- Video game software companies face new rating
challenge; question is, who will be in charge, Sega, Nintendo, Congress,
parents or SPA?
The video game industry, arguably the hottest software niche in today's entertainment-oriented market, is coming of age -- fast. Last week, a broad coalition of video game producers, retailers and rental shops bowed to congressional pressure and agreed to create a national system to rate games for violence, sex and ......
- Educational Testing Services (ETS; Princeton, NJ), a
non-profit educational testing and measurement organization, has
acquired The Pulliam Group (Redlands, CA), a provider of educational
software products...
Educational Testing Services (ETS; Princeton, NJ), a non-profit educational testing and measurement organization, has acquired The Pulliam Group (Redlands, CA), a provider of educational software products and professional development services for the assessment of student performance. No terms were given. The company also publishes five related book titles. ETS said ......
- Making the grade: test-prep company helps students
score big.
EACH YEAR, THOUSANDS OF PROSPECTIVE POST-SECONDARY students take entrance exams--ACT, SAT, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT--seeking admission to the nation's top educational institutions. For these academic aspirants, obtaining a high test score is a must. "Test preparation is an imperative for educational success in a society fixated on test taking," ......
- Educational Testing Service.
Educational Testing Service (Princeton, NJ) has created ETS Technologies, Inc., a wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary that will develop new applications of emerging technologies to support online learning. The primary goals of the company are to identify and promote existing innovative technologies in support of online learning and assessment applications, and to ......
- Cascading communications: creates momentum for
change.
Open and frequent communication is critical to getting all employees to accept extensive organizational change. In the real estate business, everyone knows, the most important principle is "location, location, location." In managing organizational change, it's "communication, communication, communication." According to author and Harvard Business School Professor John Kotter, communication is ......
- Product information.
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- Video Games Provide New Platform For Music Promotion
With new video-game console systems from Microsoft, Nintendo, and Sony all vying to be big sellers this Christmas season, gaming software makers looking for a competitive edge with consumers are increasingly licensing music from major artists for use in their newest titles.