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The Magid I-FACTS™ is a daily newsletter containing news about interactive industries, such as the Internet, games, wireless, and interactive TV.

3/18/2010 -

Google, Intel, Sony Partner On TV Service  -  The New York Times reports that Google, Intel, and Sony have joined forces to develop a platform called Google TV. Sources say the venture is aimed at bringing the Web into the living room through a new generation of TV sets and set-top boxes. ::: More


3/17/2010 -

Spotify Plans 2010 Launch In U.S.  -  According to Daniel Ek, CEO of Luxembourg-based Spotify, the music site will launch in the U.S. later this year. ::: More


3/15/2010 -

It Was 25 Years Ago Today  -  On this date in 1985: Symbolics, a computer systems firm in Cambridge, MA, registered the first .com Internet domain.

In a relatively short time, the dot-com revolution has "woven itself into every nook and cranny of the commercial world," said Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project. "It usually takes technologies a lot longer to insinuate themselves into the basic rhythms of people's lives."

Symbolics founders who were contacted by the San Francisco Chronicle didn't even remember the event.
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3/12/2010 -

Hearst Hoping Apps Add Up  -  Hearst Corp. is jumping headlong into the app-making business, focusing on information in a wide range of areas. ::: More