December 10th, 2009
Fans of Dilbert and The New Yorker Cartoons Can View Animated Clips of the Comics With Their Daily Schedule Directly on Their BlackBerry Smartphone
Santa Monica, CA / Waterloo, ONTARIO – RingTales (www.ringtales.com), a digital media content company that produces and syndicates animated video versions of world renowned print cartoons s across all digital media, and Metranome (www.metranome.net), a leading mobile applications production company, have partnered to launch the first ever animated Dilbert and New Yorker “Cartoon a Day” integrated calendar applications for BlackBerry.
FanTrust client Metranome 2009 is one of Canada's ...
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August 27th, 2009
Following over a year-long review by the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, Facebook announced changes to its privacy policy this morning in response to recommendations made by the Commissioner - improvements and technical changes it says will provide users with greater transparency and control over info they provide to third-party apps.
In terms of increasing the understanding and control a user has over the information accessed by third-party applications, Facebook is introducing a new permissions model that will require applications to specify the categories of information they wish to ...
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July 22nd, 2009
Waterloo, Canada and London, UK - July 22nd, 2009 - Metranome, a leading provider of mobile video solutions, and GONG Media, an international new-media Anime network, today announced a partnership to bring to market GONG mobile video applications built on Metranome’s Poptiq Powered platform. The free GONGApp® for iPhone and iPod touch will deliver ad-supported clips selected from GONG’s extensive library of anime content. Metranome and GONG will also launch premium content services that allow viewers to purchase and watch complete anime series on their phone. The GONGApp® is available ...
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April 28th, 2008
A recent
CBC Spark podcast introduced me to a great new series of “Paperworks videos”.
The CommonCraft Show, produced by a husband and wife duo, uses low-tech paper cutouts and whiteboards to explain Web 2.0 tools and technologies.
Two Web 2.0 tools that I couldn’t imagine living without – RSS and social bookmarking. Both are easy to use and boost productivity, but sound complex. Sachi LeFever and Lee LeFever understand that these tools aren’t difficult to use – techies and ...
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April 18th, 2008
Is there money to be made in Facebook? According to Adonomics, the answer is yes, particularly for developers that tap into the fan bases of entertainment properties.
Adonomics is an online source of Facebook analytics, enabling visitors to track the growth, activity, and valuation of companies that develop applications for Facebook - as well as valuation of individual applications.
In its latest blog entry,
Building the Social Suite of Category Killer Apps for ...
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