Vindicia raises $20M for online payments business
Online payments company Vindicia has raised $20 million in a fifth round of funding as it tries to match the rapid growth of online...
Nintendo will expand social features with its new 3DS
Nintendo has drawn a lot of notice for its upcoming 3DS game handheld because it lets you watch stereoscopic 3D imagery without 3D glasses....
Zoodles launches video mail service for young kids
Zoodles is launching a video mail service for young kids as well as a visual storytelling app so parents and relatives can read stories...
Kabam acquires social game developer WonderHill
Kabam is hoping to build the next dynamite company in social games. Today, Kabam is announcing it has acquired social game developer WonderHill as...
Intel and The9 invest $8M in social game platform Aurora Feint
Social game platforms are hot, and here’s more proof: Intel Capital and Chinese online game publisher The9 have invested $8 million in social game...
DiscoveryBeat 2010 photo gallery: a summary of tips and tricks, with pictures
Who will be the Google of discovery? VentureBeat tackled that tantalizing question at our DiscoveryBeat 2010 event in San Francisco on Monday. More than...
Creator of the fierce Doom and Quake games tries his hand at a cute Facebook app
John Romero is the creator of the Doom and Quake games that have haunted the memories of a generation of gamers with over-the-top shoot-em-up...
PapayaMobile creates partnerships to help developers make money on Android apps
When it comes to making money on apps, Apple developers are far ahead of Google Android developers. But PapayaMobile is announcing today that it...
CrowdStar says It Girl social game is raking in the revenues
CrowdStar, a fast-growing social game company, believes it has created a next-generation Facebook game with its successful It Girl title. The game makes at...
Facebook restores LOLapps apps after a two-day ban
After giving LOLapps the death penalty, Facebook is granting a reprieve. The social network allowed LOLapps to begin operating its apps on Facebook late...