Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 16 at 9:55 am PT
While Facebook is slowly working out the kinks to bring more games to mobile, there’s a small company in Menlo Park, Calif., that has beat them to it.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 3 at 8:00 am PT
Boku says it has signed a partnership with Sprint, the final major U.S. carrier to adopt its mobile payments service.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on April 23 at 3:31 pm PT
Zynga doesn’t report first-quarter earnings until Thursday, but Facebook let the cat out of the bag a little early today in an updated IPO filing.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 1 at 2:05 pm PT
Zynga is mentioned 24 times in Facebook’s filing, but the most notable one is related to the game company’s huge contribution to the social network’s top line.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on December 7, 2011 at 7:38 am PT
Is Facebook losing some of its game? Kabam has chosen to exclusively launch its new big social title on Google instead of Facebook.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 24, 2011 at 9:53 am PT
Facebook is now allowing its virtual currency to be used off of its social network, a feature that some game companies are finding valuable as a way to more easily monetize their own Web sites.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on October 19, 2011 at 9:55 am PT
Facebook games are often compared to gambling because of their addictive qualities. So what happens if you cut directly to the chase and build true casino games like slots, poker or bingo?
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on August 19, 2011 at 1:50 pm PT
Gilt Groupe, an e-commerce and flash sales site, is experimenting with selling items from a range of categories, on Facebook.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 29, 2011 at 12:29 pm PT
PopCap is selling one of its most popular games for half-off today on Tippr, which competes against Groupon and others, creating an industry match-up between daily deals and gaming.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on July 26, 2011 at 4:00 am PT
Topps, maker of the trading cards from childhood, is expanding into digital goods with the purchase of GMG Entertainment, the gift card provider for Facebook.
