Week in review: Apple’s daylight saving bug
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Apple fails to...
Week in review: BlueGlass challenges Demand Media with new publishing tool
Here’s our roundup of the week’s tech business news. First, the most popular stories VentureBeat published in the last seven days: Content-maker BlueGlass launches...
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...
Virtual goods sales are overtaking ad revenues on the iPhone
Virtual goods are becoming pretty real on the iPhone. Revenue from the sale of virtual goods is now overtaking ad revenue on the iPhone,...
Ngmoco aims to be part of a global social mobile gaming company
Neil Young, chief executive of iPhone game maker Ngmoco, said in an interview today that he agreed to sell his company to Japan’s DeNA...
Japan’s DeNA buys iPhone game publisher Ngmoco for up to $400M
Japan’s DeNA said today it is buying Ngmoco for up to $400 million in cash and stock in the biggest iPhone-related acquisition to date....
EA Mobile throws its support behind Windows Phone 7
Electronic Arts‘ mobile game division, EA Mobile, said today it will make games for Microsoft‘s Windows Phone 7 and has four titles ready for...
SGN readies its first social game for the iPhone (video)
Gaming startup SGN already offers a bunch of games on the iPhone, but despite the company’s name (the letters stand for Social Games Network),...
Apple quietly sets up its own game web site
Apple has quietly set up a game-related section on its web site. That may be a sign that the company has finally decided that...
Aurora Feint launches its platform to socialize Android games
Aurora Feint has made iPhone games much more social — and therefore easier to spread and monetize — with its OpenFeint social game platform. Now...