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Playdom Acquires Social Games Studio Metaplace

Mountain View, Calif. - Social games publisher Playdom has acquired Metaplace, a virtual world game engine development studio. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded...

Coveroo Raises $2.3 Million in Second Round

San Francisco - Coveroo, a San Francisco-based developer of customized covers and cases for mobile phones and consumer electronic devices, said on Thursday that it has...

U.S. Private Equity Fund-Raising Falls 26% in First Half

New York - U.S. private equity fund-raising fell to $45.1 billion during the first half of 2010, down 26% from the same period last year, according...

Content Delivery Network Highwinds Acquires BandCon

Winter Park, Fla. - Content delivery network Highwinds announced on Thursday that it has acquired BandCon, a provider of Internet infrastructure services. Financial terms of the transaction...

MTV Networks Acquires Game Developer Social Express

New York - Viacom's (NYSE: VIA) MTV Networks has acquired Social Express, a developer of social games, for an undisclosed sum, VentureBeat reported. The San Francisco-based studio was...

China's The9 Invests in Mobile Games Firm Aurora Feint

Shanghai - Chinese online game operator The9 Limited (NASD: NCTY) announced on Thursday that it has made a minority equity investment in Aurora Feint, a mobile game...

Huffington Post Acquires Pollster.com

Los Angeles - The Huffington Post has made its second acquisition in a month, as The New York Times reported on Wednesday the online publisher has...

Google Ups Investment in Chinese Music Service Top100.cn

Mountain View, Calif. - Google (NASD: GOOG) has made an additional investment in Chinese digital music service Top100.cn, PC World reported, citing local Chinese media reports. The reports...

Mobile Games Publisher Glu Raises $13.5 Million

San Mateo, Calif. - Mobile games publisher Glu Mobile announced on Wednesday that it has raised $13.5 million through a private placement of its shares with...

Ad Analytics Firm AudienceScience Acquires Wunderloop

New York - AudienceScience, a provider of analytics for behaviorally-targeted online advertising, announced that it will acquire Wunderloop, a Germany-based provider of online ad targeting services. Financial terms...