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Social Games Studio Mytopia Sold To Online Gambling Firm For $18 Million
paidContent (Monday)
The social games deal-making rush is now extending to online gambling; 888 Holdings is buying up social gaming studio Mytopia for $18 million. Mytopia has developed several top Facebook games including Bingo Island 2 and Pacific Poker; it also develops games for various mobile platforms, includin... | |
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Report: BeachMint Raises $5 Million
PEHub (Monday)
BeachMint, a developer of social commerce sites catering to individual verticals, has raised $5 million in VC funding, according to TechCrunch. Investors include New Enterprise Associates and Anthem Venture Partners. Company founders Diego Berdakin and Josh Berman previously were running Slingshot L... | |
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Yahoo's Login Page Is Now A Huge Ad (YHOO)
Silicon Alley Insider (Monday)
If Google (GOOG) can decorate its famously pristine home page, then everything else is fair game too: Yahoo has started renting out its login page to marketers. The login page is prime real estate. Comscore (SCOR) says it attracts 26 million US uniques per day, and Yahoo says the pa... | |
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Starbucks Will Have Free Wifi Nationwide Starting July 1 (SBUX)
Silicon Alley Insider (Monday)
Starbucks will be offering free nationwide Wifi access starting July 1, CEO Howard Schultz just announced at the Wired Conference in New York. Until now, Starbucks charge a nominal fee to some users, but we doubt Starbucks was generating any significant revenue from Wifi. Yah... | |
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Starbucks Will Have Free Wifi Nationwide Starting July 1 (SBUX)
Silicon Alley Insider (Monday)
Starbucks will be offering free nationwide Wifi access starting July 1, CEO Howard Schultz just announced at the Wired Conference in New York. Until now, Starbucks charge a nominal fee to some users, but we doubt Starbucks was generating any significant revenue from Wifi. Yah... | |
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Rixty, Coinstar turn spare change into virtual goods
Venturebeat (Monday)
Rixty has a system that lets kids and other gamers turn in their coins at stores and then get credits that they can spend in online games. Today, the company says that more than 50 companies have signed up to integrate its alternative payment method into games. With Rixty, you can break th... | |
