Digital Entertainment World (DEW), the industry event and market focused on monetizing digital content, today announced the opening of applications for the 2nd Annual DEW Start-Up Pitch and Competition. Interested companies may apply online to be considered to compete at the 2015 event.

Updating research from 18 months ago, PopCap Games found that 118.5 million people now play social games at least once a week, 71 percent more than the previous report. Out of everyone online in the U.S. and the U.K., 41 percent of them have played a social game during the previous three months.

As the New York Giants and New England Patriots prepare to do battle in Sunday's Super Bowl, new figures released by Nielsen and NM Incite indicate the two teams are in a virtual dead heat in terms of Internet buzz.

A new study found that a lot of the confusion regarding online movies and TV shows is caused by the business side of the entertainment industry, not the technology.

The top five YouTube Partner channels, led by Vevo, Warner Music Group and Machinima, collectively accounted for nearly 1.5 billion total streams in May.

Here’s more fun with Super Bowl online statistics, this time courtesy of Yahoo, which reports receiving 50 percent more search requests for New England Patriots than for New York Giants.

The National Football League bans players, coaches and other team personnel from using social media during a several hour window around every game, but that doesn’t protect the players from themselves the rest of the time. Two that come to mind are Rashard Mendenhall (Pittsburgh Steelers) sharing, um, his unique perspective on Osama bin Laden, and Larry Johnson (ex-Kansas City Chiefs) insulting the coach, gay people and a fan.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has come up with more statistics for fans to argue about on Sunday while watching Super Bowl XLVI. It has determined that those rooting for the Patriots are more mobile savvy, but there are many factors worth betting a beer or two over.

A new report from Ericsson forecasts, among other things, that PC and tablet mobile subscriptions will almost close the gap with the number of fixed broadband subscriptions by 2017 as consumers continue to demand access at their convenience.