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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...