Daily Archives: January 12, 2011

Chris Nuttall Social gaming sales to top $1bn in 2011 – eMarketer

January 12, 2011 10:35 pm by Chris Nuttall

Farmville and its rivals can look forward to a bumper crop in 2011, with eMarketer predicting social gaming will pass $1bn in US revenues for the first time. Revenues should reach $1.09bn, up from $856m in 2010, according to the research group, with rapid growth in ad spending as its share of overall revenues increases from 14.1 per cent in 2010 to 20.5 per cent in 2012. Read more

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From beyondbrics January 12, 2011

Continue reading “South Africa: Silicon Cape?” Read more

Posted in Internet, Tech |

Tim Bradshaw Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales on financial security – and those banners

January 12, 2011 5:38 pm by Tim Bradshaw

Wikipedia’s co-founder, Jimmy Wales, is delighted with the $16m the online encyclopedia raised in the last few weeks. But he admits to feeling “awkward” about those “slightly annoying” banners bearing his image that appeared atop every page on the site, demanding cash. Read more

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Further Reading: Bloggers in Detroit and Facebook phone redux

January 12, 2011 10:32 am by Phill Tutt

From the FT:

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