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GLO Gaming's Lindsey Port Helps Brands Meet Gamers Where They Live

“Games have a huge audience and companies are sitting on mountains of unmonetized content,” says Lindsey Port, the founder of GLO Gaming, the fast-growing online and mobile ad platform that helps big brands find new and engaging ways to reach gamers during their daily "happy time."READ»

Funny Money: Is Bitcoin The Future Of Currency... Or A Total Scam?

Digital currency Bitcoin is regulated by no nation or bank. Critics say it's used by drug dealers, legislators are threatening crackdowns, and some argue the whole idea is an utter scam. Sounds nefarious--but it's just like the history of "real" money.READ»

Facebook Credits Get More Powerful, Hint at Facebook's Money-Minting Future

Facebook's signed a deal with PlaySpan and added 20 new payment options for Facebook credits in one fell swoop. READ»

Facebook-MOL Partnership Brings Virtual Credits to Real Stores

Facebook is partnering with MOL Global to deliver a new way to buy Facebook credits--in person at a MOL-connected store. It's a strange real world/virtual world crossover, and definitely a sign of the way future digital finances will ...READ»

Offerpal Joins the Virtual Currency Game, Battling The Big One: Facebook

Your social network life would be so much simpler if there was a common virtual currency that could be used to buy goods on different platforms and even exchanged between apps. That, of course, is the goal of a few competing virtual ...READ»

Do Offerpal's Virtual Gaming Currency Rewards Court Controversy?

Offerpal's just announced a new way for online shoppers to earn virtual currency to spend in online games and social networks. Dubbed, unsurprisingly, Offerpal Shopping, it's how you may well expect to do some of your future online ...READ»