This week and next I?ll be guest-blogging for Megan McArdle at the Atlantic. My first post, on Matt Yglesias?s The Rent is Too Damn High, is here.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:53

Zynga is in talks to buy OMGPOP, publisher of the mobile game Draw Something, for as much as $150 million to $200 million, TechCrunch reports, citing ?a source with direct knowledge of the discussions.? The story says talks are still in an early stage and that there may be other competing bidders. The post notes ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:53

As the saying goes, there are many possible reasons for an insider to sell a stock, but only one [...]

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:53

This has been very much a leadership couple of months for me - with the World Economic Forum Council on the 'Future of ' and indeed our own research on leadership at the Future of Work Consortium. So over the next couple of weeks I plan to talk about what we have found. Corporations have ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:47

Rick Santorum?s attack on pornography isn?t paying off. And that?s just the start of his mounting problems. Santorum?s remarkable ability to transform relatively irrelevant issues into politically relevant controversies might keep him under the media spotlight, but actual voters are showing signs of losing interest ? fast. Santorum was blown out of the water in ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:46

My colleague Mark Hughes recently wrote that Prometheus, the upcoming film directed by Ridley Scott, is one of the must-see movies of the year. But after seeing the most recent trailer, I think Prometheus is the must-see movie of the year???so much so that I'm going to have to avoid crossing major intersections, showering, playing with firearms, and huffing carbon monoxide until its June 8 release date.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 18:35

Minaj is set to become the face of a new Pepsi beverage called "Pop."The pact, which includes a commercial filmed in South America last month, is a "multimillion-dollar deal."

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:55

America already is paying the price for far too much and too expansive litigation domestically. The U.S. Senate should say no to LOST.

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:55

The MMO-ification of beloved franchises appears to be a trend that?s sweeping the industry right now. After Warcraft led the charge, Bioware thought their next Knights of the Old Republic game should be an MMO instead. Now even Bethesda will jump into the fray, as news today brings the announcement of?a coming announcement in May ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:55

Angry Birds may continuously produce new content, but there's only so many new ways to arrange sticks, rocks, glass and seasonal accoutrements to protect the meddlesome pigs. We've seen new backgrounds, we've seen new hats for pigs, and we're ready for something different. Angry Birds: Space, is looking like it might be the breath of ...

pubblicato il: 19/03/2012 - 17:55