How Skype plans to make money from ads, games and virtual gifts Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 9, 2010 2 min Skype disclosed in its filing for an initial public offering today that less than 7 percent of its users actually pay for Skype calling... Continue Reading 2 min
Mentez gets investment to build social games in Latin America and Brazil (exclusive) Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 9, 2010 3 min Social gaming firm Mentez has raised a round of funding to build games for the Latin American market and Brazil. New York-based Insight Venture... Continue Reading 3 min
Former Skype CEO leads $2M investment in online games offer firm SupersonicAds Posted byby Dean Takahashi August 9, 2010 1 min Former Skype chief executive Michael van Swaaij has led a $2 million round of funding for SupersonicAds, the newest kid on the block in... Continue Reading 1 min
Kongregate grows virtual goods revenue 30 percent per month Posted byby Dean Takahashi March 23, 2010 1 min In case you haven’t noticed, virtual goods is rapidly becoming the business model of choice for online games. A proof point for that is... Continue Reading 1 min