MTV buys game company Social Express

8
Jul/100

MTV buys game company Social Express
Viacom Inc.’s MTV Networks said Thursday it bought Social Express Inc., a developer of online social games, marking its first entry into this increasingly popular space. Social games _ think Zynga’s “Farmville” or “Pet Society” by Electronic Arts-owned… MTV Networks – Zynga – Viacom – FarmVille – Games

Read more on San Francisco Chronicle

Tagged as: , , , ,
No Comments

Zynga buys social games developer Challenge Games

6
Jun/100

Zynga buys social games developer Challenge Games
Zynga makes FarmVille , which, in turn, makes it a lot of money. Today the company announced that it has used some of said moolah to purchase Challenge Games, a social games developer in Austin, TX. The exact amount of simoleons it cost Zynga to do so wasn’t disclosed. Challenge Games, which created and operates two Facebook games, Warstorm and the disturbingly titled Ponzi , will henceforth be …

Read more on Joystiq

Tagged as: , , , , ,
No Comments

Russian Firm Buys ICQ From AOL For Nearly $200 Million

1
May/100

Russian Firm Buys ICQ From AOL For Nearly $200 Million
Digital Sky Technologies, the largest internet firm in Eastern Europe has agreed to buy instant messaging platform ICQ from AOL at a cost of $187.5 million. The platform, while not the most popular in the United States is still considered the most popular in Russian and various other parts of Europe. AOL recently announced a 58 [...]

Read more on The Inquisitr

Tagged as: , , , , , ,
No Comments

Bing’s Virtual Bling Buys Facebook Fans

7
Mar/100

Bing’s Virtual Bling Buys Facebook Fans
Microsoft found a potent way to make friends on Facebook: offer users of hyper-popular social game FarmVille virtual currency. The in-game offer on Tuesday resulted in Microsoft’s Bing page gaining 425,000 fans in a single day, more than tripling the 117,000 fans it had.

Read more on BrandWeek

Tagged as: , , , , ,
No Comments

Blog Sponsors

Categories

Recent Posts

Tags

Blogroll