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Playdom has launched its first iPhone game, Mobsters: Big Apple, as an extension to its hit version on the MySpace social network.

The hot social games startup has the No. 1 game on MySpace with its Mobsters title, which has 13.5 million users. The company hopes to repeat its success on MySpace on the iPhone as it makes a very deliberate, if late, move to take on rivals such as Social Gaming Network and Zynga on the iPhone.

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  Tapjoy announced today it has launched a new version of its monetization platform for iPhone apps and is also partnering with analytics firm Pinch Media. The aim is to…
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  Till Schadde, founder of development house Equinux, has discovered an exploit – a broadcast error, really – that sends your AIM messages to random recipients without your knowledge or consent…
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  With the success of the iPhone app store, all of the new application platforms coming to the market, and the rise of Facebook Connect, a lot of attention’s been pulled away from the original Facebook Platform and its many apps…

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