June 2009
12 posts
Pleo is back and we want to give you one →
Pleo is back, thanks to electronics and entertainment leader Senario, and we want to give you one.
The $349 artificial dinosaur hit the news this April when Ugobe, its creator, filed for…
19 Twitter Desktop Apps Compared →
Twitter has become an integral part of our social media lives, marketing strategies, and business objectives. We have multiple accounts, hundreds of followers to watch, Twitter trends to…
Pincus: iPhone Not Easy to Monetize, Needs Better... →
As the iPhone platform grows, leading social game developer Zynga has made a number of its popular Facebook and MySpace titles available for the Apple device. These include Live Poker…
How Apple can improve the iPhone as a game... →
Apple has come a long way with games on the iPhone. There are 12,403 games among the 59,073 apps, according to Mobclix. The iPhone 3.0 software and the iPhone 3G S have a lot of cool…
Casual Connect Seattle update →
Next month, from July 21st to 23rd, Seattle will play host city to the yearly Casual Connect conference, which brings together a number of key speakers to discuss the future of the industry.
Casual gaming offers advertisers 'more... →
A study conducted by MTV Networks has concluded that casual gamers offer advertisers a huge and attentive audience.
Need To Reach Casual Gamers? MTV Says 15-Second... →
The debate over how much in-game ad spending will rise or fall this year continues, but it’s clear that people—and the advertisers trying to reach them—continue to flock to casual games. And…
Otoy joins the fray of companies offering video... →
When OnLive came out of hiding in March and declared it could let gamers play fast-action games over the network — a futuristic service dubbed video games on demand — a lot of critics…
Could social gaming run afoul of gambling laws?... →
Eric Eldon / VentureBeat: Could social gaming run afoul of gambling laws? — A variety of social network gaming applications are making lots of money from virtual goods. …
Verizon: How FiOS Gets Viewers Engaged →
I’m at the Parks Associates Connections Conference today, which is jam-packed with newteevee-related panels and speakers. Joseph Ambeault, Verizon’s director of product development and management…
The Top 25 Facebook Games Right Now →
Don’t look now, but:
Facebook is launching a payments platform.
Zynga is going to crack $100 million selling virtual goods this year.
Playdom hired 23 people in the last month.
The social…
Swap Your SIM Card to Avoid Overseas Roaming... →
If you’ve ever made a cellphone call while overseas, or read anything about “international roaming,” you know it’s a pound of flesh for each precious minute. CNET explains in depth how to swap…
