Games publisher grabs casual games maker for about $300 million in deal that could be worth another $100 million if Playfish meets certain targets. EA also posts earnings, reporting plans to cut 1,500 employees.
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Search company makes “social address book” available to Apple App store for iPhones and iPod touch devices.
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The social network is set to launch a new instant-messaging service for its users, competing with AOL, Microsoft, Yahoo, and other makers of IM services.
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AOL's $850 offer for Bebo suggests yet again that software giant Microsoft may have overpaid for a stake in Facebook. See also: AOL Snares Bebo for $850M
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Social-networking site Bebo announces the launch of its Open Application Platform, opening its Facebook-compatible API to third-party developers.
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Social networking Web sites have been acquisition targets for top flight media groups in recent years. Now it looks as if social networking could heat up the market for initial public offerings.
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Social network unleashes mobile version that taps into "reality distortion field" marketing of Apple's iPhone. As if a widely anticipated IPO wasn't enough.
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The social networking phenomenon is spreading from desktops to mobile phones with major brands such as MySpace and Facebook leading the way in the U.S. and Europe.
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Apple launches three new iTunes widgets that will let customers buy digital music tracks through a variety of websites, blogs and social networks such as MySpace.
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Search behemoth brews up content aggregator for social networks.
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A new survey shows marketers are snapping up advertising inventory on social networks faster than expected.
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MySpace, Bebo battle it out; PC software piracy rate unchanged; defining the mobile TV audience.
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Social networking site gets first-round funding from Benchmark to expand into U.S. and open London office.
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The college social network site goes beyond text messaging, as wireless companies become more comfortable with the concept.
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Could the social networking bubble be ripe for a picking?
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