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0 Lance Tokuda’s SchoolFeed rounds up $1.75M for fast-growing classmates network

Lance Tokuda was looking for an old high school friend, but instead he found his second big social networking startup. The co-founder of RockYou...

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0 Game maker RockYou to cut staff by 40% just weeks after launching two new games

Game-maker RockYou is set to announce major layoffs tomorrow just weeks after launching two new games, Galactic Allies and Hooked, VentureBeat has...

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0 RockYou and Sony head off to the zoo in joint promotion

Social game publisher RockYou has teamed up with Sony Pictures Home Entertainment to jointly promote each other’s zoo-related entertainment.

Under...

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0 Introducing our first wave of MobileBeat 2011 speakers

Preparations for our fourth annual MobileBeat conference are speeding along. Today, we’re announcing our first round of speakers for the event: Mihir...

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0 Social game leader CrowdStar raises $23M

Social game leader CrowdStar has raised $23 million in a first round of funding led by Intel Capital and Time Warner Investments. The company plans to...

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0 RockYou signs second social game deal with Loot Drop

RockYou has signed a second game publishing deal with Loot Drop, the studio created by veteran game developers John Romero (right) and Brenda...

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0 First Round leads $1.75M round in Schoolfeed

Founder of RockYou's new start-up, with 7M members, announces funding; readies for new round

Like most people, every so often I get friend requests...

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0 Social Game Developer RockYou Succumbs To Layoffs To Achieve Profitability

RockYou, a social game developer, will be laying off a number of employees, we've confirmed with the company. The total number of employees being cut,...

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0 RockYou® Reveals Findings from Social Gamer Thought Leadership Research Study: Top 5 Insights About Social Gamers

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockYou announces results from research study that provide valuable insights for advertisers and marketers on...

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0 RockYou® and Peak Games Reach New Global Audiences with Regional Gaming Partnership

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockYou partners with Peak Games to bring localized versions of social games to Turkey and the Middle East

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0 RockYou® Launches Studio Partners to Publish Innovative Social Games

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockYou is supporting independent talent in the social gaming industry with new publishing unit, Studio...

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0 Ifeelgoods Raises $6.5 Million To Ride The Facebook Credits Wave

In a couple of days, Facebook will require game developers to implement its Facebook Credits currency, as announced in January 2011 (much to the...

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0 Do Video Game Developers Ignore Women Gamers?

The stereotypical video game player: he is young (under 20) and male; he plays for hours on his console, all from his parents' basement. But that...

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0 RockYou Buys Australian Game Studio

Redwood City-based RockYou said Wednesday that it has acquired an Australian game development studio, 3 Blokes. Financial details of the acquisition...

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0 RockYou® Acquires 3 Blokes Game Development Studio

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockYou®, a leading social gaming company, today announced the acquisition of social game developer 3 Blokes....

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0 TechCrunch Disrupt Hackathon BCC Fail. We Apologize #TCLeakers

A couple of years ago RockYou couldn't seem to send an email to partners without screwing up and cc'ing everyone. We pointed each screwup out, with...

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0 Sony Beware: New Argument Seeks To Establish Standing In 'Harmless' Data Breach Lawsuits

Whoever is filing class action lawsuits against Sony for the PSN hack may want to pay attention to a totally different case in Northern California....

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0 RockYou® Signs Second Publishing Deal with Loot Drop and Reveals Details on the Studio’s First Social Game

REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RockYou signs a second publishing deal to extend collaboration with social game development studio, Loot Drop.

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0 Update: Personal Data of 70 Million Sony Customers Exposed in Hack

The hack that has plagued the Playstation Network for the last week is much worse than simply taking down the platform. Sony reports on its...

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0 Formspring Names Ro Choy COO; Has Answered Three Billion Questions To Date

It's been a big month in the Marino-Choy household. No sooner did Lisa Marino get promoted to CEO of the would-be comeback-kid RockYou, than did her...

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