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Chinese Online Game Developer The9 Invests $20M In Red 5 Studios

The9, an online game developer and operator in China, has acquired a majority interest in US-based Red 5 Studios for a total of approximately $20 million.

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UK Gov Shifts To Open Data, Broadband – But We Could Use Some Detail

The British Governement, faced with an upcoming general election in which policy toward the internet, digital inclusion of the masses and how government IT interfaces with the private sector will all come into play, has rolled out the big guns in the shape of the Prime Minister and a clutch of ministers and advisers today. In a speech in London, billed as "Building Britain's Digital Future", Gordon Brown ranged over a wide range of topics. Here are the highlights:

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ChaCha Launches ChaCha.me For Social FAQs. Businesses And Celebrities Welcome.

I like recent products that let users created personal FAQs one step at a time based on questions from others. You put up a box that invites people to ask you anything. People then ask questions. You answer the ones you want to and publish them. In no time you’ve got an interesting profile of your personality, likes and dislikes.

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Tr.im And The Small App Problem

Tr.im And The Small App Problem

Tr.im, perhaps the loudest of the small URL shortens has stopped shorting URLs today, at long last.

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Help Us Google, You’re Our Only Broadband Hope. (The Government Has No Spine.)

For the future of innovation in the United States, few things seem as important access to broadband Internet connections. The FCC seems to realize this, which is why they’ve set up the National Broadband Plan. And yet, we’re screwed.

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TRUSTe Places Privacy Seal Of Approval On Virtual Currency Platform gWallet

Virtual currency platform gWallet is announcing a partnership with online privacy certification company TRUSTe to reinforce gWallet ethical guidelines in the virtual currency space. gWallet partners with both brands and game developers to bring users virtual currency offers on games within social networks.

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Skype Founders Announce New $165m Fund For Disruptive European Startups

Skype Founders Announce New $165m Fund For Disruptive European Startups

Skype founders, Niklas Zennström and Janus Friis, have raised $165 million for a second fund focused on investing in “disruptive” early-stage European technology.

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ReadWriteStart Weekly Wrapup

By now, South by Southwest is wrapping up and the legions of nerds and geeks that partied heartily over the last two weeks are slowly crawling back to their homes with their SXSW hangovers. Here at ReadWriteStart, we've kept on truckin' through that time, so here is this week's Weekly Wrapup. This week we discuss whether tracking pageviews is still worth it, how micropayments and subscriptions could be the future of startup business models, which mobile platform is best for small business development, and how credibility is your best friend.

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Cartoon: The Winter of Our Dis-content

contentHave you noticed that we aren't writers any more? Or filmmakers, or video producers, or even musicians or cartoonists? We're content-creators.

Way too often, I hear Web folks talk about "content" as some kind of undifferentiated commodity: "Yep, figger we're gonna need ten, maybe twelve kilos o' content for that page. You got a bulk discount?" Back a cargo truck up to the content silo, fill her up and you've got yourself a website.

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The Next Web’s Weekly Recap: Twitter Turns 4, Viacom vs Google and the Windows 7 Phone

The Next Webs Weekly Recap: Twitter Turns 4, Viacom vs Google and the Windows 7 Phone

Welcome to The Next Web’s Weekly Recap. If you haven’t already, make sure to grab your tickets for The Next Web Conference taking place April 27-29 in Amsterdam. Some very exciting events will be going on at the conference including the PayPal X Startup Rally where a jury of experts will see if your startup has what it takes to present on the main stage at the conference.

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Check Out the Companies That Make ReadWriteWeb Possible

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Interested in being a ReadWriteWeb sponsor? Our readers are smart, tech-savvy decision makers; 40% have a graduate degree or PhD, and over 45% play a key role in information technology purchasing decisions. More than 1 million people on Twitter follow us to stay abreast of the latest Web technology trends from around the globe. To find out more about our sponsor packages, visit our advertising page or email our COO.

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Fontcase Brings Elegant Font Management To The Mac

Fontcase Brings Elegant Font Management To The Mac

Fontcase by Bohemian Coding, is easily one of the best font managers for the Mac and with no doubts the most elegant and beautifully designed.

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Happy Birthday Twitter. This little bird is all grown up…

Happy Birthday Twitter. This little bird is all grown up...

Many people, usually those who aren’t using Twitter yet, are under the impression the service has only just launched. In many respects it has, but at four years old it’s fair to say it has officially flown the start-up nest.