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Flurry CEO: The money is in the data
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PlayFirst raises $9.2 million
Video games are undeniably popular. At least one person in 67% of American households plays a computer or Read More
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Zynga may have paid $6M for Bonfire Studios
Social gaming giant Zynga in late September sold $6.3 million in equity, according to an SEC Form D Read More
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Mail.ru (DST) shooting for $750 million IPO
Mail.ru, a Russian Internet group formerly known as Digital Sky Technologies (DST) and a small stakeholder in Facebook, Read More
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DeNA buying ngmoco for $400 million (report)
DeNA, a big mobile gaming company in Japan, is in talks to acquire San Francisco-based iOS game developer Read More
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McDonald’s promotes brand on FarmVille farm
You may have never seen an actual farm where McDonald’s gets its special ingredients, but you’re about to Read More
The Foundry Group, a venture capital firm with an early-stage focus, announced Tuesday the closing of its second Read More
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Zynga buys Bonfire Studios in Dallas
Zynga, the ever-growing social gaming snowball, has acquired Dallas-based Bonfire Studios for an undisclosed amount. Upholding precedent, Zynga Read More
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Mobile guru David Ko leaves Yahoo! for Zynga
David Ko, who just stepped down as Yahoo!’s Senior Vice President of Audience, Mobile, and Local (North America), Read More
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Virtual goods an active volcano: $2.1B market
Sales of virtual goods, a relatively new and wildly successful business model for mobile and social applications, are Read More
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Zynga’s Mark Pincus: “We are data junkies”
Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of Zynga, the hottest social gaming startup on Facebook, just stepped off the Read More
Facebook games are undoubtedly popular. The notifications about what happens in those games, not so much. Yet as Read More
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Facebook changes its gaming platform
Facebook held a press event this week at its headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., where CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Read More
Want to see Wolverine face off with Iron Man? You’ll soon be able to see that in action. Read More
If Electronic Arts wants to usurp Zynga‘s dominance on Facebook, it may have to attract a whole new Read More