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Facebook Says It Now Has 235M Monthly Gamers, App Center Hits 150M Monthly Visitors

Original post by INGRID LUNDEN via TC Facebook’s push for more engagement on its platform, to drive advertising and other monetization efforts (and to counterbalance that drooping stock price), is showing some gains, according to updated figures on both games and app usage released by the company today. Facebook now has 235 million people playing games on Facebook.com, up from […]

Tech City: the heart of Britain’s digital economy

Tech City: the heart of Britain’s digital economy

Original post by London Media Centre Tech City, in East London, is one of the fastest-developing areas of the capital, attracting creative and technology start-ups and entrepreneurs from around the world. Benjamin Southworth is the deputy chief executive of the Tech City Investment Organisation (TCIO), which supports the growth of the tech cluster in East […]

Gold, silver, and bronze: the real winners of the Social Olympics

Original post by Christina Farr via VB This year’s Olympics earned the nickname “Socialympics.” It has inspired huge waves of tweets, brought down the reputation of old media giants, and earned athletes millions of new followers in weeks. Since the Beijing Olympics four years ago, the use of Facebook and Twitter has exploded. In 2008, there were […]

SoundCloud Teams Up With Adyen Payment Service

Original post by Nick Clayton via WSJ Berlin’s SoundCloud has been going through a period of rapid change and growth. The start-up, with its stated mission to “unmute” the Internet has revamped its services with what it calls “The Next SoundCloud” as well as last year receiving investment from leading tech VC companies Union Square Ventures […]