Since 2004, when trouble in the news industry started to show, at least 800 community news Web sites have popped up, according to Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism.

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Apps must be approved by Apple before they appear in its App Store, and the minimum time frame for Apple to review and approve an app is about 10 days, said videogame designer and theorist Ian Bogost, professor of interactive computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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According to a Kronos Workforce Institute survey (conducted by Harris Interactive) of almost 1, 200 US employees, 11% of U.S. workers have called in sick to work when not actually sick in order to attend or watch a sporting event.

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Lauretta Burke who heads the project for the World Resources Institute is enthusiastic about the way in which interactive maps have enabled her team to gain more information and show it in an informative and engaging way.

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The company had raised more money than planned, he said, thanks to the newer startup education and funding outfits like The Founder Institute and AngelList, which are dedicated to the formation of largely Internet-based interactive firms.

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