August 3rd, 2012

Users Claim Twoo Is Spamming Their Friends, Social Network Says It’s “Just Not Clear Enough”

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Users are complaining that Twoo, a social networking service, is sending unwanted messages to their contacts. Co-founder and CEO Lorenz Bogaert counters that this is a misunderstanding and the company is working to fix it.

Users, both those who have emailed me and who have posted public reviews in the app store, say that the mobile app is intentionally designed to be tricky and cause the user… → Read More

August 21st, 2010

Netlog Taking Gaming Seriously, Prepares For US, Dubai Expansion (TCTV)

Netlog, the company that sagely changed its name from Facebox in 2007, is taking this gaming thing pretty seriously.

While the bread and butter of the Belgium-based operation is still social— with 69 million members on its youth-centric social network— gaming is now nearly 20% of revenues and climbing, according to Netlog founder, Lorenz Bogaert.

Twenty percent is fairly significant when you… → Read More