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Facebook says paying gamers surge by 24%

, Mar 28th 2013 Discuss [0]

When it comes social networking on the Internet, Facebook is the site most people go to. Facebook has been trying all sorts of ways to generate more revenue from the approximately 1,000,000,000 members it has all around the world. One of the ways that Facebook is trying to squeeze money out of these members is with video games that users can pay to play. Read The Full Story

Tumblr now has 100 million blogs

, Mar 27th 2013 Discuss [0]

Tumblr has reached another huge milestone today. There are over 100 million blogs hosted across its network, all of which have accumulated a total of 44.6 billion posts. Just last April, Tumblr hit its 50 million blogs milestone, and in one year, it managed to double that amount, showing that the social blogging network has no intentions of slowing down anytime soon. Read The Full Story

Facebook game developers made $2.8B in 2012

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Executives from Facebook have revealed that game developers generated around $2.8 billion in revenue last year. Sean Ryan, Facebook's Director of Game Partnerships, spoke at the Game Developers Conference trying to entice more developers to join Facebook's gaming platform. Ryan stated, "Anywhere in the games business we are investing heavily." Ryan rolled out a bunch of impressive statistics to get more developers on board. Read The Full Story

Verizon Wireless to preload Games Portal onto its Android phones

, Mar 26th 2013 Discuss [0]

Verizon Wireless is teaming up with PlayPhone, a social gaming network, to preload all of its future Android smartphones with Games Portal. Games Portal (like PlayPhone's current iOS/Android app) will be a social gaming platform that allows you to easily connect to your online friends in order to play mobile games together. There will also be many social aspects such as leaderboards, message boards, and achievements included with the service. Read The Full Story

Facebook Events now show weather forecasts

, Mar 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook has updated its Events feature to include weather forecasts. The weather forecasts only begin to appear when the event is happening within the next 10 days, however, but its a nifty little feature that should aid when planning a get-together. When you're creating a Facebook event, the weather forecast should appear right below the "When" section. Read The Full Story

Zynga distances itself from Facebook

, Mar 23rd 2013 Discuss [0]

Zynga has announced that it will no longer be requiring people to log into their Facebook accounts when entering its site. Zynga wants to distance itself from Facebook in order to become a more independent game developer. You are now able to access your favorite games, like Farmville, Chefville, Draw Sometihng, and more via a stand-alone Zynga account. Read The Full Story

Twitter celebrates 7th birthday with over 200 million users

, Mar 21st 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter is celebrating its 7th birthday today. After officially launching on March 21, 2006, Twitter has gained over 200 million users and averages around 400 million tweets per day. Since the first-ever tweet was sent out by co-founder Jack Dorsey, the micro-blogging social media platform has come a long way in seven years. Read The Full Story

Facebook data shows NCAA tournament fan statistics in the US

, Mar 20th 2013 Discuss [0]

Remember last month when we showed you Facebook data of NFL fans across the US? It's back again, only this time it's all about the NCAA men's basketball tournament that just started yesterday. The data is from over 1 million Facebook users who have "liked" a fan page of one of the 68 teams in the tournament. Read The Full Story

Ryan Seacrest leaks Draw Something 2 on Twitter

, Mar 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Ryan Seacrest, known as the host of American Idol and also as a radio host for New York's Z100, leaked out what appears to be a sequel to the ever popular social game, Draw Something. Seacrest wrote in a tweet, "I somehow convinced them to give me #DrawSomething2 first... this may be the best Mariah & Randy have ever looked." Alongside the tweet, he posted an image of a very well drawn picture of the American Idol judges. Read The Full Story

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey wants to run for NYC mayor

, Mar 18th 2013 Discuss [0]

Twitter was launched in 2006 by a group of guys, one of which is Jack Dorsey, who is currently executive chairman of the social network, as well as the CEO of Square, a new mobile payment company that launched in 2010. However, Dorsey's next adventure is to one day become the mayor of New York City, a city with over 9 million residents. Read The Full Story

Facebook blocks MessageMe users from its “Find Friends” feature

, Mar 17th 2013 Discuss [0]

MessageMe may be the new guy on the block, but it has been experienced phenomenal success since its launch. The app had launched a little over a week ago, and has already hit the number 2 position on iOS's Social Networking section. The app sees so much success, even in an over-saturated market of messaging apps, because its part of a social gaming company called LOLapps, which currently has over 50 million active users on Facebook. Read The Full Story

Facebook introduces cleaner look to Timeline

, Mar 13th 2013 Discuss [0]

Facebook may have finally ignored the Timeline at the company's most recent press event when they unveiled the new News Feed that'll be coming shortly, but that doesn't mean they're not making changes. Facebook has introduced a cleaner look to Timeline, and they'll be slowly rolling out the new design over the coming weeks. Read The Full Story
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