Lots is going on with EA, Ireland is in the crapper, and Dropbox is going BIG! Lots is up, folks.
Career:
Social media is becoming big for recruiting. We knew this, but this spells out some juicy details.
Economics/Geekonomics:
Moody downgraded Ireland's rating to junk. Well not that I think highly of Moody's, but still that's bad. Greece, now Ireland . . .
Geek Law:
That streaming bill? There are reasons for gamers to worry beyond what you may think.
Media:
BBC Worldwide is going to rent out Doctor Who eps – using Facebook credits. An interesting little media convergence for your consideration. Warner now BBC? Maybe Facebook has some advantages over Google+ right now . . .
Social Media:
Facebook makes its way onto feature phones, which is an interesting backward-step in a way, but also can open a wider market (Japan for instance is big on feature phones). A subtle move that tells me Facebook is still looking for ways to penetrate markets that aren't always obvious.
Technology:
Dropbox is raising a ton of money and is highly valued. This is a serious success story, and has quite a history worth reading about. It may also be worth throwing them a resume.
Video:
Netflix is going to raise its prices which means a lot of people aren't happy. It's a kind of heavy hike, so I'm not sure why they're doing it. Were they cutting corners? Do they have plans? Are they just greedy?
Video Games:
EA has bought Popcap games, though the exact amount between stock and cash sort of seems a bit unsure. Not surprising to any of us, and I figure that means a nice stock of more games in EA's steamalike. Though I still wonder what this means for Amazon.
For that matter, notice EA bought Ohai as well. Busy folks there – not sure it's time to throw them a resume since there will doubrlessly be post-purchase cuts.
Interesting! AT&T is going to have the Sony Ericsson Xperia.
QUESTION OF THE DAY: So just how many more companies is EA going to buy?