Plenty of iPhone news, print by email, and SoftBank is getting into American Social Media companies . . . it's your must-know geek news!
Economics/Geekonomics:
The Five Steps of a Bubble, a nice and readable look.
Anime and Manga:
Looks like Ankama and Tokyopop are teaming up. to do some German publishing.
Funimation keeps going, working on a film with BioWare based on Dragon Age: Origins. I knew there was enthusiasm for Dragon Age to be a multmedia propery, this fits. It also shows Funimation isn't in as dire stratis as some may fear.
Television:
Find out what it's like to work in the writer's room in TV – In an insightful mixed interveiw. Must read for anyone interested in media writing.
Seinfeld went off the air 12 years ago. It's Made $2.7 billion since then. Reruns/syndication are hugely profitable for some shows, and a good reminder making the right show can be an investment.
Mobile:
It's an iPhone roundup:
- Games for the iPhone: Farmville, Guitar Hero
- The next iPhone is very gaming oriented, with new controls.
- It's very big on video.
- Here's the pricing plan. Still on AT&T though.
Social Media:
Yahoo is serously integrating with Facebook. They've got nothing to loose, and it's useful. Still I see this as another sign Yahoo is just kind of . . . there. Just trying to survive.
Zynga's next target is Japan. It just allied with SoftBank. RockYou got $10 million in investment from Softbank. Hmmm, it seems SoftBank is trying to cover as much ground as possible – so who might they ally with or invest in next? Check more on them here. They're even the only iPhone carrier in Japan . . .
Technology:
HP is working on printers with their own email address. So you print by sending an email – which makes it great for mobile devices. A nice idea, and one I can see having many uses beyond the mobile (try, sheer convenience).
Video Games:
The latest issue of the Review of General Psychology is all about gaming. Tasty, tasty research for techs, game programmers, marketers, and more.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: Print by e-mail sounds like a great idea – so what are the potential problems?
-Steven Savage