspace Says It’s About “Transparency”
Thanks to Google’s epic Gmail fail over the weekend, email’s become a hot topic. It’s a service we often take for granted, having been a communications staple for nearly two decades. It’s not until we’ve lost our contacts, instructions, correspondence history and saved chats that we realize their importance. As Kirk Averett, director of product ...
iPad 2 Near Ready for Business, Among Other Things.
The iPad to to debut on March 2. Clever, as Apple always is. But as we gear up for the event, we take a moment to reflect on the growing tablet space and what a second gen iPad means for the market. Expectations run high for the iPad 2, and Google’s Android OS updates have ...
New Lunch Network Brings the Buffet Table to You
There’s a lot of data being created and shared across various networks, turning consumers into content creators and curators alike. We’re in the era of curated extraction, with existing and emerging web companies seeking a way to address this necessary act of sifting through all this content. The personalization of the web is a more ...
WeeWorld Launches In-Game Ad Network around Virtual Goods, Brand Loyalty
I’ve always had a thing for virtual worlds, and have been fascinated with watching brands and advertisers work their way into these digital replicas of our lives. WeeWorld’s been dedicated to manifesting channels for self-expression through virtual environments, and they’re finally launching an advertising network around its growing presence. The new company branch is called ...
Tap.me Extends Revolutionary In-Game Ad Platform to Developers
We profiled Tap.me, an in-app advertising platform for iOS, shortly after their first round of funding, highlighting their early goals around adding value to a gamer’s playing experience. On their 1-year anniversary of debuting their concept at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, Tap.me returned to see if their hard work is headed in ...
Advantec Turns to EnterpriseDB for Open Cloud Switch
Moving to open cloud solutions is an important part of the virtualization journey, and managed services can ease the transition. It’s actually a growing demand in the cloud space, lending itself as a competitive advantage for many services providers. EnterpriseDB, combined with SynchSource and VMware support, are enabling Advantec to scale up, growing its outsourced ...
Egenera Finds Victory and Profits in New Age Software Distribution
A lot of cloud companies treat vendor lock-in as a marketing angle, touting products that help clients circumvent the rigidity of many cloud infrastructures. Egenera, however, has an unmatched story for its cloud journey, starting with a business focus on hardware, and ending with software distribution. With its core competency having always been fluidity amongst cloud ...