Jan 17, 2012 9:47 AM
The consumer draw of free apps over paid apps has been well-documented, and so has the rise of in-app payments as a route to making money from those free apps. New research out today predicts that in-app purchases will, in fact, become the most dominant way that app developers will…
Posted In: Advertising, Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Marketing, Media & Publishing, Magazines, Newspapers, Mobile, Money, Research & Metrics, Research, Social Media, Companies, Apple, iPhone, Google, Android, Countries, Europe, UK, boku, ihs screen digest, in-app purchases, paypal, screen digest, zong
Aug 25, 2011 7:40 AM
Here’s a significant bit of news that advances mobile operators’ master plan to become central players not just in provisioning data networks, but to have a hand in how people are using them to consume goods and services…
Posted In: Apps, E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Micropayments, Mobile, Social Media, Avatars, Companies, France Telecom, Orange, Google, Android, Vodafone, boku, bouygues, bouygues telecom, sfr
Jan 19, 2010 7:00 AM
San Francisco-based Boku has raised a sizable round of funding totaling $25 million to build a mobile-payments company that they believe can one day compete against financial institutions, like Mastercard, Visa, and even online providers, like Paypal. The year-old company has partnered with wireless carriers around the world to let…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Mobile, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Social Media, Virtual Worlds, benchmark capital, boku, dag ventures, index ventures, khosla ventures
Nov 20, 2009 5:01 PM
Mobile payments provider Boku is gaining traction, seemingly evolving into the chosen platform for social and casual gaming companies that want to make it easier for their users to pay for virtual goods and downloads on-the-go. The company—which officially launched its service in June—already counted big publishers like Playfish and…
Posted In: E-Commerce, Payment Systems, Entertainment, Games, Mobile, Social Media, boku
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From iTunes and YouTube to Facebook and Kindle, the most popular content on the web, free and paid.
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| 1. | Where's My Water? |
| 2. | Tank Hero |
| 3. | Scramble With Friends |
| 4. | Ice Rage |
| 5. | Ragdoll Blaster 3 |
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