• August 23rd, 2012

    Name That Tune: SongPop Has Now Racked Up 25M Users, 4M Of Them Daily

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    Social games come and go but for now the buzz around SongPop continues. Today publisher FreshPlanet announced some landmark numbers, which point to how the music game — where users play each other in a kind of “name that tune” face-off in different categories — is still seeing significant growth. Three months after launch, it has 25 million unique players, and has 4 million daily active… → Read More

    July 3rd, 2012

    Song Pop Hits 2 Million Daily Active Users, Many Of Them Probably Flirting

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    Call it the way we flirt now. Facebook games like Song Pop and Draw Something and apps like Pair are discovering novel ways to get you to hook up connect online. The space is ballooning to the point where there’s even a couples app for co-founders.

    A little over a month since its late May launch, breakout app Song Pop has hit 2 million daily active users, CEO Mathieu Nouzareth tells me. Though… → Read More

    April 1st, 2010

    FreshPlanet Debuts With An iPad Game, Plus $1.5 Million From Clavier And French Angels

    If you are going to launch a gaming startup this week, you might as well make your first game for the iPad. FreshPlanet is a stealthy startup looking to make its public debut with the launch of an educational game for children, Red Fish, on the iPad (iTunes link).

    FreshPlanet is based in New York City and founded by two serial entrepreneur French brothers, Mathieu and Romain Nouzareth. It… → Read More