C2Call, provider of browser-based VoIP solutions, has raised $2 million in Series A funding from Draper Investment Company, Read More
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Vonage app lets Facebook friends talk free
Vonage Mobile for Facebook is a new app for Android and iOS devices (iPhone and iPod Touch, with Read More
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Zulily raises $6 million for private shopping
Zulily, a private online store targeting moms shopping for apparel and gear for babies and kids, has closed Read More
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Android sales pass iPhone in last half year
The number of U.S. smartphone users is on the rise: smartphone penetration of all mobile subscribers, which was Read More
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Two in five mobile users access location apps
When Ron Bowes of Skull Security created a publicly available 2.8GB torrent download last week including 100 million Read More
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Playdom to exclusively use Facebook Credits
Playdom, the social gaming startup sold to Disney earlier this week, has signed a five-year contract for the Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 07/30/10
The biggest funding news of the week, perhaps ironically, is over a month old. Zynga, still one of Read More
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Zynga finally announces Softbank investment
Confirming news over a month old, Zynga on Thursday announced that Japanese telecommunications and media corporation Softbank has Read More
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YouTube blocked by Russian court over video
YouTube just got the censorship treatment again. This time around, a Russian court in the city of Komsomolsk-on-Amur Read More
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IGN launches social network for gamers
IGN, a subsidiary of News Corp. and the Web’s biggest video game site, just launched My IGN, a Read More
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Disney purchases Playdom for $563.2 million
Disney, continuing its energetic and assertive push into social gaming, has agreed to pay $563.2 million up-front for Read More
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GameStop acquires social gamers Kongregate
GameStop, the world’s largest brick-and-mortar video game retailer, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired Kongregate, one of Read More
Ask.com, returning to its roots, on Tuesday launched a new limited test version of a search engine that Read More
Google Apps for government is hardly a novel concept. In October, it will have been a year since Read More
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Live Gamer to power EA microtransactions
EA on Monday announced that it has agreed to a partnership with Live Gamer, a monetization platform for Read More
