BOKU Partners With 02 For Direct Carrier Billing

By On March 24, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Mobile pay service BOKU has partnered with German mobile 02 for direct carrier billing. In a first for BOKU, 02′s MPASS API will allow 02 customers to purchase physical goods using their mobile phones as well as virtual goods.  The relationship allows for granular pricing beginning as low as .09c ($.12) and going as high [...]

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Vindicia Opens UK Office

By On March 21, 2011 · Leave a Comment

SaaS billing solution provider Vindicia has opened its first UK office. The company says the new office will help Vindicia capitalize on widespread demand for its services in Europe, particularly in online gaming. Former Oracle executive Adrian Jenkins is will join Vindicia as Vice President for Europe to lead the company’s European operations. Jenkins also [...]

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Engage Digital Wrap-Up For The Week Of March 19, 2011

By On March 19, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Engage Digital Wrap-Up for the week of March 19, 2011. The Wrap-Up is where Engage Digital spotlights stories that we didn’t get to cover individually, but still make for interesting reading about the business of user engagement. 3D Ford Campaign Is In Your Hands: Ford of Britain has launched its Grand C-Max [...]

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Bizmey Launches Mobile Virtual Currency Monetization

By On March 18, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Start-up Bizmey has announced that it has launched a virtual currency monetization product specifically for mobile platforms. Bizmey plans to offer mobile ad offers, pay-per-install offers, and direct payment options that help customers obtain virtual currency more easily. Bizmey’s direct payments will be powered by partnerships with payment service providers including PayPal and Social Gold. [...]

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Nearly $1B Revenue For Tencent In Q4 2010

By On March 17, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Chinese Internet and gaming firm Tencent has reported $834.1 million in revenue for Q4 2010, up 50% year-over-year. Tencent’s generated just over $1 billion in revenue in the entirety of 2008. Tencent chalks its current revenue growth up to strong performance of online games including the new MMO Qi Xiong Zheng Ba, the older MMOFPS [...]

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Vindicia Partners With Global Collect

By On March 16, 2011 · 1 Comment

Software-as-a-Service billing solution firm Vindicia has partnered with local e-payment services provider Global Collect. This allows Vindicia’s customers that sell digital goods to combine Vindicia’s billing and subscription services with the wide variety of payment methods offered through Global Collect’s single-interface WebCollect platform. Vindicia plans to combine Global Collect’s services with its own CashBox StoreFront [...]

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Gaia Online Raises $45K With Charity Goods, WeeWorld Joins In

By On March 16, 2011 · 1 Comment

Gaia Online began selling charity virtual goods last Friday to raise money for the Red Cross and victims of the recent earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Initially the company said it would match donations up to $10,000, but Gaia Online has since removed that upper limit and pledged to match the value of all donations [...]

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Disney Interactive Lays Off 80 More

By On March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Disney Interactive plans to lay off another 80 employees as part of the division’s ongoing transition from traditional retail publishing to an emphasis on online, social, and mobile publishing. The transition began when former Playdom CEO John Pleasants was made co-President of Disney Interactive in the wake of Disney’s acquisition of Playdom last summer. Tweet

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SEGA, Three Rings To Publish New Freemium MMO

By On March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Publisher SEGA of America and developer Three Rings will partner to create a new freemium MMO called Spiral Knights, described as a multiplayer online action adventure game. SEGA says the game will feature console-style play but take advantage of the persistent worlds and connectivity common to online MMOs. Tweet

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Zynga RewardVille Site Now Live

By On March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The main site for Zynga‘s RewardVille customer loyalty service has gone live. The service itself became available to Zynga players last week, but only through specific supported games and toolbars. The main site at the time still displayed a “coming soon” image. Now the site is active and available in English, Portuguese, French, Italian, German [...]

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