Tasty Labs, a new start up from the former founder of Delicious, Joshua Schachter, Nick Nguyen, the former Read More
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Facebook visits increased by 55% in last year
Hold on to those employees for dear life, Google, because Facebook just keeps getting more powerful by the Read More
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg just closed the second day of Web 2.0 Summit in an onstage chat that Read More
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EA enters five-year deal with Facebook
Electronic Arts (EA) said Tuesday that it has entered a five-year partnership with Facebook that secures the exclusive 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
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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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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
More money is pouring into the social gaming space. Playdom announced Thursday that it’s raised $33 million from Read More
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Funding roundup – week ending 06/25/10
It’s like that creepy scene from Being John Malkovich where everyone in the room looks like the actor Read More
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Playdom picks up another $33 million
Social gaming startup Playdom has raised another $33 million in venture funding from new backers Bessemer Venture Partners, Read More
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Engagement in social games
On Friday, I moderated a panel at the social gaming summit featuring speakers from Zynga, Playdom, Playfish and Read More
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Playdom swoops up Merscom Games
Social gaming giant, Playdom, announced on Monday it has acquired Merscom. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, Read More
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Playdom acquires Offbeat Creations
Playdom, a major player in the social gaming space, announced on Wednesday it has acquired Offbeat Creations, a Read More
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6 Waves scores $17.5 million
6 Waves, a social gaming company which builds apps for Facebook, has raised $17.5 million from Insight Venture Read More