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59 news & feature articles results for "games micropayment"

Tue Mar 17 2009 Steam gets into micropayments with in-game DLC
Steam, software that lets users buy and play games via download, has a new feature that lets them purchase additional content from within their titles.

Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Mon Nov 3 2008 Facebook moves into micropayments for gifts
Social network enters micropayments game with its gift store. Is this a money-saving move, or a trick to get users to be OK with spending more of their cash?

Posted by Josh Lowensohn
Thu Sep 10 2009 Google moves toward micropayments for newspapers
Is it an olive branch for the beleaguered (and Google-bashing) publishing industry, a move to encroach upon Facebook's turf in the micropayment wars, or a bit of both?

Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Tue Sep 7 2004 Digital content spurs micropayments resurgence
A growing appetite for digital content helps companies that enable small-ticket online transactions.

Posted by Matt Hines
Tue Nov 30 1999 New standards could help development of micropayments
Companies providing the technology for nickel-and-dime e-commerce transactions may finally be nearing a payday.

Posted by Dawn Kawamoto
Tue Sep 22 2009 Mobile payment service Zong expands to subscriptions
Still in a close rivalry with competitor Boku, Zong has partnered with two subscription services so that members can bill their payments to their cell phone bills.

Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Tue Mar 11 1997 Payments make cents to Digital
Less than a penny for your thoughts? That's Digital's plan for micropayments on the Net.

Posted by CNET News.com Staff
Mon Oct 5 2009 Envisioning the Future of Web Apps

The next generation of the Web will be built on HTML5 and micropayments, reports CNET's Natali Del Conte from the Future of Web Apps conference in London.

Posted by Natali Del Conte

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Mon May 18 2009 The platform should be making more than Facebook--for now
That Facebook's third-party developer platform reportedly outstrips the social network in revenue shouldn't be a surprise; Facebook hasn't yet put a monetizing strategy in place.

Posted by Caroline McCarthy
Tue Nov 4 2008 Time for Facebook to move to a subscription model
The social-networking site needs to get into serious monetization. That means subscriptions, not a micropayment platform no longer tied to the dollar.

Posted by Dave Rosenberg