BofA keeps dying, movies get a new lease on life, and Crunchyroll rules the world. Geek news time!
Economics/Geekonomics:
A nice, cynical look at the inevitable death of Bank of America, and the fact some people should be in deep trouble over some deals. Worth reading if you want a bit of a better view, and if you're feeling a need to be cynical and depressed. Let me repeat – don't send them a resume and frankly, don't bank with them.
Anime and Manga:
Crunchyroll is going to just stream some stuff right from Japan. I'm not surprised, though I still feel that Crunchyroll is in a kind of ninja mode and people are so used to it they don't appreciate it's power. Or what would happen if someone bought them . . .
Publishing:
Amazon eying Kindle for Japan this year? Nice move, gizmo-friendly population, though it may loose them some allies.
Remakes:
Troma selling the rights for two remakes, in this case "Class of Nuke 'Em High" and "Poultrygeist." Weirdly the "Nuke 'Em High" series is still continuing. Considering Troma has a lot of well-known and semi-known cult classics under their belt, they may see this as a moneymaking opportunity of the first magnitude.
Social Media:
Facebook getting into the job scene? It's in an initial stage obviously, but this is intriguing on a number of grounds:
- It makes them compete with LinkedIn. What that means? I'm not sure, but LinkedIn is good at what they're doing.
- They're taking on job search sites as well.
- It keeps them doing their throw-it-at-the-wall strategy, which I question frankly.
- Can they truly formalize the way Facebook is used for Jobs? I'm curious as to what they'd do.
Technology:
Microsoft has record revenues thanks to XBox and servers. Frankly for all the past mistakes, the Xbox is an awesome device, and some of the server offerings are . . . well anyway. Microsoft seems to be doing well for this economy.
Technology and bad news:
BuyWithMe has huge layoffs – I never even HEARD of these guys and they're in a death spiral. Probably a good warning that just because you never heard of a company does not mean extensive research isn't in order. Man.
Groupon's IPO value is dropping. Frankly I wonder if they're in a race to get it done – then sell off. It's future isn't promising.
Video Games:
Free realms reaches 20 million people. Impressive, though they haven't discussed active gamers. Free Realms kind of got eclipsed lately – maybe we should pay attention?
How Angry birds conquered all. Good read.
QUESTION OF THE DAY:So can Facebook make it as a job search tool?
– Steven Savage