China factory social games

April 16th, 2010
It is not uncommon to hear stories of Chinese Internet users program their alarm clock to grow your virtual harvest with the first rays of sunlight, as with some of the popular players ‘Happy Farm’, Which caused a sensation on Facebook. However, the country with the highest Internet users the world is also a creative power play ‘online’, especially those that allow players to interact.

This market is experiencing a veritable explosion. Within months, the number of Chinese developers has increased from 3500 to 11,000, According to a study on the major networks in the country carried out under the last Chinese Summit on such applications. The event, whose last edition was held in Beijing in early April, has welcomed the debate on the challenges associated with its expansion. It involved both the creators and representatives of the major social networks as a platform for games, and often, in the case of China, they take half the profits. Read the rest of this entry »

Google and eBay want to improve online privacy

April 15th, 2010

U.S. telecom, IT and Internet companies have formed an alliance with the aim of data protection laws to be reformed. The coalition also is supported by civil rights and data protection. But even in dealing with users of the company itself is doing something: Google controls such as data protection with new buzz.

Google responds to criticism of Google’s social network, which in the past weeks more and more. Buzz is integrated into Gmail in February and offers similar features as Facebook and Twitter. Buzz users are asked for about a week to confirm the settings for privacy, if necessary or change them. However, Google will not only protect its users from their own companies but also from all light to government intervention.

Thus passed a Google alliance, consisting of a who’s who of the biggest companies involved. Among other things, Aol, AT & T, eBay and Microsoft represent. now are calls for the improvement and unification of the outdated laws in the USA. One of the core arguments: the communication has changed in the last 25 years so that the law of 1986 to today’s standards just is not.

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February 15th, 2010

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