Just Three Weeks Old, SeeSaw Picks Its Payment Platform
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We knew SeeSaw would soon charge for, as well as give away, streaming shows when it launched last month. Now a couple more details…
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New Life For Checkout? Google Hires Its First VP Of Commerce
In a move that could signal that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) plans to double down on its Google Checkout online payments system, the company has hir… Read more »
Paris-Based Hi-media Expands Micropayments Business To U.S.
Paris-based Hi-media, a publicly held company that operates an ad network, a publishing business and a payments platform around the world, h… Read more »
Why Publishers Should Treat iPad With Optimism – And Caution
Adrian Drury is a principal analyst at consulting and research firm Ovum, covering media, broadcast and telecom…
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Haiti Update: $22 Million In Donations Pour In By Text Message
Donations by text message have now exceeded $22 million to the Red Cross alone for the Haiti earthquake relief effort.
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Mobile Donations For Haiti Top $7 Million
Remove the barriers to giving, and people will give. That seems to be the lesson many charities are learning in the wake of the earthquake i… Read more »
Updated: People Text To Donate As Haiti Earthquake Becomes Hot Topic On Twitter
Donations are pouring into the Red Cross by text message to support the victims of the Haiti earthquake. The campaign, which lets you donate… Read more »
Inside Word: How Newspapers Should Solicit Donations
The Inside Word is a weekly feature that looks at compelling industry debates and discussions unfolding on the blogs of employees at digital… Read more »
Digital Chocolate’s Trip Hawkins: Offerpal Is Still A Good Partner For Social Game Companies
Mobile and social entertainment company Digital Chocolate has launched its newest game, MMA Pro Fighter, on Facebook — and it’s teaming up… Read more »
Heyzap Tries Making Plain-Old Casual Games More ‘Social’
“Social” continues to be the game industry’s buzzword. Big companies like EA have bought their way into social gaming, *Microsoft* just adde… Read more »
Twitter Co-Founder Jack Dorsey Launches New Mobile Payment Company
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey pulled back the curtain on his new startup today called Square, a mobile payments company.
Square allows an… Read more »
Offer-Based Ad Network gWallet Raises $12.5 Million In Funding
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While Offerpal struggles with its image-problem, and Zynga and Facebook deal with a class-action lawsuit, a new offer-based ad network is ge… Read more »
PayPal Says Mobile Payments Surged On Black Friday
More consumers used their mobile phone to make purchases and compare prices on Black Friday than ever before, according to data reviewed by… Read more »
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Consumers Want Choice On Pricing, Delivery Of Content
In the past year, we’ve seen a palpable shift from newspaper and magazine publishers with regard to paid content–while they still don’t kno… Read more »
Can Virtual Currencies Help Bridge The Gap Between Free And Paid Content?
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Virtual goods and micro-transactions have been driving the billion-dollar online games industry across Asia for years. And deals like EA’s $… Read more »
Activision Delivers Solid Q3, But Faces Challenges Moving Forward
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Activision (NSDQ: ATVI) swung to a profit for Q3, after posting a $108 million loss for the same quarter last year. The game publisher’s rev… Read more »
Nickelodeon Picks PlaySpan As Its Virtual Goods Payment Platform
Online games and payments platform PlaySpan has signed on another large partner: Nickelodeon Kids and Family Virtual Worlds Group. PlaySpan’… Read more »
Mobile Payment System Zong Adds Credit Card Billing
Mobile payment platform Zong hopes to attract more clients and boost its user numbers by enabling payment with credit and debit cards. In th… Read more »
Updated: Facebook Launching Lala-Powered Music Gifting Service
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Updated: Facebook has confirmed the news, with details about additional upgrades to its gifting platform. In addition to Lala-powered songs,… Read more »
Apple Changes The Game (Again) By Allowing Commerce In Free iPhone Apps
Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has expanded its iPhone e-commerce platform to free apps, essentially, cracking the market for micro-transactions on the… Read more »
Eric Schmidt-Backed Mobile Gifting Startup Giiv Raises $2.3 Million First Round
Giiv, a mobile gifting startup that hasn’t yet officially launched, has raised $2.3 million worth of a $2.8 million first round of funding,… Read more »
Amazon Continues Attack on Apple’s iTunes By Jumping Into Mobile Payments
Amazon.com (NSDQ: AMZN) is making a significant move into mobile today that puts it in direct competition with Apple’s iTunes and eBay’s Pay… Read more »
Digital Chocolate Adds Virtual Goods To Games Mix With NanoStars Project
Mobile and social entertainment company Digital Chocolate wants in on the virtual goods boom — so it’s launching NanoStars, a new game proj… Read more »
Interview: Playfish COO de Halleux On How Facebook Has Changed Gaming Forever
Not much differentiates one hot new social gaming startup from another. Sure they have different games — and maybe even slightly different… Read more »
Journalism Online Says Letters Of Intent Now Cover More 1,000 Media Outlets; Does it Matter?
Journalism Online says companies representing more than 1,000 newspapers, magazines and online media outlets have signed letters of intent t… Read more »
Proposals For Newspaper Publishers Include Google Micropay
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In June, the Newspaper Association of America went on a “paid content” info hunt, reminiscent of those fact-finding missions that Congress l… Read more »
Online Gamer Riot Games Lands $8 Million Funding, Partners With Tencent
Riot Games has raised $8 million in funding from Benchmark Capital, FirstMark Capital, and Chinese online media company Tencent. Tencent is… Read more »
Live Gamer Raises $2.8 Million In Funding
In-games commerce firm Live Gamer has raised $2.8 million in funding, according to an SEC filing. The company is calling it “side-car” finan… Read more »
Live Gamer's Buying Spree Continues: Acquires Twofish
More consolidation in the in-game and social media commerce market — and it comes just as social media sites warm up to the idea of making… Read more »
MLB.TV 99 Cent Pay Per View On The Way
If all the pieces fall in to place, MLB.TV will start offering pay per view games on iPhone at 99 cents a pop by the end of August (subject… Read more »
Journalism Online Adds Non-Profit Support With IWPR As Launch Partner
Journalism Online hasn’t moved beyond letters of intent on the commercial side but the Steve Brill-Gordon Crovitz-Leo Hindery Jr. enterprise… Read more »
Jambool Raises $5 Million For Virtual Currency Platform
Virtual currency startup Jambool has raised $5 million in a round of funding — the latest sign that VCs are betting on big growth in the vi… Read more »
FT Bosses Launch PR Offensive For Paid-Content Model
Not content with its position as the only UK newspaper to successfully monetise its online content to at least some of its audience, executi… Read more »
PlaySpan Amps Up Social-Network Payment Wars
We’ve recently seen an influx of fundings and acquisitions in the online-payment space — particularly related to social gaming — and with… Read more »
Live Gamer Acquires N-Cash; Brings Korean Micro-Transaction Tech To U.S.
In-game commerce firm Live Gamer has acquired N-Cash, a South Korean tech firm that powers micro-transactions and the virtual economies for… Read more »
Adknowledge’s Buying Spree Continues: Grabs Up Virtual Currency Firm
Adknowledge has bought out KITN Media, parent company of Super Rewards, a virtual currency platform for social networks and online games. Th… Read more »
Pirate Bay Audio Reax: Elbow’s Manager, We7 CEO, Ajax Scott On Digital Music
Unlikely as it may seem, Sweden’s Global Gaming Factory wants to buy The Pirate Bay for SEK60 million (£4.7 million). At the MusExpo Europe… Read more »
China Bans People From Buying Real Goods With Virtual Currency
First, China introduced a tax on real-world profits generated from the sale of virtual goods; now, China’s Ministry of Commerce has released… Read more »
Mobile Payments Provider Accumulate Raises First Round
Swedish mobile payment and security solutions provider Accumulate has raised an undisclosed amount of funding from Sweden’s Sixth Swedish Na… Read more »
Take-Two Brings NBA Game To China, Launches 2K Online With Tencent
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Take-Two Interactive (NSDQ: TTWO) is ready to make its first big leap into the online gaming arena, and it’s partnering with Chinese interne… Read more »
