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I encourage you to read Eric Eldon’s piece on InsideFacebook about how Facebook’s most popular game, Farmville, now defaults to Facebook Credits and Payments.
As location and geo dominate the blog headlines (Twitter, Foursquare, Gowalla), …
Earlier this week, MyTown released version 2.1 of their wildly popular mobile gaming app (unfortunately there is still no level 41). In addition to some very slick UI enhancements and clever game mechanics (such as …
It was a big week for Facebook Credits:
- Facebook Apps that Exclusively Use Credits Now Featured on Games Dashboard (Friday)
- Facebookâs Increasing Focus on Credits Prompts Developer Speculation (Thursday)
- PayPal Integration Shows Facebook Wants to …
My recent ’strategy guide’ on Booyah’s wildly popular mobile game MyTown is strangely one of my most popular blog posts. Like the 1,000,000 other users who are actively using MyTown, I am addicted and believe …
In a recent New York Times article, Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that all employees need to “be a CEO of something.” Its a terrific mantra and speaks to the importance of ownerships, responsibility and …
Two excellent posts on the current status of geo-location companies by Robert Scoble and Hunter Walk (both bloggers are great and their blogs are must reads). Scoble argues that industry-first Foursquare is being squeezed by …
A week ago, I wrote that only three of Apple’s top twenty grossing iPhone Apps feature in-app purchases. I wondered whether developers have determined that direct sales were more dependable and profitable than relying on …
I am late the Settlers of Catan rage, which according to the Wall Street Journal, swept Silicon Valley in December. But I uploaded a photo of Catan to Facebook (shown below) and got a great …
MyTown is best described as Zynga meets Foursquare. Take the best aspects of social gaming (Zynga) and combine them with location based networking (Foursquare, Gowalla, Yelp) and you have MyTown: a game that awards points …
Most iPhone apps do not come with warnings – but Doodle Jump, the #2 paid application by Lima Sky, has built an advertising campaign around the addictive gameplay: Be warned: this game is insanely addictive!” …
I am very surprised to see that just three of the top twenty grossing iPhone Apps include in-app purchases:
- The Sims 3 (#5)
- Madden NFL 2010 (#8)
- Tap Tap Revenge (#13)
It’s no surprise that big brands represent a significant share of the iPhone’s top grossing iPhone applications. Here is another proof point: Electronc Arts itself represents seven of the iPhone’s twenty-five top grossing applications… each …
