• August 25, 2009

Smith & Tinker raises $29 million for Web toy

Game company to launch online battle system with physical toy come this fall

• August 25, 2009

Yahoo acquires Arab online portal, Maktoob

Internet giant, Yahoo, looking to reach 320 million Arabic speakers across the globe

• August 25, 2009

Illinois Prof backs Adeo Ressi's term sheet

"It's hard to see why all these quirks make any sense, except fooling naïve entrepreneurs"

• August 25, 2009

Video display ads explode by 300%

Year-over-year statistics from Mixpo show a quickly growing market for local video ad campaigns

• August 24, 2009

Rhapsody iPhone app on the way

If Apple approves application, on demand music streaming (at a monthly price) could be close

• August 24, 2009

Facebook to increase staff by 50%

CEO Mark Zuckerberg looking to hire widely for site expansion

• August 24, 2009

The massive attention surplus

An attention shortage drove the economy... but the Internet did something wacky to that situation

• August 24, 2009

Amazon's, Jeff Bezos invests in robot company

Investment could signal change in how Amazon's factories are operated

• August 24, 2009

Virtual marketplace LiveGamer catches TwoFish

Acquisition will streamline marketplace set-up for publishers and solidify LiveGamer's dominance.

• August 24, 2009

Game company Blizzard wants you to socialize

PC game creator to rework its multiplayer channel to provide a better social networking experience

• August 24, 2009

What game designers need for players to pay

Engagement (more involved) is better than retention (returning)

• August 22, 2009

Bill Gurley declares IPO market open

What am I Missy, Episode 31 - VCs predict Zynga, LinkedIn will IPO soon and Smule competition

• August 21, 2009

Go Google movement targets BlackBerry

Corporate BlackBerry users now able to sync GMail, Calendar, other Google Apps data with smartphone

• August 21, 2009

NFL to stream Sunday Night Football

This time around, games will be streamed using Microsoft Silverlight and offer a full HD experience

• August 21, 2009

Saber Seven secures $4 million for Dorthy

Angels betting on search engine focused around people's dreams