High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region
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High Technology News and Information for the Pacific Northwest Region |
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 Monday, July 21, 2008 PopCap Partners For DRM Vancouver, BC-based Yummy Interactive, a provider of digital rights management software, said Monday that Seattle-based PopCap Games has is using the firm's products for game licensing in Asia. PopCap will use Yummy Interactive's GameShield technology within its games. Financial details of the arrangement were not disclosed. PopCap is a publisher of a number of casual games, including Bejeweled. posted on Monday, July 21, 2008(Full story) Venture Totals Flat, Says Report PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association released its quarterly venture capital survey over the weekend, saying that there was $7.4B invested in 990 venture deals nationally in the second quarter. The MoneyTree Report from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and the National Venture Capital Association (NVCA) based on data provided by Thomson Reuters reported that investments were approximately flat from Q1, when there was $7.5B in 977 deals. Nationally, the most active indus (More info...) posted on Monday, July 21, 2008(Full story) AdReady Powers Health Advertising Network NaturalPath Media, a health-focused Internet publisher, has launched a self-service display advertising platform powered by Seattle-based Internet advertising software developer AdReady, NaturalPath Media reported Monday. NaturalPath said the service, called AdGuru, will provide green and natural health advertisers with a means of creating and managing their display ad campaigns on NaturalPath's network of 80 health- and lifestyle-oriented Web sites. The platform, NaturalPath noted, is targeted (More info...) posted on Monday, July 21, 2008(Full story) Amazon S3 Goes Offline Amazon.com's web storage service, Amazon S3, went offline this weekend, taking web sites offline, disrupting image loading at hundreds of web sites and other services. According to Amazon.com's AWS status pages, the service went offline around 9:06AM, due to what the firm described as "elevated error rates" in the system; the company had service restored fully by 5:13PM. Sites affected by the outage included online photo site Smugmug, and Internet messaging service Twitter, both of which use Ama (More info...) posted on Monday, July 21, 2008(Full story) iLike Launches Ad Platform, New Features Seattle-based social music service iLike said today that the firm has unveiled a new advertising platform specifically focused on concert promoters, full-length song playback, and a new initiative to syndicate music to third party developers. According to the firm, the new ad platform is focused on helping concert promoters, venue owners, booking agents, and indie bands to reach its music fans. The company also said it will now allow for full-length song playback, via Rhapsody, on both its web s (More info...) posted on Monday, July 21, 2008(Full story) |
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