DiscoveryBeat: Zynga’s tips for social gaming success
Bill Mooney, general manager of Zynga’s insanely popular social game FarmVille, offered his advice for social game developers today at VentureBeat’s DiscoveryBeat 2009 event...
Booyah’s mobile app MyTown turns the real world into Monopoly
We’ve written about plenty of location-based services that use elements of gaming to keep users glued and reach critical mass. But what about games...
Final speakers for DiscoveryBeat: RockYou’s Lisa Marino, IGN’s Roy Bahat
We’re excited to announce our final set of speakers for DiscoveryBeat, VentureBeat’s event exploring how to get apps noticed in an age of noise....
Serious Business looks for life beyond Friends For Sale!
Friends For Sale!, the game where people can “buy” other people as if they are pets, has had tremendous staying power as a popular...
Announcing the DiscoveryBeat Apps Contest, sponsored by Flurry
We’re holding a contest in conjunction with our DiscoveryBeat event to be held on Dec. 8 at the Automattic Lounge on Pier 38 in...
How open is open?
Editor’s note: This post is sponsored by GetJar. Open vs Closed is one of today’s hottest topics in the apps and appstores world. It...
Zynga crosses 100 million users and expands beyond Facebook games
Zynga said today it has crossed more than 100 million unique monthly users for its social games on Facebook. Thanks to the popularity of...
Facebook bans offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media due to questionable ads
Facebook has banned offer providers Gambit and Tatto Media from providing offers in games and apps on the social network. The development is one...
Offerpal Media sets standards to lock out scam offers
[Updated with interview] Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards that forbid offers...
Foursquare makes global push: 50 new cities
Popular location-sharing game Foursquare has just gone global with the announcement of 50 new cities worldwide, doubling the service’s previous coverage. The company says...