7 new experts who will share their app secrets at DiscoveryBeat 2010
We’re entering the home stretch in preparations for DiscoveryBeat 2010, our conference about how to get apps noticed. DiscoveryBeat 2010 is an event focused...
33 ways to make your app a hit: VentureBeat’s Discovery Directory
As app stores multiply and the number of publicly released apps — just the ones we can see and count — approaches 1 million,...
A Bit Lucky scores on Facebook with its Lucky Train game
With social gaming consolidating around big startups, people are starting to wonder if there is no more room for Facebook game startups. But the...
Following scandal, Offerpal changes name to Tapjoy
When a startup changes its name, there is something good about the new name and something bad about the old one. That’s the case...
Will Hi5’s new SocioPath game platform lure developers away from Facebook?
Ever since Alex St. John joined Hi5 as president last fall, he has been promising to stick it to Facebook, the social network that...
Media Chaperone’s Piggyback lets parents monitor kid gamers on Facebook
The audience for social networks is getting younger and younger as more children are drawn to the cute social games that have become the...
DiscoveryBeat 2010 speakers: More top thinkers to delve into art of discovery
We’re pleased to announce some more big thinkers slated to speak at DiscoveryBeat 2010, the conference addressing the evolving problem of discovery in an...
Ubisoft brings out its long knives for Assassin’s Creed Facebook game (video)
Ubisoft has a lot of top video game franchises, but they don’t get any bigger than Assassin’s Creed. So it says a lot that...
Is companion gaming Ubisoft’s answer to Zynga? (video)
Last night, game publisher Ubisoft unveiled its strategy to get big on social and mobile at an event in San Francisco. Ubisoft’s digital game...
U.S. virtual goods market to hit $2.1 billion in 2011
Are your friends loading up on tractor fuel in FarmVille, the most popular social game on Facebook? If so, you might understand this prediction:...