Tricia Duryee in Commerce on February 5, 2013 at 9:18 am PT
Maybe, since Amazon’s motivations for rolling out a virtual currency should be a lot different.
Mike Isaac in Commerce on June 19, 2012 at 1:30 pm PT
Facebook Credits didn’t take off, so the company is switching up its game.
Tricia Duryee in Commerce on May 16, 2012 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, 2012 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, 2012 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, 2012 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.