DWR launches e-book “Early Days: The Social Gaming Market and Facebook’s Achilles’ Heel”
Click here to check it out on AmazonĀ Read an excerpt from the book here Want to learn more about the market for Social Gaming and Facebook’s Achilles’ Heel? Veteran…
Sony’s Restructuring–”Sony will change,” Sony must change
Sony’s restructuring news this morning came with a change in direction. Sony’s corporate moniker had been Sony.Make.Believe, but today showed “Sony will change.” Our point is simple: Sony must change….
Despite Privacy Concerns, Users Not Leaving Google
Despite serious concerns about aggregation of personal data for more targeted advertising, users are not leaving Google products. DWR surveyed more than 60 Google users in the past week to…
Microsoft dumping Points? And there was a great rejoicing!
There were several speculative press reports this week that Microsoft is phasing out its virtual currency system, Microsoft Points, by the end of this calendar year. We’re in the “it’s…
Why is Zynga’s business model interesting?
Zynga recently filed to bring the company public, and has spawned five noteworthy topics about its business model, and implications to language, measurement, and demographics in the gaming world. These…
Want to work in video games? Work at Amazon.
One company that is hiring aggressively in video games in the United States? Sony? No. Microsoft? No. Nintendo? No. Amazon? Yes. Really. Amazon. So what is the strategy? Ponder why…
Opt-out of Google?
Is Google at a perilous inflection point with personal data? The short answer is yes. The longer answer is probably “yes, but depends on how old you are.” After reviewing…
CES 2012: The TV Manifesto
The quick and dirty take on the news from the TV manufacturers is that it was bifurcated by region—most of the news from the Japanese manufactures had already been previewed…
Infinity….Loop. Microsoft vs. Apple
There has been speculation for a couple of years now that the next iteration of the Xbox 360, dubbed in popular media as the “Xbox 720″ is arriving at a…
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