Facebook cloud gaming launched, but not for iOS users

Facebook cloud gaming - Mobile Game on Android

According to the social media giant, Apple won’t let its users access due to “arbitrary” policies. At the start of the week, Facebook cloud gaming launched, but the social media giant said that it was available to desktop and Android users only. It revealed that it would not be bringing its product to iOS because of Apple’s “arbitrary” policies. That said, the web and Android users of the platform can try free-to-play games within the network. Facebook cloud gaming makes it possible for users to remain on the platform and…

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Has Facebook reached the end of its hyper-growth or has it just begun – IPO reveals vision for the future

President Obama and Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook has filed its IPO to sell its shares on the open market (under the ticker symbol “FB”) and has revealed some hints regarding its intentions for its future in mobile and online payments, and has unveiled some of the information that has previously been carefully guarded regarding the pay received by its executives. American regulations require businesses to share this type of information regarding their internal operations, when they go public. The filing was a massive 200 pages long and a significant amount of it was dedicated to the…

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Why Google+ strategies are making Apple and Facebook sweat

Google+

Google has dipped its toe into the videogame pool, in a move that is making both the current leaders in next generation game platforms, Apple and Facebook, nervous. Moreover, they should be sweating as Google moves forward in its efforts to move beyond the current sales cut of 30 percent which has become typical with Apple and Google. Punit Soni, the product manager for Google+ Games stated in an interview that Google will begin by sharing 95 percent of its virtual goods revenues which are sold with the developers, therefore…

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