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Facebook reveals new digital currency Libra News Jun 19th, 2019

Facebook reveals new digital currency Libra

“Libra holds the potential to provide billions of people around the world with access to a more inclusive, more open financial ecosystem.”

Twitch acquires Bebo to expand esports platform News Jun 19th, 2019

Twitch acquires Bebo to expand esports platform

Bebo launched in 2005 before Facebook spearheaded the social media frenzy

2 GDC 2019: Facebook updates mobile app to include dedicated games tab News Mar 22nd, 2019

GDC 2019: Facebook updates mobile app to include dedicated games tab

Social application looking to take games more seriously

as Lessons from a year of location-based games with Google Maps News Mar 15th, 2019

Lessons from a year of location-based games with Google Maps

Real world gaming said to drive engagement; most successful when integrated with AR and social elements

Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together" Interview Feb 20th, 2019

Teatime Games: "Mobile games have lost the value of playing together"

Start-up launches video communication platform Teatime Live with first title Hyperspeed

Facebook set to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps News Jan 25th, 2019

Facebook set to integrate Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram apps

Users to be able to message each other across services

Network effect: Looking at the impact of social in games Comment & Opinion Nov 13th, 2018

Network effect: Looking at the impact of social in games

Gamee CEO Bozena Rezab takes a deep dive into the data from her company's gaming platform

Mobile gamers referred through organic social channels have up to 67% higher retention News Oct 5th, 2018

Mobile gamers referred through organic social channels have up to 67% higher retention

They also have a 63 per cent higher lifetime session count versus non-referred players

GetSocial partners with Unity to bring sharing tools to Asset Store News Sep 20th, 2018

GetSocial partners with Unity to bring sharing tools to Asset Store

Company offers social analytics and publishing tools

Warner Bros acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat News Jul 11th, 2018

Warner Bros acquires mobile games communication platform Plexchat

“Advancing the social aspect of our mobile games is a top priority for us”

QuizUp creators secure $9m funding for new studio to develop real-time social gaming platform News May 16th, 2018

QuizUp creators secure $9m funding for new studio to develop real-time social gaming platform

Teatime Games set to expand team in Iceland

Google spins up mobile social games start-up Arcade News May 4th, 2018

Google spins up mobile social games start-up Arcade

Developing a new kind of social network

as Gamee teams up with Viber to bring social gaming to 1 billion users News Mar 19th, 2018

Gamee teams up with Viber to bring social gaming to 1 billion users

The new partnership will see over 70 of Gamee’s titles brought to Viber’s 1 billion users

Cupcake on how to build a great community for casual games Comment & Opinion Feb 16th, 2018

Cupcake on how to build a great community for casual games

Chief marketing officer Gabriel Stürmer discusses the studio's approach

Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way? Comment & Opinion Jan 10th, 2018

Can you merge social media and free-to-play games in a monetisable way?

Two approaches to user-generated content

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