The Social Gaming Market Will Explode To $5+ Billion By 2015 (ZNGA, EA, ATVI, DIS)
Tweet The US social gaming market will blow past $5.5 billion by 2015, according to a new report by BI Intelligence. The social games market, including smartphones, will more than double from last year, where we estimate it was $2 billion. Here are some highlights from the report, which is available More...
Tim O’Shaughnessy Explains Why LivingSocial Lost $558 Million Last Year
Tweet LivingSocial lost $558 million last year and its revenue came up to just $245 million, an Amazon filing with SEC revealed earlier this month. We asked More...
Facebook and Twitter are more addictive than cigarettes or alcohol, study finds
Tweet A new study suggests that social networking services such as Facebook and Twitter are more difficult to resist than cigarettes or alcohol. A team from More...
As Facebook ‘Kicks Off The Social Era,’ Here’s What You Need To Know About Social Commerce
Tweet Facebook’s expected IPO will kick off the era of “social computing,” BI’s Matt Rosoff declared yesterday. And within social More...
Tom Brady Says He’s Socially Awkward Because He Doesn’t Go Out Anymore
Tweet Tom Brady went on WEEI in Boston yesterday and lamented his lackluster social life. “To be social is probably more challenging for me now than More...
Facebook reportedly plans IPO filing for Wednesday
Tweet Facebook plans to file for its initial public offering as soon as Wednesday next week according to multiple reports from Dow Jones Newswires. Morgan Stanley More...
Twitter looks to squash spam and malicious links with new acquisition
Tweet Twitter finally appears to be preparing a new wave of attacks on the malicious spammers that have overrun the popular social network during the past More...
A Davos Wife Spills The Beans On The Social Scene At The World Economic Forum
Tweet The annual World Economic Forum is about to begin tomorrow in Davos, and attendees have been descending down to the Swiss Alps all week for the four-day More...
Twitter Isn’t Exactly Social, Says Jack Dorsey
Tweet Speaking at the DLD Conference in Munich, Germany, Jack Dorsey said the three words that differentiate Twitter from its competitors are “public,” More...
Twitter Just Acquired A Startup That Builds A News Digest From Social Media
Tweet Twitter has acquired Summify, a startup that crawls Twitter and other social media news sites for relevant stories and delivers them in an email or More...