Archive for April 30th, 2007
Companies that engage in pro bono work could have a leg up in recruitment and retention, especially with emerging Gen Y talent.
Nearly two-thirds of 18- to 26-year-olds surveyed by Deloitte & Touche said they would prefer to work for companies that give them opportunities to contribute their professional skills to nonprofit organizations. According to recruiters and reputation management experts, that preference extends well into Generation X and beyond.
Click here to read the rest of this story at the Boston Business Journal.
April 30th, 2007
In a move to compete with Google’s ever-expanding advertising empire, Yahoo announced a $680 million deal of its own on Monday. The acquisition of Right Media is Yahoo’s partial answer to Google’s string of recent wins in online advertising.By acquiring the 80 percent of Right Media it didn’t already own, Yahoo now has full control of the Right Media Exchange, an interactive advertising exchange that models itself after eBay.
Click here to read the rest of this story on Sci-Tech Today.
April 30th, 2007
A changing of the guard of sorts is taking place in the videogame industry as the father of the PlayStation, Ken Kutaragi, plans to retire from Sony and Nintendo gains momentum in the battle for console dominance.Nintendo continues to make videogame headlines with promises to ramp up Wii production to meet ongoing demand at one turn, and the in-progress development of 44 new Wii games at the next.
Last week, the Japanese gaming giant announced its profits were up over 75 percent as a result of booming sales of its Wii and DS gaming systems. Some are questioning whether the Wii’s success is bad for the gaming industry, while others are prophesying a short-lived boom for what has been deemed a “kiddy console.”
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April 30th, 2007
