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What you need to know, Tuesday – 8/24/2010
During the same week Facebook announced its widely-expected entry into location-based services, with Facebook Places, it was also Read More
Facebook on Wednesday launched its widely-expected location-based feature, called Facebook Places. Like competing services, such as Gowalla, Loopt Read More
It hardly feels like the dog days of summer in Silicon Valley, as both Google and Facebook make Read More
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Twitter grew 109% in the last year
Though the biggest milestone made in the past month would have to be Facebook’s having reached 500 million Read More
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Social gaming ad spending soaring to $220M
Everyone knows the social gaming sector gets a little bigger everyday, as 2010 increasingly looks like the year Read More
Facebook is readying to launch its Foursquare competitor in a few weeks, according to CNet. This is probably Read More
Growing up as a white girl in Pennsylvania, I was taught that being tan was beautiful. My wealthier Read More
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C2Call collects $2 million for browser VoIP
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
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg says in an interview with Bloomberg published this morning that the company’s advertisers have 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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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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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