Travis Boatman from Electronic Arts showed off a project based on Spore that the videogame giant's developers cobbled together in two weeks that took advantage of iPhone's accelerometer and touch-screen interface to guide the evolution of a hungry micro-organism.

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Travis Boatman with Electronic Arts.

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In New York, Travis Boatman, a senior vice president of mobile, addressed the office just minutes before the first news reports trickled out, according to one employee, who added that there were whispers of cuts on Friday but many in the office were still caught off guard.

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