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@jearner Congrats on the Playfish EA deal!
Wall Street Journal goes local. (e.g. the launch of weekly online "editions" like http://online.wsj.com/public... ) #oldmedia #newmedia
@amyjokim RT WOW: Blizzard launches real money in-game pet store http://www.wow.com/2009... #virtualgoods
Big in Japan | Developers of ShopSavvy - http://www.biggu.com/
Carlson announces reward miles to cash via paypal (I was waiting to see this happen!) #ppix09
iphone ebay app will do $500m in volume this year. #paypal
Paypal new pricing next year: $0.50 or 0.75% (funded by bank or balance)
RT @wittyone PayPal Dev Con live stream is here -> #ppxi09 https://www.paypal-labs.com/paypalx...
"The wallet will live in the cloud" - Paypal President Scott Thompson @ #ppix09
Only 4 transaction innovations in 5000 years: Barter to coins, coins to paper, paper to checks, checks to cards. #ppix09
RT @TheNextWebEU Big Ben has a twitter account. No prizes for guessing what it tweets. http://thenextweb.com/europe...
twitter lists: del.icio.us for people?
..or maybe delicious for conversations...!
Realizing it will take a lot of work to organize my twitter lists. If I add to list and unsubscribe, am I breaking something? Seems to work
RT @werefox I surface from the blackness and update the blog: The Social Game A-Bomb: http://foxshort.wordpress.com/2009... #vgs09 - profound post worth read
Interview: Mind Twist | Edge Online - http://www.edge-online.com/feature...
Interview: Mind Twist | Edge Online
From the creators of Magic: The Gathering - interview on an upcoming social gaming project. - tagami from Bookmarklet
Hulk just attacked zombie @ Montgomery station! I love hallowen
@arrington rails into offer systems regarding fraud and corruption. Anu is livid! This is great theater. #VGS09
RT @gamasutra Gamasutra - News - VGS 09: Game Designers - Everything You Know Is Wrong http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin...
Zhan Ye "Conflict is good. It triggers emotions, which makes people unstable and are therefore more likely to make purchases." #vgs09
Earner: "I don't spend my frustration points on cloning". I love this quote (for the frustration points reference!) #VGS09
Goldberg @ Zynga suggests charity driven virtual goods = personalization, and personalized VG does better $ than commodity goods #VGS09
Tim Chang brings up essentially a "loss leader" concept to the panel on games on Social Networks. Compelling idea. #VGS09
Earner makes a solid argument against subscription models (e.g. identifying a point on the demand curve, vs user selected pricing) #VGS09
Tanaka: Prepaid phone cards in China are being used as game payment gateways #VGS09
Love Lust and War highest ARPUs in china (Akio Tanaka, IVP) #VGS09
Min @ Nexon suggests paying for users in social games means there is a good chance they start the game playing alone. =! #VGS09
As Min @ Nexon describes it, it sounds like their upcoming Block Party social network will become something like the virtual PC Cafe
IMVU saw a 3x lift in overall sales when they ran a one day 50% virtual currency sale to VIPs. ("virtual stimulus package" - Liew) #VGS09
Jeremy Liew mod's Lessons from Leaders. Virtual Goods are retail. 4 P's still apply. Product, Price, Place, & Promotion. (agreed) #VGS09
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