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Thursday, May 3, 2012

Crowdstar Raises $11.5M To Double Down On Mobile Gaming, Has Layoffs As It Leaves Facebook Behind

It's a sign of the times.?Crowdstar is through with making games for Facebook and the company has just raised another $11.5 million to double-down on their move toward mobile gaming. The company's existing investors including?Time Warner, Intel Capital, YouWeb, The9, and NV Investments all topped up, bringing the company's total funding to $35 million. Chief executive Peter Relan says there are some new investors too, but he couldn't disclose who they are. "Last year's mission was pivot to mobile and this year's mission is profitable growth," Relan said in an interview. "We see the mobile market as five to six times larger than the Facebook social games market." You may know Crowdstar from such absurdist titles as Top Girl and Social Girl. In the game, you're a girl who needs to buy virtual clothing, meet other virtual girlfriends and get a virtual boyfriend. At times, the game's notifications have screamed at me, "YOU'RE NOT HOT ENOUGH!"

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Why Is Target Kicking Amazon Kindles Out of Its Stores? [Amazon]

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According to an internal memo leaked to the Verge, Target will be removing Amazon hardware from its stores in May and June, citing a "conflict of interest." At first glance, the instinct might be to start in on Ooooh, Target ereader or Oooh, Target TABLET. But the reality's probably not that fun. More »

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Shakira Music Video Release: "Addicted to You"

Warning to Kate Upton: Shakira is seeing your Cat Daddy dance and raising you the following music video for "Addicted to You."

The pint-sized artist has come out with the video for her latest single and, as always, it's far from unsexy. Watch now, as Shakira - with a shorter haircut than usual - shakes her hips and dances with that belly:

Shakira - "Addicted To You" (Official Video)

“Me besaste esa noche/Cual si fuera el último día de tu boca/Cada que yo me acuerdo/Yo siento en mi pecho el peso de una roca,” Shakira sings in the song, lyrics that translate to:

“You kissed me that night/As if it were the last day of your mouth/Everytime I recall/In my chest I feel the weight of a rock.”

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96% The Kid with a Bike

Cyril: Dad! I'm here.Given that the month of March was packed with an unusual amount of high budget, blockbuster films, I figured I would balance things out with a couple of independent/arthouse features as well. One of these was The Kid with a Bike, a Belgian film from the Dardenne brothers (Jean-Pierre and Luc). This film follows a young boy dealing with being abandoned by his father and attempting to forge new relationships with other potential role models and caretakers. The film is very naturalistic, a key type of style when it comes to the Dardenne's work, as it plays out as more character-driven, as opposed to story-driven and plays around a lot with ambiguity, despite straddling a somewhat familiar path. With that in mind, the film is very good, well-acted, and filled with moments that evoke emotion as well as thoughts based around developing more of an understanding for one's self, rather than letting the film tell you what to think.read the whole review at thecodeiszeek.com

April 2, 2012

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