The Daily Geek #139 - IBM & Sun Micro, Twitter Bday, Video Games, Netflix & Facebook, and great tips

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Griffin talks about IBM looking over all of Sun Microsystems' business to figure out if they FOR SURE want to eat them alive. He then talks about it being Twitter's 3rd Birthday last weekend - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWITTER! Griffin then talks about how advertisements in Video Games are more effective than on TV. He then moves on to Netflix using Facebook Connect to tell your friends your movie ratings. Griffin ends the show talking about the 25 Common Characteristics of Successful Entrepreneurs - go check it out!

QUESTION OF THE DAY:
Will the Video Gaming Industry meet their demise after getting into in-game advertisement?

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[robertomueller]

A whole empty room only for The Daily Geek O_o ;)

Good show :)

[WestRoxGrl]

I don't think it'll be the "demise" I may avoid some games that do it out of principle, but I doubt the mainstream folk will. So Griffin, when's your birthday?

[0Xian0]

Hmm it depends how in game these advertisements are, i dont like the idea of switching on a game and being made watch 2mins of adverts from companies.

5* Keep these vids coming ;)