Archive for December, 2009

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• Did Ballmer really fire someone for not saying Bing with enough enthusiasm?

This may just be a bit of viral marketing, but from the behavior Steve Ballmer has shown in the past, and his excitability usually displayed publicly at Microsoft conferences, I really wouldn’t be surprised if this was true.
The man you see in the video above is believed to be an ex-employee of Microsoft. He lost […]

• Appvent Calendar Day 20: MiniSquadron

A little bit later than usual in the day, but the 20th free game offered on the Appvent Calendar is now available.
Developed by Studio Fung Fung it’s called MiniSquadron and is a shooter that puts you in control of a little plane that dogfights through the skies killing enemy planes, bombers, UFOs, ducks, seagulls, and […]

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• The streets get merrier with the Christmas Truck

Here is one idea to light up the roadways and spread a little Christmas cheer on the streets. Take one truck salesman from Iowa, add a pickup, 3000 cheap Christmas lights, a portable electric generator, plus a whole mess of black tape and you have what is dubbed The Christmas Truck.
Kris Marshal came up with the idea for […]

• Appvent Calendar Day 19: Imp or Oaf?

It’s the last weekend of the Appvent Calendar and today the free game on offer is called Imp or Oaf? developed by Gilded Skull Games
At it’s core this is a guessing game with the two options obviously being imp or oaf. A series of pictures will be shown to the player zoomed in. You can […]

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• Bad idea: Rocket launcher on motorcycle

File this one under “Possibly Not Safe”.
Someone got a motorcycle and strapped a “rocket launcher” to it and proceeded to give it a test… on the highway, at speed. The rockets are actually just fireworks, but this is a Darwin Award waiting to happen. Let’s just hope some innocent bystander doesn’t get caught up in […]

• Google may be targeting Yelp for acquisition

While some companies are in lock down mode when it comes to finances it seems that Google is still in acquisition mode. TechCrunch is reporting that the company has its sights on Yelp, an online directly of local businesses which includes reviews by Yelp members. Yelp was founded back in 2004 and as of November […]

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• Publisher of FarmVille, Mafia Wars raises $180 million

Recession? What recession? If you’re Zynga, publisher of FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Cafe World, just to name a few, you’re living like it’s dot-com days all over again.
This week Zynga announced that it has raised $180 million in a round led by Facebook investor Digital Sky Technologies (DST), with Andreessen Horowitz and Tiger Global, and Institutional […]

• Holiday special: IM+, RDM+, and VR+ for iPhone up for a bargain

SHAPE Services, the maker of excellent Business Card Reader has announced a big holiday sale with the head-turning discounts on their popular iPhone apps. The promotion includes 70 percent off SHAPE’s popular IM app and 80 percent off its remote desktop client. This promotion runs for a limited time so check out those apps – […]

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