Apple’s App Store hit 10 billion downloaded apps over the weekend, reaffirming the store’s massive popularity for owners Read More
What you need to know – 01/24/11
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Outlook good for VC investments in the U.S.
Right before the weekend, we published the results of a MoneyTree report on the recent state of Read More
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Kabam raises $30M for hardcore social gaming
Will the outpouring of financial support to social gaming companies ever slow? Kabam, a developer of massively multiplayer Read More
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What you need to know – Thursday 01/20/11
Adteractive, an online advertising company, raised $5.1 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. Q&A service ChaCha closed $3 million of additional Read More
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RockYou buys social gaming studio Playdemic
RockYou announced this week that it has acquired social game developer Playdemic. Terms of the deal were not Read More
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Social gaming to be $1 billion market in 2011
Social gaming in the US will be a $1 billion market in 2011, according to eMarketer. The Internet Read More
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Avalon Ventures closes $200 million fund IX
Avalon Ventures announced Monday that it has closed capital commitments of $200 million for its ninth and largest Read More
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Twitter, Facebook and Zynga holiday records
Akemashite omedetou gozaimasu! Meaning “Happy New Year!” in Japanese, it’s the message that set a new record for Read More
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Sean Ryan jumps from News Corp. to Facebook
Angel investor and online gaming veteran Sean Ryan has left his position at News Corp. to head partnerships Read More
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Sean Ryan jumps from News Corp. to Facebook
Angel investor and online gaming veteran Sean Ryan has left his position at News Corp. to head partnerships Read More
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Top mobile and social gaming exits of 2010
At first, I was going to write a story highlighting the top exits of the year, including IPOs Read More
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Union Square secures $135 million of new fund
Union Square Ventures has secured $135 million of a new $200 million fund titled Union Square Ventures Opportunity Read More
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Top 10 biggest social media stories of 2010
Sorry for sounding like a broken record, but, man, social media is really changing the world. In this Read More
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CityVille surpasses FarmVille in popularity
For the first time since its rapid rise to prominence in the summer of 2009, FarmVille is no Read More
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What you need to know – Friday 12/24/10
CityVille has become the biggest social game on Facebook. The game, which is made by Zynga, has 61.7 Read More