by The Editors on September 4, 2009
Jay Beard, founder of the Carlsbadistan-based video gaming developer BottleRocket Entertainment announced that he is shuttering the business, according to a post on GameIndustry.biz.
In an email to friends, sent to GamesIndustry.biz, Beard wrote of his disappointment at the predicament, but noted that he was currently building a new studio “from the ground up”. . . “It is with deep regret that I have to inform you of the closure of BottleRocket,” he wrote. “After fighting to keep the doors open for the past six months we have decided to close and move on. . . “BottleRocket was in business for seven years and I feel that we developed a sound reputation for quality and creativity. I was once told that we ‘zigged while others zagged,’ and I like to think that we shall be remembered this way.
Hopefully, Beard gets the new things rolling soon. Carlsbadistan is loaded with video game talent
[Link: GameIndustry.biz via Destructoid]
by The Editors on July 29, 2009
Our favorite Carlsbadistan-based life sciences company Life Technologies Corp. (we’re shareholders) reported second quarter numbers yesterday and while profits were down versus last year, the company beat analyst’s estimates, according to a story on TradingMarkets.com.
The . . . company reported GAAP net income for the second quarter of $38.9 million or $0.22 per share, compared to $46.9 million or $0.48 per share for the year-ago quarter. . . The company, which makes tools used to identify the H1N1 strain of influenza, also lifted its financial guidance for the rest of the year in an earnings report released after the market closed Tuesday.
And thanks to that the stock was up $3.14 a share this morning, or nearly 8 percent. Thanks, Swine Flu.
[Link: Trading Markets and The Street.com]
by The Editors on June 13, 2009
Our favorite Carlsbadistan based life sciences company Life Technologies has just awarded $2 million to three grant recipients working to advance science including DNA–PROKIDS, the New York Academy of Sciences, and Science Museum in London, England.
“We are proud to support these innovative organizations that advance scientific understanding,” said Greg Lucier, Chairman and CEO of Life Technologies. “The grantees we have chosen are working to demystify science to the public by providing training and access for using biology to make life even better.”
Nice to see a company giving back. For all the details follow the jump.
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by The Editors on May 27, 2009
According to a recent tweet, Carlsbadistan resident Tony Hawk was meeting with some T-Mobile people at The Wall Street Journal’s D7 | All Things Digital conference when he ran into Twitter co-founder Evan Williams (@ev).
had a mtg with T-Mobile this morning and look who I ran into: @ev – the guy behind the guy behind the Twitter
Tony is well on his way to being Evan’s next million follower man. . . between them they have 1.5 million followers.
[Link: @tonyhawk]
by The Editors on May 27, 2009
Last night’s headliners at D7 | All Things Digital Conference at The Four Season Aviara were Evan Williams and Biz Stone, the founders of Twitter. The two answered some pretty hard-hitting questions from the Wall Street Journal’s Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher, but mostly they just said, “We need to do a lot of work on the business” over and over again in very clever, engaging ways.
Click here to watch a highlights video.
[Link: D7 | All Things Digitial]
by The Editors on May 26, 2009
At this moment some of the biggest names in digital technology are cueing up at Carlsbadistan’s The Four Seasons Aviara (if that’s what it’s still called) for The Wall Street Journal’s D | All Things Digital Conference which runs May 26-28, 2009. And that means it’s time for our annual All Things Barged expedition. We’re not as excited this year because the line-up of tech players this year while strong isn’t exactly a list of people that we’re interested in, but there are still some extremely heavy hitters. Here’s who will be speaking in Carlsbadistan over the next three days:
Irving Azoff | CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment
Mitchell Baker | Chairman of Mozilla
Steve Ballmer | CEO of Microsoft
Carol Bartz | CEO of Yahoo
Mark Cuban | Chairman of HDNet and Owner of the Dallas Mavericks, Landmark Theaters and Magnolia Pictures
Eve Ensler | Playwright and Founder of V-Day
Arianna Huffington | Editor-in-Chief of the Huffington Post
Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo | CEO of Nokia
Mike Lazaridis | Co-CEO of Research In Motion
John Lilly | CEO of Mozilla
John Malone | Chairman of Liberty Media Corporation
Roger McNamee | Partner, Elevation Partners
Jon Miller | Chief Digital Officer of News Corp.
Jon Rubinstein | Executive Chairman, Palm
Randall Stephenson | CEO of AT&T
Biz Stone | Co-Founder of Twitter
Owen Van Natta | CEO of MySpace
Katharine Weymouth | Publisher of the Washington Post
Evan Williams | Co-Founder and CEO of Twitter
Jeff Zucker | CEO of NBC Universal
Now that we think about it, if we made a list of people in the tech business who had some serious explaining to do it would look a lot like the D7 speakers list. Here’s a little of what we mean:
- Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo needs to explain what happened to Nokia’s business after Apple stepped in with the iPhone.
- Palm’s Jon Rubinstein is going to do the same thing, though he will be disguising his excuses as a presentation of their new webOS.
- Twitter’s Biz Stone and Evan Williams need to explain some kind of end game for a company that has raised close to $300 million, has 30.1 million users and zero revenue.
- Mark Cuban has some seriously SEC issues that we’re sure he’s just itching to explain.
- It would be wise of Carol Bartz to explain why Yahoo has a future
- Mozilla’s Mitchell Baker should explain how money can be made with a free browser
- Steve Ballmer will likely attempt to explain the roll out Mircosoft’s next marketing failure (Bing)
- And finally, The Washington Post’s Katharine Weymouth will be faced with the “what ever happened to newspapers” question that we’re sure she’s extremely tired of answering.
We would love to hear many of these explanations, but the conference costs $5,000. We’ll let you know how it goes. Walt Mossberg and Kara Swisher were very cool to us last year as was a certain PR person from Google.
If you’re interested in following along click here to get the All Things D iPhone app.
[Link: D7 | All Things D]
by The Editors on May 12, 2009
Our favorite Carlsbadistan-based life technologies company Life Technology has been “working overtime” lately to get out equipment that helps researchers identify infectious diseases like H1N1, aka Swine Flu, according to a story in the San Diego Business Journal.
“We have a surge of demand for this particular instrument from the labs associated with the public health network,” he said. “We are redirecting inventory to these labs as a priority.” . . The instruments, named Applied Biosystems 7500 and Applied Biosystems 7500 Fast Dx, cost between $50,000 and $60,000 apiece. Dansky said the systems were only developed in the last few years and were originally approved by the FDA for identifying avian flu.
On the one hand we’re worried about Swine Flu, but as shareholders of Life Technology we have to think it’s good for business, right?
[Link: San Diego Business Journal]
by The Editors on April 10, 2009
Carlsbadistan’s own iPhone/iPod Touch app developers Appy Entertainment have released their first (of many) applications for the Apple iPhone called AppyNewz.
This somewhat twisted app (which you can get here for $1.99) allows users to build their own tabloid news covers using their own photos and a few finger drags on the screen.
With Appy Newz, you spotlight friends and enemies on spoof news covers. Splice your best friend’s head onto a dog body; give him a Mohawk; then slap him in front of a trailer park with a UFO in the background. Add a snarky headline, then show off your creation to crack up your pals; make it your iPhone’s wallpaper; or email it around the world.
We’re kind of bummed we didn’t have this app for April Fools Day. We could have done some pretty funny stuff with it. Click here to download Appy Newz from the iTunes store, or follow the jump for even more details.
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by The Editors on March 17, 2009
The name Sorenson Media has been synonymous with video compression since the company was founded in 1995. But now, that company has moved to Carlsbadistan, according to a story in the North County Times.
Sorenson Media, based in Salt Lake City, opened its new office in Carlsbad to be the hub of its business, said Peter Csathy (pronounced “Chatty”), the company’s chief executive, on Tuesday. The original Utah office will remain, he said, but most of the hiring will take place in the Carlsbad office on Jefferson Street.
Welcome to Carlsbadistan, Sorenson. We can always use a little video compression help around here.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on March 2, 2009
NTN Buzztime, the Carslbadistan-based maker of TV trivia games for bars, announced today that they are laying off 17 percent of their staff and that they hired a new CEO and EVP of Marketing.
Carlsbad, Calif.-based NTN also said it named Terry Bateman as CEO; Bateman was formerly CEO of Dick Clark Productions, and has been a board member since November. . . The company also hired Michael Arzt as EVP of marketing; Arzt was previously SVP and general manager of the World Cyber Games.
At least they’re still hiring, huh?
[Link: DMWmedia]
Jay Beard, founder of the Carlsbadistan-based video gaming developer BottleRocket Entertainment announced that he is shuttering the business, according to a post on GameIndustry.biz.
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