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Mig33 Gets $8.9M To Bring Mobile Social To Feature Phones

By Chris Sherman On November 9, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Mobile social network Mig33 has taken an $8.9 million Series C round lead by Indonesian telecom firm Pak Sugiono Wiyono and Japanese social network GREE with participation from prior Mig33 investors Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures, and DCM. This brings Mig33′s total funding since its founding in 2005 to $34 million. Tweet

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EA Signs Five-Year Facebook Credits Deal

By Chris Sherman On November 2, 2010 · 1 Comment

Electronic Arts has signed a five-year Facebook Credits exclusivity deal with Facebook. EA’s social games operate under the Playfish brand, which EA acquired last year. Now all current and future Playfish games will feature Facebook Credits as their exclusive form of payment for in-game virtual goods. EA’s deal comes after exclusivity deals signed by competitors [...]

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EngageDigital Archive Includes 4,300 Articles

By Chris Sherman On October 31, 2010 · Leave a Comment

At launch EngageDigital is the combination of our 3.5 year old VirtualWorldsNews.com blog and our 2 year old VirtualGoodsNews.com blog with a bunch of fresh news stories coming. ED already contains an archive of more than 4,300 articles from VWN and VGN. Both of those blogs will cease to publish on Monday and redirect their [...]

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Location Based Services and Mobile Marketing Track Added to Engage!

By Chris Sherman On October 27, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Given rapid pace of innovation with location-based services and mobile marketing we are adding a LBS and Mobile Marketing track to our 5th annual Engage! Conference and Expo taking place February 15-16, 2011 in NYC. The news comes just a month after our first Location Based Marketing Summit. The track will bring LBS and mobile [...]

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Engage! and Toy Fair Partnership Means a Focus on Digital Kids Product, Monetization and Marketing

By Chris Sherman On October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

We announced our the co-location of Engage! Expo and partnership with American International Toy Fair in June but thought it worth repeating here for who have tuned in more recently and may not be aware of the relationship. For those of you who don’t know, Toy Fair is the largest toy and youth product exhibition [...]

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Engage! and Toy Fair Partnership Means a Focus on Digital Kids Product, Monetization and Marketing

By Chris Sherman On October 26, 2010 · Leave a Comment

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The Tools For Reaching the Constantly Connected Consumer: Introducing Engage Conference and Expo 2011

By Chris Sherman On October 25, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Now in our 5th year, we are now gearing up for Engage! Conference and Expo 2011 which takes place February 15-16, 2011 in NYC. The show continues to expand and has a new focus for 2011: Tools and strategies for reaching the constantly connected consumer. The proliferation of new devices and services allowing consumers to [...]

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How Do Businesses Best Leverage Mobile Location Based Services? Find out at our Location Based Marketing Summit

By Chris Sherman On September 20, 2010 · Leave a Comment

You cannot turn around without someone talking about mobile location-based services (LBS). It's a simple fact that the technology is catching on quickly. The question for businesses is: How do you best leverage these services to engage with consumers? The technologies are iterating rapidly and there are plenty of platforms to choose from. This is [...]

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