Today Zynga CEO Mark Pincus announced that total charity funds raised by the Sweet Seeds for Haiti charity virtual goods campaign in Zynga's FarmVille game have exceeded $700,000. Since it is known that 50% of the proceeds from sales of the Sweet Seeds for Haiti items are donated to charity, that means Zynga has to [...]
Today BillMyParents parent company Socialwise announced that it had entered a partnership with ad offer network Offerpal Media. The two companies will work together to develop new payment solutions targeted at teens and tweens. "We plan to create effective solutions by combining the unique attributes of the BillMyParents youth payment system, along with Offerpal’s [...]
As we leave November behind we are excited to highlight our continued momentum for Engage! Expo 2010 taking place February 16-17, 2010 in NYC. This show will be our biggest to date (by far). Coverage includes virtual worlds, games, virtual goods, branded apps, web-enabled toys and mobile devices. Who's already confirmed to attend? Check out our [...]
As we leave November behind we are excited to highlight our continued momentum for Engage! Expo 2010 taking place February 16-17, 2010 in NYC. This show will be our biggest to date (by far). Coverage includes virtual worlds, games, virtual goods, branded apps, web-enabled toys and mobile devices. Who's already confirmed to attend? Check out our [...]
Over the holiday break the virtual economy analytics firm Sometrics announced that it had boosted revenue by 30% for client portal site Ijji.com. The jump in revenue was generated specifically by the now-controversial ad offer channel. Sometrics allowed Ijji.com to optimize the way ad offers were presented to users, leading to more users choosing to [...]
Hi5, a company in the midst of transitioning from a pure-play social network to a social network/game portal hybrid, has hired one of the game industry's most outspoken and iconoclastic veterans to be its president and chief technology officer. Venture Beat is reporting Alex St. John, who founded and then left casual game and virtual [...]
Combining avatar creation, Dr. Seuss, The Grinch, and the iPhone has been accomplished by Oceanhouse Media, app creator and Dr. Seuss Enterprises licensee. The company recently released Camera – The Grinch Edition, an iPhone app that allows users to create what it is calling "Grinchmas Cards." The kid-focused brand extension for the iPhone and iPod [...]
Unity Technologies, a company that produces a game platform many virtual worlds run on, last year created a mobile platform specifically for iPhone app development. Today the company said its iPhone platform was "proving to be the fastest growing game development platform for the iPhone." Twelve percent of games featured on AppShopper.com's Top 25 paid-for [...]
Calling itself a "social browser MMO," virtual world Star Fever Agency is ready for its close-up, says developer The Rabbit Hole. And as part of the launch, "The Agency will be giving away a total worth of 15 million in Star Fever Agency Dollars, Privilege Points, Limited Edition and Unique items." The three-week launch event [...]
ExpatFinder.com and 3D Mirror World Twinity have joined forces to offer individuals moving to Berlin a suite of virtual relocation services inside the Twinity landscape. The idea is to acquaint future Berlin residents with the city's layout and some of its features. Berlin, along with London and Singapore, are the first cities to be recreated [...]
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