Google is spreading its advertising reach by buying a company which provides adverts within computer games.
According to Red Herring, which broke the story late last week, the search giant paid $23m for Adscape Media.
Adscape Media has offices in San Francisco and Canada. In February last year, it showed off technology based on patents from 2002, including a way to link virtual game adverts to the real world.
It aims to work with games developers and publishers as well as ad and media agencies.
A Google spokesman refused to comment on market rumours and speculation.
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/19/google_schtum_on_adscape/
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The Oscars 2007 are on Sunday, February 25th at 8PM EST / 5PM PST / 1AM GMT.
The nominees for best actor are:
- Forest Whitaker for “The Last King of Scotland” (predicted winner)
- Leonardo DiCaprio for “Blood Diamond”
- Ryan Gosling for “Half Nelson”
- Peter O’Toole for “Venus”
- Will Smith for “The Pursuit of Happyness”
The nominees for best actress are:
- Helen Mirren for “Queen” (predicted winner)
- Meryl Streep for “The Devil Wears Prada”
- Penelope Cruz for “Volver”
- Kate Winslet for “Little Children”
- Judi Dench for “Notes on a Scandal”
The nominees for best supporting actor are:
- Eddie Murphy for “Dreamgirls” (predicted winner)
- Jack Nicholson for “The Departed”
- Michael Sheen for “The Queen”
- Jackie Earle Haley for “Little Children”
- Alan Arkin for “Little Miss Sunshine”
The nominees for best supporting actress are:
- Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls” (predicted winner)
- Adriana Barrazza for “Babel”
- Cate Blanchett for “Notes on a Scandal”
- Rinko Kincuchi for “Babel”
- Abigail Bresline for “Little Miss Sunshine”
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This guy is amazing, he can beatbox and play the flute at the same time…
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