Posts Tagged ‘over-the-place’
Resident Evil on NES? Now wait just a darn minute
It was a long time ago but I could swear that Resident Evil came out on the Playstation. Yes.
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Resident Evil on NES? Now wait just a darn minute
Text-to-donate total exceeds $10m – I think we’re onto something
Chances are you’ve heard of the text-to-donate system set up by the Red Cross to provide relief to quake-devastated Haiti.
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Text-to-donate total exceeds $10m – I think we’re onto something
Ever wondered what an image would sound like?
We found an interesting little blurb about a software program that converts images into music.
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Ever wondered what an image would sound like?
Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!
It was one of the most sought after applications on the Internet until it was leaked earlier today. And now that it’s out there—and it is all over the place, easily findable by anyone able to use a search engine—we can all move on with our lives. Yes, Microsoft COFEE , the law enforcement tool that mystified so many of us (including Gizmodo~! and Ars Technica~! ), is now available to download.
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Siren.gif: Microsoft COFEE law enforcement tool leaks all over the Internet~!
A 31-page 7D review for your consideration
The always thorough DPReview has finally published its epic review of the Canon 7D .
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A 31-page 7D review for your consideration
Scamville: Zynga Says 1/3 Of Revenue Comes From Lead Gen And Other Offers
A big part of the debate about the lead gen scams plaguing Facebook and MySpace via social games is over how much money is being made on these “offers.” Zynga, by far the most successful at building and monetizing these games, is now telling us exactly how much – 1/3 of total revenues, according to Andrew Trader, a co-founder of Zynga:
Andrew Trader, co-founder of Zynga, said the company makes about a third of its revenue from advertising and another third from virtual goods transactions. The last third comes from companies that provide commercial offers, trading Netflix memberships and marketing surveys for in-game cash.
Zynga revenue guesses range all over the place, but are likely $250 million a year or more. That means $80+ million/year is being brought in from legitimate offers like Netflix subscriptions, as well as the really smelly stuff like recurring mobile phone and learning CD subscriptions that trick users into paying big dollars for little or no return value.
What percentage of offer revenue is scammy? We believe it varies over time, and is heading in the wrong direction. Legitimate advertisers like Netflix and Blockbuster, hit with countless laundered subscriptions from repeat subscripers, are said to be dramatically lowering bounty fees paid on signup. Far less scrupulous advertisers like Video Professor and Tatto take their place.
HotOrNot cofounder James Hong said it best in a comment to our post yesterday outlining the scams: “In a nutshell, the offers that monetize the best are the ones that scam/trick users. Sure we had netflix ads show up, and clearly those do convert to some degree, but i’m pretty sure most of the money ended up getting our users hooked into auto-recurring SMS subscriptions for horoscopes and stuff.”
Offerpal and others, who provide these offers to game developers, try to downplay the percentage of revenue that comes from scams. Clearly they are obfuscating the truth, to put it kindly.
Facebook and MySpace must takes steps to address this.
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Charge4All folding power strip
Ok road warriors, here’s one for you. This is a little gadget I wish I’d had back in the day when I used to travel constantly for work.
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Charge4All folding power strip
Piano stairs: I can’t think of a better way to make people fall to their deaths
On the surface, it’s a cool concept, even one with some merit: when the stairs are funner than the escalator, people will take them more often. So some clever Swedes (with a serious budget) retrofitted this underground transit stop with a keyboard staircase
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Piano stairs: I can’t think of a better way to make people fall to their deaths
Iomega announces new StorCenter ix2-200
Iomega just announced the latest addition to their rapidly growing NAS line, the ix2-200.
Told you zo
The Zune HD is sold out and backordered all over the place. Nicholas got the last one in his local Best Buy, and your favorite online retailer is probably waiting for their next shipment ( 32GB versions especially).
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