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    <title><![CDATA[EA Expands Support Center In Ireland With 300 More Customer Service Agents]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: EA) announced plans today to expand its global customer service center in Galway, Ireland, by hiring 300 more employees in the coming months. The expansion that almost doubles the size of its European customer support center will be done with the support of the Irish go...]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 05:03:05 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Square, ‘Mobile Wallet’ Company Led By Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey, Now Valued At $3.25 Billion]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Square, the new rising star of Silicon Valley founded and lead by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, closed a $200 million fundraising round on Monday that now places the start-up&#039;s value at $3.25 billion.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 01:10:39 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[&#039;Bad Piggies,&#039; The New Game From &#039;Angry Birds&#039; Creator Rovio Entertainment, Finally Gets Launch Trailer, More Information On What Makes Piggies So Bad]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The privately-held Finnish game developer Rovio Entertainment has secured a comfortable spot for itself on top of the freemium food chain with its legendary line of "Angry Birds" mobile apps, a series of mobile games that&#039;s been downloaded over 1 billion times and attracted merchandizing spin-offs as diverse gummy candy and real-life theme parks.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 07:25:57 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Facebook Rival GREE Acquires Mobile Developer App Ant Studios In Latest Move To Capture U.S. Mobile Market]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[GREE (TYO:3632), Japan&#039;s $4.7 billion online media giant and regional rival to U.S.-based internet companies like Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB) and Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) stepped further into America soil on Monday with another developer acquisition, this time of California-based mobile game developer App Ant Studios.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 06:18:36 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Freemium Rush: Free-To-Play Gaming Now Makes Up More Than Half Of European Market, But Packaged Video Games Still Drive Eurozone Revenue [REPORT]]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Freemium video games like "FarmVille 2" and "Angry Birds," the cheap and easily accessible counterpart to premium boxed copies of "Skyrim" or "Call of Duty" that run players upwards of $50 or $60 a sale, now make up more than half of the total market for video games in Europe, a new study shows.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zynga Lashes Back At EA With Countersuit, Hires Samsung’s Law Firm To Take On Rival Game Developer]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Tensions between Zynga Inc. (Nasdaq: ZNGA) and Electronic Arts Inc. (Nasdaq: EA) exploded all over again Friday as Zynga mustered an aggressive rejoinder to the copyright-infringement lawsuit filed against it by EA last month.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 09:46:52 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street Plans Concert, Demonstration Surrounding NYSE To Mark Anniversary]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Occupy Wall Street activists are planning to return in force to New York City&#039;s Financial District, hoping to recapture momentum.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 05:36:05 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zynga, Kixeye, And Rovio Are Freemium Pacesetters, But What&#039;s The Money-Making Model?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[As traditional video games companies like Electronic Arts and Activision Vision struggle to find their way in the free-to-play Internet-based gaming environment, "freemium" companies like Zynga and Kixeye continue to seek the new Holy Grail: monetizing online games.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Amazon Publishing Reveals Sales Numbers In Email]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[After seeing the unprecedented success of a title like "Fifty Shades of Grey," casual readers and publishing industry analysts alike were led to wonder what the future of digital publishing held for the book industry as Amazon Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) continues to edge out traditional publishing houses and retailers alike with its aggressive competitive pricing scheme.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 15 Sep 2012 00:58:29 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zynga Confirms New COO Maytal Ginzburg Olsha To Lead Entry Into Real Money Gambling]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Troubled Zynga confirmed that it has hired a former online gambling executive to lead its real-money gambling venture.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 09:05:13 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Facebook Ad Exchange Boasts Massive Return On Investment; Is The Social Network Finally Ready To Take On Google?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Facebook (Nasdaq: FB) experienced a brief respite this week following several weeks of dismal business prospects and plummeting share prices. Launching an initial beta mode of its new advertising system known as Facebook Exchange Facebook Exchange (FBX), advertising partners revealed good news that ...]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Steve Wozniak, Apple Co-Founder, On iPhone 5 Patent Litigation: &#039;I Hate It&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Steve Wozniak, the programmer and computer engineer who helped launch what would later become Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL), didn&#039;t have the best things to say about his former company when the subject of Apple&#039;s recent legal battle with Samsung (KRX:005930) came up, even as he expressed his anticipation for purchasing the new iPhone 5.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apple Stock Recovers Amidst iPhone 5 Hype After Pre-Announcement Drop]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Shares of Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) jumped Wednesday during its highly anticipated unveiling of a host of new high-profile software and hardware products, including the iPhone 5, in San Francisco.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 12:59:11 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Apple iTunes 11 Unveiled With Dramatic Redesign, Improved iCloud Integration; Release Date In &#039;Late October&#039;]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Apple revealed the long-anticipated iTunes 11 at its press conference today, highlighting new features that update the available cloud media services along with a sleek redesign of the media player itself. The announced changes largely focused on greater integration between different Apple mobile devices and computers, complete with a fully integrated iCloud service.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 05:35:50 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zynga (ZNGA) Stock Price Jumpstarted By Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook Comments]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[In his first public appearance following his social media company&#039;s disastrous IPO in May, Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s address at Tuesday&#039;s TechCrunch Disrupt helped boost the shares price of Facebook&#039;s (Nasdaq: FB) close partner Zynga (Nasdaq: ZNGA), which has retained its prominence on t...]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2012 00:58:33 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Steam Greenlight: Valve Announces First Round Of Top Indie Games, Steps Further Into User-Generated Publishing Model]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Always a fan of user-generated content and community-oriented software development, Valve Corp.  released the list for its first round of independent games from its new "Steam Greenlight" program on Wednesday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 12 Sep 2012 07:46:50 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Google, Boingo Expand Wi-Fi Partnership With Another 4,000 Hotspots: What This Means For The Future Business Of Wireless Providers]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Google Inc.  and Boingo Wireless Inc., made another bold move Tuesday to position themselves as a prominent resource for wireless services by establishing another 4,000 mobile hotspots across the United States.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Kindle Fire HD Will Offer Opt-Out For Ads: Is Amazon Moving Towards A Freemium Model For Its Hardware?]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Amazon.com Inc. is reversing its decision announced just last week with the unveiling of its new HD line of Kindle Fires to supplement the devices&#039; low cost with ad-based support. In a statement emailed to the press, Amazon said that it will now give customers the option to opt out of advertisements for a premium price of $15.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Zynga Loses Marketing Chief, CTO In Latest Round Of Departures]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Zynga., creator of popular social and mobile games like "FarmVille" and "Words with Friends," is losing its chief marketing and revenue officer, Jeff Karp, the second executive departure in as many days.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Steam &#039;Big Picture Mode&#039; Enters Beta: What This Means For Valve&#039;s Future Hardware]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Following a slew of announcements about Valve Corporation expanding beyond game development and distribution into general software and hardware possibilities, Steam is officially releasing a beta version of its "Big Picture Mode.]]></description>
    <guid>http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/382681/20120911/steam-valve-software-big-picture-mode-beta.htm</guid>
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    <title><![CDATA[Toys &#039;R&#039; Us Takes On Amazon With &#039;Tabeo&#039; - Tablet For Kids]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Toys &#039;&#039;R&#039;&#039; Us is introducing a tablet for children, and the new product will not be available online. The Tabeo, as the new tablet is called, can be pre-ordered over the Internet but it is only available in Toys "R" Us stores.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sony Faces Piracy Concerns Following PS Vita, Mobile Hacks]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Following reports earlier this week of Apple allowing hackers into its iCloud service, Sony Corportation is facing similar concerns over the security of its data across everything from its mobile-phone business to its new mobile gaming console, the Playstation Vita.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 08 Sep 2012 04:21:41 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Texas Sporting Goods Store Offers Free Handgun For Facebook Likes]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Sportman&#039;s Elite, a local sporting goods retailer that sells firearms and hunting equipment in El Paso, Texas, will be giving away a handgun to one of its Facebook fans once the page reaches 300 "likes.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[US Private Sector Added 201,000 Jobs In Aug, Planned Layoffs Decline - Reports]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Employment in the U.S. private sector increased by 201,000 jobs – a greater addition than originally forecast for the month of August, according to an ADP study released Thursday.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:54:11 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ubisoft Abandons DRM For PC Games: What This Means For Consumers]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Ubisoft Entertainment announced on Wednesday that it is abandoning its always-online digital rights management (DRM) practices for PC games, ending a long battle between the software publisher and its critics and consumers over the controversial anti-piracy measure.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2012 07:39:22 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ronald McDonald Goes Vegetarian In India]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[McDonald&#039;s Corporation (NYSE:MCD), the US-based fast-food restaurant chain headquartered in Illinois long known for its beef-based burgers of all shapes and sizes, announced plans on Tuesday to open its first ever vegetarian-exclusive restaurants in India.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 05 Sep 2012 01:16:28 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Meet The Sphero, A Smartphone-Controlled Ball That Could Be The Future Of Toys]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Sphero is a new kind of toy that tries to blend virtual gaming with physical toys in what its creators call "mixed reality." But before it does that, co-creator Ian Bernstein wants users to become more friendly with their machines.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 01 Sep 2012 02:52:21 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spain&#039;s Capital Outflow Soars Nearly 40% In June]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The Bank of Spain announced on Friday that capital outflow from the country had increased by almost 40 percent in June.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Video Game &#039;Madden NFL 13&#039; Sells Record 900K Copies In One Day]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[Electronic Arts Inc. said in a statement Thursday that "Madden NFL 13," the latest iteration of its iconic football video game franchise, sold about 900,000 in its first 24 hours on retail shelves.]]></description>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 31 Aug 2012 04:06:58 +1000</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[&#039;Fiscal Cliff&#039; To Curb Hiring More Than Expected - Study]]></title>
    <description><![CDATA[The bad news about the so-called fiscal cliff is about to become worse, according to a study that says there will be a surprisingly big hit to employment come Jan. 1, 2013.]]></description>
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