Zynga has its best launch ever with CityVille social game
Zynga said today that it had its best social game launch ever with the debut of CityVille last week. In its first 24 hours,...
Week in review: Amazon takes down Wikileaks
Here’s our review of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Amazon continues tight-lipped...
RockYou acquires TirNua for next-generation 3D social games (exclusive)
RockYou is announcing today that it has acquired TirNua, a maker of a next-generation 3D game engine for Facebook games. Terms of the deal...
Zynga launches FarmVille in Japan: will the Japanese like purple cows?
In a bid to find new markets for its blockbuster social game, Zynga is announcing a localized version of its FarmVille game in Japan...
Zynga links FarmVille and other games with American Express rewards
Membership has its privileges — even in the virtual worlds of social games. Zynga, the maker of FarmVille, Mafia Wars, and other social games,...
Bing Gordon says Kleiner Perkins is staffing up for the coming tech boom
Bing Gordon, a partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, says that his venture capital firm has to gear up for the coming tech...
VentureBeat’s top 10 holiday gift ideas: affordable and fun gadgets that work
The holiday selling season is about to kick off and, slow economy or not, tech gadgets are going to be high on the wish...
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...