WSJ reports Facebook apps — including banned LOLapps games — transmitted private user data
The Wall Street Journal reported that its investigation of Facebook apps found that many of the most popular titles have been transmitting identifying user...
LOLapps games disappear from Facebook for violating terms of service
LOLapps is one of the biggest app makers on Facebook with more than 150 million users playing its games, quizzes, and gift apps every...
DiscoveryBeat 2010: Final agenda at a glance
If you haven’t heard our trumpets blasting over the past few weeks, you may be interested to know that DiscoveryBeat 2010 is coming up...
Gamers spent $2.6B to $2.9B in first half on digital online goods
While sales of video games in physical stores is declining, the amount spent online on digital goods for games is skyrocketing. Market researcher NPD...
Angry Birds set to flutter onto Android phones
Angry Birds broke all of the records on the Apple App Store in the past 10 months, selling more than 7 million copies. Soon,...
DiscoveryBeat 2010’s latest speakers: Kleiner Perkins’ Bing Gordon and more
Bing Gordon is sitting pretty in the new gaming gold rush that’s all social and mobile. A partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...
Facebook Credits expands reach globally in deal with PlaySpan
Facebook has teamed up with social monetization firm PlaySpan to expand its reach to more users around the globe for its Facebook Credits virtual...
Sometrics works out a virtual currency exchange with Facebook (exclusive)
Social app platform maker Sometrics is announcing today that its virtual currency can be exchanged into Facebook’s own new virtual currency, Facebook Credits. The...
Kontagent game-analytics to help small developers take on social game leaders
Can Kontagent help David topple Goliath through better analytics? Social game companies such as Zynga consider their analytics — the data they collect about...
Scoreloop delivers social game platform for Samsung phones and TVs
Smartphone games are starting to spread out beyond the Apple iPhone and Google Android platforms. In support of that trend, Scoreloop is announcing today...