Ingrid Lunden
Aug 16, 2011 3:30 AM
A look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
» Cheap tablet explosion: Prepare for a rush of reduced-price tablets come September, as device makers struggle to shift inventory amid sluggish demand. (via DigiTimes)
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Ingrid Lunden
Apr 20, 2011 5:45 AM
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: Check-in service Whrrl to shut down as part of Groupon’s acquisition of Pelago; News.me gears up for launch; Digital Chocolate signs a distribution deal with Appitalism.
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Ingrid Lunden
Feb 22, 2011 4:47 PM
Digital Chocolate, the mobile and social gaming firm started and led by Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) founder Trip Hawkins, has raised $12 million in a fourth round of funding led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, with past investors Sutter Hill Ventures and Bridgescale Partners also participating. The company says that…
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Joseph Tartakoff
Aug 25, 2010 1:44 PM
Digital Chocolate, the game company started by Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) founder Trip Hawkins, is suing Zynga over the title of Zynga’s hit Facebook game Mafia Wars. Digital Chocolate has its own mobile game called Mafia Wars and wants Zynga to stop using that tile.
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Tameka Kee
Dec 22, 2009 2:55 PM
Mobile and social entertainment company Digital Chocolate has launched its newest game, MMA Pro Fighter, on Facebook—and it’s teaming up with Offerpal Media to monetize it. The game lets players create and train their own mixed martial arts (MMA) fighters; players use virtual goods and abilities (like extra stamina) to…
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Tameka Kee
Sep 24, 2009 3:01 PM
Mobile and social entertainment company Digital Chocolate wants in on the virtual goods boom—so it’s launching NanoStars, a new game project that revolves around a set of over 100 virtual “characters” that players can buy and use in multiple games. The characters, which will be named after various pop culture…
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James Quintana Pearce
Apr 14, 2009 3:45 PM
Digital Chocolate was a late-comer to the iPhone, releasing its first games for the platform in December last year. That didn’t seem to be a major issue in terms of sales though: “Penguin was No. 1 through Christmas. Tower Blocks was No. 1 in February. Brick Breaker Revolution made it…
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Matt Kapko
Sep 29, 2008 12:05 AM
Trip Hawkins is in the middle of transitioning Digital Chocolate from a company he started almost five years ago as a pureplay mobile game company to a social media company leveraging Facebook and others. “We sort of backed into it ... In the beginning, we thought we were always going…
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