Capcom, Nintendo Spearheading DS Piracy Lawsuit
Gamasutra
(since it's likely online content updates will have micropayments, making it no different from offline content.) EDIT: I'm differentiating between portable games and portable console games here. In general, online capabilities of portable g...
Apple loosens rules for iPhone app developers
TechWorld
Micropayments allowed in free apps According to multiple sites, Apple has changed the rules regarding in-app purchases for App Store developers. Previously, in-app purchases were restricted to paid apps. If the reports are correct, develope...
TV formats earn E9.3bn
Advanced Television
FremantleMedia: Micropayments must work From Colin Mann in Cannes FremantleMedia CEO Tony Cohen has suggested that that if people are willing to buy vegetables for virtual gardens on Facebook, then the TV industry must be able to make ...
More Evidence Suggests That iPhone App Store Doesn't Really Sell That ...
Tech Dirt
It was part of David Carr's argument when we debated newspaper micropayments. Except... there really isn't that much evidence to support even the claim that the iPhone App Store really sells that much. We were a bit skeptical of the early r...
Book publishers fear advance of digital 'glacier' - Feature
EARTHtimes.org
Frankfurt - Online writing is like an unstoppable glacier coming towards the world book publishing industry, says a book industry expert, summing up the worries for the future this week at the Frankfurt Book Fair in Germany. Digital content...
online virtual goods will top $1 billion
Financial Times
Two other companies, Playfish and Playdom, were not far behind Zynga, Mr Hudson said. The report also notes that the games have given rise to a new class of payment companies that are allowing users to buy virtual goods with micropayments a...
Facebook Scores $200 Million Investment, $10 Billion Valuation
CNBC
The CEO of DST, Yuri Milner, spoke to how Facebook will monetize its international audience, and he mentioned both advertising and users' micropayments. Zuckerberg, though, deflected speculation that it'll charge customers, saying it contin...
Report tracks the rise of virtual goods in the U.S.
BizReport
A comprehensive new report claims that U.S. consumers will spend more than $1 billion on virtual goods this year, rising to $1.6 billion in 2010, as the market grows thanks to social gaming.
Friendster partners on micropayments platform
IT World
IMO. It's too late.. As you know, we people in SE Asian are moving to Facebook now. Yes there still Friendster users, but I think many of those account is not active again.
Tipjoy founder Kirigin goes to Facebook
Mass High Tech
Controversy swirled over the weekend around the close of the Arlington-based micropayments startup TipJoy Inc., which announced its shutdown late Thursday night, a few weeks after its husband-and-wife founding team moved to California. On S...
Friendster to generate revenue from virtual gifts
PC Advisor
Micro-payments to support social networking Friendster will soon implement a micropayments platform for virtual gifts and games, seeking to bring in new revenue from southeast Asian countries where the social-networking site is popular.