Games/Entertainment

New York's Viggle snaps up rival social TV startup Dijit Media

New York, US-based social TV startup Viggle snapped up San Francisco, California-based rival Dijit Media for an undisclosed sum to acquire and incorporate the latter's NextGuide and reminder button features into its own offerings.

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Google partners with LEGO to create online brick-building playground

Google is partnering with LEGO to build an virtual brick-building playground which can be accessed through a computer, smartphone, or tablet, using the new Build with Chrome application.

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Cygames invests $680K in Japanese indie game Airship Q

Japan-based games developer Cygames, the creator of top-grossing mobile game Rage of Bahamut, invested around $680,000 (JPY70 million) in Miracle Positive, the developer of Japanese indie game Airship Q.

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Pinterest launches new page that guesses what users love

San Francisco, US-based photo sharing website Pinterest launched its "Interests" page today to help users find exactly what they like, as part of its goal to expand the website and search capability.

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Swedish software firm Hansoft pockets $8.4M in first venture round

Uppsala, Sweden-based program development tool Hansoft pocketed $8.4 million in its first round of funding led by Stockholm-based venture capitalist Spotify Creandum to support its sales and expansion programs.

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New York's Peleton Entertainment buys Creative Media

New York-based television agency Peleton Entertainment bought Todd Berger's consulting firm Creative Media for an undisclosed amount to expand into animation, branded entertainment, and feature film.

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California-based virtual gaming startup Cloud Party to close down after being acquired by Yahoo

After two years of operation, California, US-based virtual gaming startup Cloud Party has been acquired by Yahoo for an undisclosed amount and will shut down on February 21, 2014.

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Chicago startup WebCurfew creates device to help parents control kids' Internet usage

Chicago, US-based startup WebCurfew created a device that helps parents monitor and control their children's online usage through an on/off switch for individual devices from their home's router.

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UK's Channel 4 gears up for $33M indie growth fund

UK-based media firm Channel 4 (C4) is getting ready to launch a $33 million (£20 million) growth fund that will be invested in various indie production companies in the country.

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Two Las Vegas casinos will start accepting Bitcoin

The D and the Golden Gate casinos in Las Vegas, Nevada will be accepting Bitcoins to pay for goods and services beginning on Wednesday, January 22, RT reported.

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San Francisco's HiddenRadio takes crowdfunding path for second model of Bluetooth speaker

San Francisco, California-based firm HiddenRadio launched another crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to add new features to HiddenRadio 2, its second model of impressively-designed $119 Bluetooth speaker.

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Gambling revenue at heart of Detroit's bankruptcy plan

For Detroit, the road in and out of U.S. bankruptcy court is paved with casino money.

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Washingon gaming firm Valve expects virtual reality to flourish in two years

Michael Abrash, virtual reality researcher at Washington-based gaming firm Valve, said he expects amazing and consumer-friendly virtual reality products to be on launched on the market within two years.

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Paramount Pictures to go solely digital in movies- sources

Industry insiders told the Los Angeles Times that Paramount Pictures will be retiring the 35-millimeter film and will be distributing movies in the digital format.

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NBC Universal picks up minority stake in Canadian TV producer Lark

New York, US-based media firm NBC Universal International Television Production picked up a minority stake in Vancouver, Canada-based independent TV producer Lark Productions for an undisclosed amount.

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