Venture Beat managed to record Ambinder's opening address at the conference -- we've added it after the break.

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For current subscribers, today also marks the last day plans can be changed without extra charge, Venture Beat reports.

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According to Venture Beat, AmEx is launching integration with Passbook later today.

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Meanwhile, Apple is said to be working on a digital television based on its iOS operating system, and plans to launch it next year, according to Venture Beat.

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Earlier this year, Venture Beat reported that two veteran managers who were crucial to the development of Angry Birds had left to start their own game studio, Boomlagoon.

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Venture Beat says an astonishing 3, 000 daily deal companies have emerged in the past two years or so, including 1, 000 in China, 900 in Europe, and 600 in South America.

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According to Venture Beat, EA has employed 1500 engineers over eighteen month to create a single ID system, Single Identity, which will unify all their games across every platform: PC, Xbox, PS3, even iOS and Facebook.

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