Dominic K. Gallello
Articles by Dominic K. Gallello
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Cityville Launches in Japan as Facebook Continues Steady Growth
The world’s biggest social game Cityville just launched in Japanese, available exclusively to the Facebook platform. This is the first time a localized version of a US Zynga game has been …
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BREAKING: DeNA Officially Launches Mobage to All English Speaking Countries and China
In a truly global rollout, DeNA has just announced that Mobage social games platform for Android has just been released in English-speaking countries around the world as well as China. Mobage is …
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Microsoft Dives Into Japan's Booming Smartphone Market With World's First Mango Smartphone And Other Key Partnerships
In a joint press conference held this morning, Microsoft, Fujitsu-Toshiba and KDDI unveiled [J] the Fujitsu-Toshiba IS12T smartphone, the world’s very first Windows Phone Mango handset hitting …
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DeNA Recruits Legendary Japanese Game Designers Into "Super Creators" Initiative
In a press conference yesterday, DeNA announced [J] the formation of the “Super Creators” initiative, an all-star team of five veteran game designers from the traditional Japanese games …
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Dentsu Gets Exclusive Rights To Display Ads On Skype
Dentsu has struck another exclusivity deal, this time with Skype. The deal is intended to generate 1 billion of revenue (12.4 million USD) through exclusive display space on the Skype start up …
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30 Months in Prison for Livedoor Founder Horiemon
The Japanese business world lit abuzz yesterday as it was announced that the former head Livedoor, Takafumi Horie, had his appeal rejected by the Japanese Supreme Court, thereby finalizing his …
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Gree acquires OpenFeint for $104 million as part of global expansion
Gree, Japan’s social gaming giant, announced today that it has acquired social platform OpenFeint for $104 million USD. OpenFeint ’s social platform for iPhone and Android allows …