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Voice-Focused Mobile Social Network Parlor.fm Nabs $5 Million

New York - Parlor.fm said on Monday that it has raised $5 million in angel funding from ALM UNLTD, and launched its mobile social...

Eightfold Gets $2 Million for Cloud-Based Social Writing App

San Francisco - Eightfold Logic, the developer of a cloud-based, social writing application, said on Monday that it has raised $2 million in a...

Mobile Social Games Publisher ngmoco Acquires Rough Cookie

San Francisco - Mobile social games publisher ngmoco announced on Thursday that it has acquired Netherlands-based game studio Rough Cookie. Financial terms of the deal...

French Social Games Studio Pretty Simple Lands $3.6 Million

Paris - Pretty Simple, a France-based social games developer, has raised $3.6 million in financing from IDInvest Partners. Founded in early 2010, Pretty Simple counts...

LinkedIn Prices IPO at High End of Range; Stock Soars 140%...

Mountain View, Calif. - Shares of LinkedIn soared more than 140% by midday Thursday on their first day of trading on the New York...

Zynga Acquires Social Games Studio DNA Games

San Francisco - Social games publisher Zynga said on Wednesday that it has acquired DNA Games. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Founded in...

Facebook is Second Most Popular Search Tool in Latin America

Santiago, Chile - Facebook is the second most-popular means of Web search in Latin America, taking 2.8% of the total market behind Google's dominant...

LinkedIn Increases Share Price Range for IPO by 30%

New York - Business-focused social network LinkedIn has increased the expected price of its planned initial public offering (IPO) by 30%, saying it will...

Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, MySpace and the Story of Jay Park (AKA...

Los Angeles - If you pay any attention to Asian Entertainment news, you can't miss  the story on Asian pop star Jay Park (AKA...