Zynga is planning to let at least some employees sell a portion of their stock in the hot social gaming company to outside investors, according to two industry sources. Institutional Venture Partners, a late-stage venture firm that has already invested...

Here’s a game for any Facebook user stuck in a cold part of the world for the next several months: Happy Island, the latest social game from CrowdStar. You start with a tropical, volcanic island — think: Hawaii — and your job is to grow your tourism...

Mihir Shah just left his job as the vice president of app developer RockYou’s advertising network, in a move announced last week. Now, he’s been hired on to be the chief revenue officer at virtual currency monetization company Offerpal. RockYou has...

Virtual goods have hit the United States this year — 11 million people a month are buying them, leading to  $1 billion in revenue this year, according to our Inside Virtual Goods report. But are holiday-themed virtual goods going to be a significant...

Beijing-based Rekoo has been churning out social gaming hits not just on Facebook but on social networks in Asia — and now it has landed $1.5 million in funding from China and Israel-based venture fund Infinity Venture Partners, according to...