Cynopsis: DIGITAL
10/07/11
Good morning, it’s Friday, October 7, 2011, and this is your first early morning digital briefing. If you would like to read this or any other Cynopsis edition online, click here.
The effect the passing of former CEO and co-founder Steve Jobs would have on Apple’s stock performance was a big topic of conversation yesterday. After a small amount of sell-off which resulted in the price dropping from $373.33 to $372, Apple shares began to rise, moving towards $384 as the day wore on. As AllThingsD says, this reflects investor confidence in the future of the company as one that will continue to innovate and succeed even without its revolutionary leader at the helm. As Arik Hesseldahl writes, “Apple, without Jobs, will still be Apple, and for the immediate and medium-term future, there is no reason to believe that its strategy and execution will falter in his absence.”
Microsoft has officially unveiled its entertainment and digital content service for Xbox Live subscribers. Xbox has secured partnerships with many entertainment companies and content providers including HBO, ESPN, TMZ, Netflix, YouTube and nearly 35 more. The service will also allow users to share content and connect with friends on social media. And best of all, using its Kinect platform, you won’t even need a remote; just use voice search with Bing on Xbox to find and play content.
Zodiak Rights, the international division of Zodiak Media Group, has signed a deal with Netflix to bring the original U.K. version and U.S. adaptation of its popular series Being Human to Netflix Instant Watch. The British version will be available as early as October 15, while its U.S. counterpart will come in January 2012.
GetApp.com has raised $1.1 million in additional funding, reports TechCrunch. The site allows business owners to compare and choose from thousands of cloud-based applications to help grow their business. The company currently reaches around 60,000 businesses each month in North America and the U.K.
Myriad Group has launched Alien Dalvik 2.0, which is a port of the Dalvik virtual machine found in the Android operating system, according to TechCrunch. This release will allow developers to build Android apps that can run on non-Android devices, including TVs, tablets and e-book readers. Attendees of next week’s CTIA Enterprise & Applications 2011 conference will get a firsthand look at the technology.
To promote the VO5 Extreme Style brand online and drive engagement amongst fans and viewers on Facebook and YouTube, Euro RSCG Worldwide has developed what it calls a “content campaign” that spans social networks, blogs, online advertising and television. Called Pageant, the story is set in a rural, conformist town in which a man participating in a local pageant uses VO5 to stand out from the crowd. The story will be told through content delivered online, on video and community sites and TV.
Disney is close to acquiring online and mobile game developer Indiagames, reports AllThingsD. This follows a July purchase of Indian media conglomerate UTV, which owned a stake in Indiagames, and falls in line with recent statements Disney has made to investors outlining a desire to build their presence in other countries, especially in India.
Online data company Datonics has signed an agreement with end-to-end digital media management platform TRAFFIQ for the use of Datonics’ keyword and segment-based behavioral data in order to help TRAFFIQ, and its marketers, deliver targeted, privacy-sensitive online advertisements.
According to data compiled by comScore, and reported by eMarketer, web users in Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico and Peru averaged more time on social networks than those in Brazil in June 2011. Furthermore, while orkut remains the top social networking site in Brazil, Facebook leads the pack by far in the other Latin American countries. In fact, the same report also indicates that five Latin American countries are in the top 10 list of Facebook penetration in June of 2011.
Digital Harmony Games has announced a new cross-platform game that will be released in early 2012. Dragons vs. Unicorns will be the company’s first title and will be available for iOS and Android operating systems, along with PC and Mac browsers. The game will allow users to connect from any of the compatible platforms and will offer single-player and multi-player modes.
Garfield’s BooClips, created by CastleBuilders, is an interactive children’s digital book app that narrates the Garfield’s Pet Force storybook using a variety of content from the movie of the same name, including video clips, animations and music. It also offers an American Sign Language option throughout the narration. The app is currently available for the iPad, PC and Mac.
Andrew Davis has joined Near Field Communications’ startup Tapit as Agency Director. Mr. Davis will oversee all agency and client relationships at Tapit, which seeks to use NFC technology to simplify the delivery of content to mobile phones, and will also play a hand in the startup’s expansion.
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Thoora is a cool website that rounds up all of the content that you would find relevant and interesting on the internet, cuts through that clutter, and offers it to you in an easily digestible way. It’s a pretty simple method: you can either follow pre-set topics available on the site, and/or create your own unique topic. When a topic is created, you also set custom keywords you want the topic to focus on. The site then populates the topics with relevant news, tweets, blog posts, photos and videos. The site’s algorithm is adaptive so it gets better at creating a content list that suits you, as you use Thoora more. And before I forget, the web design of the site can only be described as: top notch. So check it out!
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Sahil Patel, Access Intelligence, filling in for Wayne Karrfalt for Cynopsis: Digital
10.07.11
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