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0 In midst of offers debate, Offerpal names George Garrick as CEO

Offerpal Media has named George Garrick as chief executive. He replaces founder Anu Shukla, who has been in the midst of a fiery debate about the...

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0 Zong announces expansion of its mobile payments business

Zong is expanding its mobile payment service in hopes of reaching a larger mass market of people who could find it convenient paying for items in...

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0 Social game companies light the way for old-guard casual game makers

[This is part two of a two-part story on how new platforms and social game companies are changing the casual gaming market. See the first part here.]...

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0 Party crashers! iPhone/social games make old-guard casual game companies envious

[This is part one of a two-part story on how the casual game market is evolving. See the second part here.]

A year ago, the iPhone and social games...

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0 Change is in the air for venture capitalists

A lot of changes are in-store for venture capitalists in the second half of 2009, and recent data published by the National Venture Capital...

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0 Can this save the Flash game market? Mochi Media launches virtual currency

Flash games on the web started out as a hobby. Now there are tens of thousands of them that, through advertising, are generating steady incomes for...

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0 Offerpal Tries Out A New CEO. Shukla, Queen Of Scams, Is Out.

Offerpal Media, the central character in the Scamville drama, is changing CEOs. Anu Shukla is no longer the CEO of the company she cofounded. Veteran...

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0 Meet The New hi5: It’s Game Time

If there's been one shining star on social network applications platforms, it's been casual gaming: Zynga is rumored to be making an absolute killing...

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0 Zong Chosen as Mobile Payment Platform for Mochi Media

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zong (www.Zong.com), the leading mobile payment service used by online gaming and social networking web sites,...

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0 Confirmed: Ex-Yahoo To Run Microsoft Silicon Valley Ads Team Amid Exits From Mochi Media

Another day, another former Yahoo VP going to work for Microsoft. This time it's Eric Boyd, a former VP of Engineering at Yahoo, who more recently...

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0 Venture Capitalists V. Founders: Battle At Mochi Media

Mochi Media, the fast growing Flash game advertising network and payments platform that we covered last week, is in the midst of an internal battle...

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0 Mochi Media Launching Payments Platform For Flash Games. Early Results Are Stunning

Mochi Media continues to quietly build out monetization and reporting tools for Flash game developers. In May we reported on the big growth in their...

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0 Mochi Media Network Attracts Nearly 100 Million Online Gamers A Month (comScore)

Mochi Media, a well-financed San Francisco startup that operates a decentralized network of Flash-based online games and gaming websites and offers...

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0 Heyzap Closes Seed Funding Round For Its Flash Gaming Widget

Heyzap, the Y Combinator startup that's looking to become a "YouTube For Flash Games", has closed a seed funding round led by Union Square Ventures,...

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0 Building a Wordpress Flash Games Portal - Gambrinous Games

Recently, we announced the launch of our brand new game portal, GambrinousGames.com. I’d like to take a few minutes of your time to talk to you about...

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0 Top of the World Contest Winners!

It’s that time to happily announce the recent winners of the Top of the World contest! The games that were submitted into the contest were ones that...

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0 Mochi Media and WildTangent Team Up for Ad Sales

Some exciting news for the Mochi community went out this morning. Hot on the heels of our hi5 announcement, we announced a partnership today that...

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0 Flash Game Friday: Cargo Bridge

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This week’s Flash Game Friday winner is the bridge building game Cargo Bridge! This physics based bridge building game mixes up...

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0 New Gamer Achievements in the Mochi Leaderboards Service

This week we’ve rolled out another great feature for you to keep your gamers engaged and coming back for more! If you’re currently using the...

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0 Industry Vet Bill Gossman takes the reins at Hi5

April has certainly been an interesting month for (now dubbed) social entertainment website Hi5. After breaking new from VentureBeat and Techcrunch...

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