Apple has admitted that child labour was used at the factories that build its computers, iPods and mobile phones.
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Learn to Let Go: How Success Killed Duke Nukem
What happened to that project has been shrouded in secrecy, and rumors have flown about why Broussard couldn’t manage to finish his life’s work. What went so wrong?
Read more »â€œVideo Games Live†at the Beacon Theater
Popular musicians from Kiss to 50 Cent are eager to get their new songs into games. Conversely, some music fans now turn to the latest games to discover new tracks.
Read more »Empathy Marketing 101
Not infrequently, the most convincing testimony to the veracity and potential power of new scientific discoveries is when they're embraced--for profit-driven motives--by corporate America.
Read more »The Stupidity of ‘Smart’ Phones
Because iPhones are married to AT&T, frustrated users can't abandon the telecom company for a more savvy carrier. So much for consumer choice.
Read more »Online journalism: Transposition or transformation? An interview with Laurent Mauriac and Pascal Riché
Laurent Mauriac and Pascal Riché, members of the team behind French politics website Rue89, explain how they attempt to bridge the gap between print and the Internet by encouraging contributions from experts and web users, but using journalists to coordinate, direct and edit this participation.
Read more »Recession, choosy gamers lead to price drops on games
New research by EEDAR shows that game prices may be dropping, with more gamers voting for lower-priced games with their buying habits. While some premium games such as Guitar Hero continue to be popular, this is a trend that has likely gotten the attention of most publishers.
Read more »The Elements of Information Control
Nearly everything you see, hear and read that isn't from a friend -- whether on TV, the radio, or even on the Web -- comes from a for-profit gatekeeper.
Read more »Online Video Not Killing TV, Says Nielsen
An IBM study that polled people across six different countries worldwide showed that 36% of people watched "significantly less" TV as a result of their online video viewing. This week, however, a report from Nielsen contradicts that study. Their report shows that TV viewership isn't declining at all...in fact, it's at an all time high.
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