Facebook revamps Messenger Kids with new parental controls and children’s guidelines
In December 2017, Facebook launched Messenger Kids, a child-friendly alternative to the main Messenger app that allows parents or guardians to review the people...
Facebook Gaming launches tools for streamers to deal with trolls
Facebook is launching a dashboard and toolkit for streamers and video makers so they can more easily manage their communities, including viewers who don’t...
Storm8’s journey from a Facebook gaming startup to a $300 million acquisition
Storm8‘s years of making mobile games paid off this week when Stillfront Group agreed to buy the Redwood City, California-based company for $300 million...
The DeanBeat: A Westworld ‘activation’ that illustrates the creepy side of tech
My colleagues have been wondering what the word “activation” means, as the Entertainment Software Association used the word in describing why its Electronic Entertainment...
Facebook: Mobile gaming is going tribal and global
Facebook recently produced a report on game marketing that represented its latest effort to understand the evolution of both gaming and gamers. The report...
App Annie: The biggest apps and games of the decade
Mobile apps and games have had a very big decade, and App Annie has some data that tells us what we’ve been obsessed with...
Game.tv raises $25 million to bring esports to Discord, Twitter, and Facebook
Game.tv has raised $25 million in funding for Tourney, its AI-powered esports tournament platform for mobile games. While rivals have tried to start their...
Oculus adds Facebook-powered social features and identity verification
Ever since Facebook acquired Oculus, users expected that the social media giant would begin to integrate its services more deeply and conspicuously into the...
Adobe acquires Oculus Medium VR sculpting app
Adobe is the new home for the Oculus Medium sculpting app, which Facebook originally launched three years ago. The surprising move raises intriguing questions about the...
Facebook’s Beat Games acquisition is a stepping-stone toward Horizon
I believe Facebook director of AR/VR content Mike Verdu when he writes that Facebook’s acquisition of Beat Saber studio Beat Games is “just the...