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0	Announcing DiscoveryBeat: an event on how to get your apps noticed in an age of noise VentureBeat is throwing a new mini-conference and networking event, DiscoveryBeat. DiscoveryBeat addresses one of the biggest conundrums for Silicon... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Nov 6, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Spore Islands launches on Facebook as EA tries social games expansion Rumors persist that Electronic Arts plans to buy social gaming startup PlayFish to break into the fast-growing market of Facebook games. In the... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Nov 5, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Offers controversy stirs reactions across social networking industry A relatively obscure part of the social networking business has come into the limelight. It’s about special ads known as “offers” that are used to... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Nov 3, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	China’s I Got Game to launch first of many Facebook games Chinese game company I Got Game has built an audience of 15 million users with 14 massively multiplayer games launched since 2005. Now it is trying... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 28, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	For Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, failure is an option Silicon Valley is known the world over for its acceptance of failure as a rite of passage. Technology legends from Netscape founder Marc Andreessen to... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 27, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Facebook tinkering with changes that may weaken app virality Facebook is having one-on-one meetings with some of its larger developers detailing a series of changes that could significantly affect the way... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 26, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Norwest’s Tim Chang explains why virtual goods are so hot in social games Tim Chang, principal at Norwest Venture Partners, has immersed himself in the online games sector for some time and he says that the hottest business... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 26, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Watercooler raises $5.5M to expand social fantasy sports game business Drawing attention to a relatively unnoticed segment of social games, Watercooler has raised $5.5 million to expand its business of making... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 25, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	The making of Zynga’s Cafe World, the fastest growing social game in history When Cafe World debuted on Facebook on Sept. 30, it lit up the social network immediately. The title, a simple simulation where you make food and run... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 15, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Electronic Arts exec says social gaming bubble resembles mobile games hype The social gaming bubble is getting bigger and it resembles all of the hype that used to envelop the mobile phone games and virtual world markets a... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 14, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Virtual goods sales to hit $1 billion in 2009 as social games pay off big Thanks to the astonishing growth of games on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace, the U.S. virtual goods market is poised to clear $1 billion... Source: venturebeat.com Date: Oct 14, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille We were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille, the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the... Source: mashable.com Date: Nov 6, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Playfish sees social games as industry driver LONDON (Reuters) - The video games sector has yet to gain from a downturn where consumers stay home to play, but social games creator Playfish says... Source: reuters.com Date: Nov 4, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Scamville: The Social Gaming Ecosystem Of Hell Last weekend I wrote about how the big social gaming companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue on Facebook and MySpace through... Source: techcrunch.com Date: Oct 31, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Social Games: How The Big Three Make Millions So much for the first generation of big Facebook/MySpace social application startups. Slide and RockYou both got huge valuations in venture rounds.... Source: techcrunch.com Date: Oct 26, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Hold’em Or Fold’em? Looks Like Playfish Is Still In Play Last week we reported the rumors that VC-backed Playfish, the social games startup which has had phenomenal growth, was in the process of being... Source: techcrunch.com Date: Oct 23, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Top 10 Games You Can Play on Facebook Without a doubt, social gaming is on the rise — and big business for some. With the Facebook application platform, game developers have an... Source: mashable.com Date: Oct 16, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Free iPhone Apps Now Open to In-App Purchases In an interesting about-face, Apple has apparently just opened up in-app purchases to free iPhone apps. Previously, in-app purchases had only been... Source: mashable.com Date: Oct 15, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	Electronic Arts Acquires Faceboo Game Developer Playfish for $25 million It has been rumored that EA is just about acquire or has already acquired Playfish. Playfish is a Facebook game developer who produces some of the... Source: crenk.com Date: Oct 15, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0
0	RUMOR: EA Acquires Facebook Game Maker Playfish for $250 Million This is in the rumor stages right now: video game mega-corporation Electronic Arts may have already bought social gaming company Playfish a few weeks... Source: mashable.com Date: Oct 14, 2009 Submitted by: VentureBeat Profiles Comments: 0