Zynga Steps Out and Joins Forces With Google
Word on the street is the Google just invested $200 million dollars in popular social game company Zynga. Adding more intrigue to the purchase is that Google paid this money directly from it’s “Google Account” and not from the Google Ventures (VC) arm. Combine this with the impending launch of “Google Games” which is the new Google branded gaming platform and you can see the master plan that Google has. Find out more details inside.
Read MoreMeet Flipboard the $10.5M Superstar Invested App
The web’s ablaze with speculation about the latest announcement about the new start-up in town. According to All Things Digital, a new social magazine called Flipboard has secured $10.5M in funding from a who’s who in Silicon Valley. Investors include Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, Facebook co-founder Dustin Moscovitz, and Ashton Kutcher. There’s also a number [...]
Read MoreLiving on the Grid: Your Digital Paper Trail
While technology provides many conveniences, privacy advocates are concerned that individuals are leaving an unprecedented amount of personal information about themselves stored on public and private servers. Let’s look at a typical day of a person who uses common technologies. Under each time slot, I note the places her information is stored. 5:50 a.m.— The [...]
Read MoreBe Prepared: Vaseline Launching Skin Lightening App
There are just some things that there should never be an app for. Skin lightening is one of them, but apparently the folks over at Vaseline disagree. Much to the chagrin of people of color worldwide, Vaseline has launched a skin whitening app exclusively for Facebook users in India. Titled “Transform Your Face On Facebook,” [...]
Read MoreThe Influence Project: Fast Company’s ‘Dope’ Popularity Contest
Sherri calls Fast Company’s search for 2010′s Most Influential Person Online “dope” and Markus calls it a game. The Influence Project is both. It’s Fast Company’s genius play on the popularity contest that is earning them mega cool points in the marketing and design departments. The Influence Project provides a short-term metric for determining just [...]
Read MoreMySpace Updates Profile Pages and Acquires Threadbox Talent
Even though Facebook, Twitter, and Google have dominated the headlines, MySpace has not stopped putting in work. They have been in the lab working on their product as well as acquiring new talent for their team. Last night, MySpace vice president of online marketing Sean Percival tweeted about “clean new profiles” that are starting to [...]
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