As its CEO steps down, what’s happening at RockYou?
News broke late yesterday that Lance Tokuda is stepping down from his role as chief executive of social game- and app-maker RockYou. Coming barely...
Week in review: Call of Duty Black Ops shows games can beat movies
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Review: Call of...
The who’s who of the digerati: A gargantuan Web 2.0 Summit photo gallery
The Web 2.0 Summit drew the who’s who of the digerati to San Francisco this week. Chief among them were conference organizers Tim O’Reilly...
Mark Zuckerberg credits games for Facebook’s rapid growth
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg said he fully appreciates the value of games to the growth of Facebook. Speaking at the Web 2.0 Summit in...
Russian investor finds niche in letting Facebook and others postpone IPOs
In years past, Silicon Valley companies were always in a rush to go public. But Yuri Milner, the founder of Russian investment firm DST,...
Week in review: Apple’s daylight saving bug
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Apple fails to...
Social entertainment world IMVU expands to Europe
Social entertainment firm IMVU is launching a big expansion in Europe today as it unveils new versions in seven languages. With IMVU, users create...
Week in review: BlueGlass challenges Demand Media with new publishing tool
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Content-maker BlueGlass launches...
Appitalism launches a social community for discovering apps (exclusive)
Finding the right app is getting hard in an age of app overkill. That’s why Appitalism has started a social community, combined with an...
Mig33 launches mobile social game platform for feature phones
Mobile community Mig33 has brought together 40 million registered users on humble feature phones around the world. They play games, socialize, and browse the...