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| Oct 6, 2010 | Following scandal, Offerpal changes name to Tapjoy | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When a startup changes its name, there is somethi... |
| Oct 5, 2010 | SocialShield pulls in $10M to help parents monitor kids’ social networking | SocialShield, a service designed to help parents keep their kids safe while using online social networks, announced today that it has received $10 million in a first round of institutional financing from a conglomeration of sources includin... |
| Sep 8, 2010 | gWallet Brings Offers To Mobile Apps; Partners With Ad Exchange Mobclix | Online monetization platform gWallet, which offers social gaming developers a variety of ways to monetize their apps and boost engagement, is debuting a new mobile ad offering today. Mobile app developers can now integrate virtual currency ... |
| Sep 3, 2010 | Offerpal Gets Its Third CEO In A Year, Garrick Named Executive Chairman | Offerpal Media has just announced that Mihir Shah has been named president and CEO, while chairman and former CEO George Garrick has been named executive chairman. This is Offerpal’s third CEO in a year; Anu Shukla left the company last Nov... |
| Sep 3, 2010 | Offerpal Media names a new CEO during a tough transition | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
As it adapts to changes on Facebook’s platform, O... |
| Sep 3, 2010 | Offerpal Media names a new CEO during a tough transition | As it adapts to changes on Facebook’s platform, Offerpal Media has named Mihir Shah as its new chief executive and president.
Shah replaces George Garrick, who served as CEO since last fall. Garrick will become executive chairman. Garrick h... |
| Jul 20, 2010 | Offerpal launches SocialKast to recruit social game fans on any site | Offerpal Media got stung last week when it was told it wouldn’t be providing special ad offers for Facebook’s new Facebook Credits virtual currency platform. That threatened the startup’s business with Facebook app developers, who are widel... |
| Jul 20, 2010 | Offerpal Moves On, Gives Game Developers New Ways To Distribute Notifications | Last week, Offerpal Media announced that, as a direct result of Facebook transitioning games and applications from their proprietary currencies to the newly-launched Facebook Credits and partnering with rival Trialpay, the company saw itsel... |
| Jul 20, 2010 | Offerpal launches SocialKast to recruit social game fans on any site | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media got stung last week when it was told it wouldn’t be providing special ad offers for Facebook’s new Facebook Credits virt... |
| Jul 12, 2010 | Offerpal lays off staff after losing key Facebook deal | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media said today it is laying off an unspecified number of staff, in part because it lost out to a rival in the race to provid... |
| Jul 12, 2010 | Offerpal lays off staff after losing key Facebook deal | Offerpal Media said today it is laying off an unspecified number of staff, in part because it lost out to a rival in the race to provide alternative payments with Facebook’s new virtual currency system.
Rival TrialPay appears to be the winn... |
| Jul 7, 2010 | Offerpal to help Yahoo’s developers make money on apps | Offerpal Media said today that it will help developers make money from the social games and apps that are distributed on Yahoo’s application platform.
Fremont, Calif.-based Offerpal provides alternative payment systems such as special offer... |
| Jul 7, 2010 | Offerpal to help Yahoo’s developers make money on apps | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media said today that it will help developers make money from the social games and apps that are distributed on Yahoo’s applic... |
| Jun 28, 2010 | Get paid to install apps with W3i Mobile Solutions and Apperang | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
W3i, a desktop and mobile application distribution network, announced today the launch of W3i Mobile Solutions — its new service which ... |
| Jun 28, 2010 | Get paid to install apps with W3i Mobile Solutions and Apperang | W3i, a desktop and mobile application distribution network, announced today the launch of W3i Mobile Solutions — its new service which offers ad campaigns for iOS apps (which run on the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) on a pay-per-install bas... |
| May 28, 2010 | Offerpal’s GamePoints virtual currency draws half a million users in three weeks | Offerpal Media says it has a hit on its hands with GamePoints.com, a new consumer website that lets users earn virtual currency for use in their favorite social games. In its first three weeks, the site has drawn more than half a million us... |
| May 28, 2010 | Offerpal’s GamePoints virtual currency draws half a million users in three weeks | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Offerpal Media says it has a hit on its hands wit... |
| May 4, 2010 | Offerpal Media launches a virtual money war with Facebook | Offerpal Media is launching a universal virtual currency for games today as part of an effort to expand its reach and revenues in the social gaming industry.
Gamers will be able to earn Offerpal’s Game Points virtual currency in more than 1... |
| May 4, 2010 | Offerpal Media launches a virtual money war with Facebook | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Offerpal Media is launching a universal virtual c... |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Offerpal becomes one-stop shop for ads and offers | In a move to broaden its appeal to advertisers, Offerpal Media is expanding into the ad network business.
Today, Offerpal’s main business is running offers, which are special ads in social apps where a user can opt to accept an offer — such... |
| Apr 20, 2010 | Offerpal becomes one-stop shop for ads and offers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In a move to broaden its appeal to advertisers, Offerpal Media is expanding into the ad network business.
Today, Offerpal’s main busine... |
| Apr 12, 2010 | Facebook May Be About To Jump Into The Virtual Currency Offers Game | We’re hearing that Facebook is going to start rolling out its own version of offers, which let users earn virtual currency credits in return for signing up for services like Netflix or filling out a survey. These deals have been made popula... |
| Mar 23, 2010 | Offerpal Media buys Tapjoy to expand into mobile app monetization | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media is expanding into mobile today with its acquisition of Tapjoy, a company that helps monetize mobile apps.
Offerpal speci... |
| Mar 23, 2010 | Offerpal Media buys Tapjoy to expand into mobile app monetization | Offerpal Media is expanding into mobile today with its acquisition of Tapjoy, a company that helps monetize mobile apps.
Offerpal specializes in offers, encouraging users to pay for virtual goods in free-to-play online apps such as Facebook... |
| Mar 22, 2010 | Offerpal Media Acquires Tapjoy, Gains Beachhead For Mobile App Monetization | In late 2009 we wrote about Tapjoy’s evolution from a mobile app developer to a mobile app monetization platform.
Tomorrow, Offerpal Media, one of the giants in social gaming monetization, will announce the acquisition of Tapjoy. That gives... |
| Mar 21, 2010 | TRUSTe Places Privacy Seal Of Approval On Virtual Currency Platform gWallet | Virtual currency platform gWallet is announcing a partnership with online privacy certification company TRUSTe to reinforce gWallet ethical guidelines in the virtual currency space. gWallet partners with both brands and game developers to b... |
| Mar 9, 2010 | Comscore Study: Social Gamers Want Marketing Offers For Currency | A new study by Comscore will be released on Wednesday that may give hope to social gaming startups trying to monetize users. 35% of the survey respondents said that they engage in “marketing actions” to earn virtual currency (such as watchi... |
| Feb 25, 2010 | gWallet Launches New Format For Virtual Currency Offers; Eyes International Expansion | gWallet, a recently launched company that partners with both brands and game developers to bring users virtual currency offers, is launching a new format for offers. Called the Brand Bar, the offers to earn virtual currency appears in a bar... |
| Feb 9, 2010 | Offerpal Media lets you pay for games by putting you to work | Offerpal Media is launching a new way to pay for games and other social apps today. Basically, Offerpal is going to put you to work.
The new alternative to making a payment for a game with a credit card is called Offerpal Tasks. With it, yo... |
| Feb 9, 2010 | Offerpal Media lets you pay for games by putting you to work | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media is launching a new way to pay for games and other social apps today. Basically, Offerpal is going to put you to work.
Th... |
| Jan 5, 2010 | gWallet Sees Deeper Consumer Engagement With Branded Video Campaigns | We just wrote about gWallet’s secret weapon, gLTV, that hopes to legitimatize the virtual currency monetization world, following the reports that OfferPal, and others have been scamming (a.k.a. “Scamville”) users of virtual games on social ... |
| Dec 22, 2009 | gWallet Reveals Secret Weapon For Virtual Currency Platform: gLTV | We recently wrote about gWallet, a startup that hopes to offer a legitimate virtual currency monetization platform, after OfferPal, and others have recently come under fire (a.k.a. “Scamville”) for scamming users of virtual games on social ... |
| Dec 2, 2009 | Offerpal Media launches new reward system for gamers | Offerpal Media is launching a new rewards program for gamers to earn virtual currency in games by shopping at online brand-name retailers.
This currency can be used to buy loot in games, for every dollar they spend at hundreds of online ret... |
| Dec 2, 2009 | Offerpal Media launches new reward system for gamers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media is launching a new rewards program for gamers to earn virtual currency in games by shopping at online brand-name retaile... |
| Dec 1, 2009 | gWallet Collects $10.5 Million For Virtual Currency Platform | Virtual currency monetization platforms, like OfferPal, have recently come under fire (a.k.a. “Scamville”) for scamming users of virtual games on social networks. gWallet is entering the space as a potential beacon of ethics, with a a servi... |
| Nov 19, 2009 | Offerpal Media sets standards to lock out scam offers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards... |
| Nov 19, 2009 | Offerpal Media sets standards to lock out scam offers | [Updated with interview]
Burned by a scandal in its offer business over inappropriate promos, Offerpal Media is moving to set standards that forbid offers that are misleading, deceptive or otherwise objectionable.
The action is the first mo... |
| Nov 5, 2009 | Lawsuit alleges Offerpal co-founder was cheated out of ownership | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
Offerpal Media founder Anu Shukla was hit with a lawsuit this summer over alleged shenanigans over the company’s founding, VentureBeat ... |
| Nov 5, 2009 | Lawsuit alleges Offerpal co-founder was cheated out of ownership | Offerpal Media founder Anu Shukla was hit with a lawsuit this summer over alleged shenanigans over the company’s founding, VentureBeat has learned.
In August, Kevin Halpern filed a breach of contract lawsuit against Shukla. He alleges that ... |
| Nov 4, 2009 | In midst of offers debate, Offerpal names George Garrick as CEO | Updated
Offerpal Media has named George Garrick as chief executive. He replaces founder Anu Shukla, who has been in the midst of a fiery debate about the ethics of the business of offers, which are special ads that direct users to participa... |
| Nov 4, 2009 | In midst of offers debate, Offerpal names George Garrick as CEO | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
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Offerpal Media has named George Garrick as chief executive. He replaces founder Anu Shukla, who has been in the midst of a fier... |
| Oct 31, 2009 | Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of special offers | TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Offerpal Media chief executive Anu Shukla got into a brouhaha over special offers, which are used to monetize social apps on social networks, at the close of the Virtual Goods Summit on Friday.
At the... |
| Oct 31, 2009 | Video of Arrington-Shukla fight highlights controversy of special offers | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington and Offerpal Media chief executive Anu Shukla got into a brouhaha over special offers, which are us... |
| Sep 22, 2009 | DEMO: RumbaFish sets up social media campaigns for businesses | With eyeballs moving online and away from traditional media properties, it’s no surprise that a number of startups are competing to be go-to company for setting up interactive advertising campaigns.
RumbaFish is another one entering the pac... |
| Aug 28, 2009 | Latest judges for DEMO's $1M media prize: Omar Hamoui, Mark Pincus, Larry Augustin and Anu Shukla | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Here’s the latest batch of judges who will be at ... |
| Aug 28, 2009 | Latest judges for DEMO's $1M media prize: Omar Hamoui, Mark Pincus, Larry Augustin and Anu Shukla | Here’s the latest batch of judges who will be at the DEMO conference next month in San Diego. They’ll help award the $1 million media prize (see details) to the best of the 60 companies launching new technology products at the event.
We’ve ... |
| Jul 26, 2009 | The Value Of Virtual Currency: The Real Price Of Super Rewards Was Closer to $50 Million | Last week saw an unusual burst of acquisition activity among Web companies. Yahoo bought email add-on Xoopit for about $20 million, Nokia bought social address book provider Cellity, and overshadowing them all was Amazon’s $928 million purc... |
| Jun 9, 2009 | Offerpal Media to help IMVU cash in on its virtual chat rooms | Offerpal Media is going to help IMVU, a 3-D virtual chat room company, cash in on its 35 million registered users as part of a partnership being announced today.
Palo Alto, Calif.-based IMVU lets users create avatars, or virtual characters,... |
| Feb 17, 2009 | Offerpal's offer scores | Offerpal Media raises $15 million in funding for its alternative advertising solutions
It’s almost unheard of to find a friend who doesn’t belong to at least one social network. Advertisers flock to sites like Facebook and MySpace placing b... |
| Feb 16, 2009 | Part 2: Facebook's virtual goods | How the social network can increase them
We are looking at how Facebook could increase its digital goods revenue by improving the Means, MotiveOpportunity for users to buy digital gifts. Yesterday we looked at Opportunity. Today we’ll look ... |
| Jan 27, 2009 | Jambool launches virtual goods platform for social network apps | Competition is heating up in the virtual goods economy on Facebook, because they actually appear to be making significant amounts of money. The latest entrant is Jambool, InsideFacebook reports. A long-time developer shop for Facebook appli... |
| Jan 14, 2009 | Offerpal coming to the iPhone within weeks | Contrary to stories of overnight fortunes and money-printing fart machines, making money with an iPhone app can be tough. Thus far, your primary options are to charge for it (risky, unless your app is amazing or you manage to pull in a dece... |
| Nov 17, 2008 | ONEsite Launches Proprietary Social Ad Platform | White label social networking software maker ONEsite is launching its very own advertising platform InteractAd today, essentially declaring traditional online advertising is past its prime and that it’s time for social advertising to take i... |
| Sep 3, 2008 | Offerpal launches game monetization service for MySpace, responds to criticism | The young but growing world of social networking games is getting increasingly sophisticated — and on MySpace, not just Facebook. Offerpal Media, a company that provides ad-supported incentives for gaming applications, is launching a “manag... |
| Sep 1, 2008 | Is Playfish the 'million dollar a month' facebook developer? | Recently the Facebook watching blog AllFacebook claimed:
There’s a pretty well known secret among top Facebook application developers: one developer is generating over $1 million a month. Who is that developer exactly? Well, most people won... |
| Aug 25, 2008 | Can You Guess Which Facebook App Is Making A Million Dollars A Month? | Facebook is a famously difficult place to make money. Despite the popularity of the social network, most ads go for pennies per thousand impressions (CPMs). Even Social Media, a Facebook ad network that is able to get effective CPMs of abou... |
| Aug 8, 2008 | Roundup: MySpace virtual currencies, the Russian invasion, and more | Here’s the latest action:
MySpace apps also making money from virtual currencies — We’ve covered how some Facebook application developers are making seven figures through virtual goods and currencies. Offerpal, a company that offers adverti... |
