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Recommendation Engine Hunch Joins Heyzap Network

Tweet Popular recommendation site Hunch has announced today a new update to their graph and recommendation technology to allow other websites to utilize the unique Hunch engine for recommending anything to users based on their personalities. Heyzap is excited to take part in this news as a member of the first batch of companies integrating [...]

Zapak Features Social Games Powered by Heyzap

Tweet We’re excited to announce the addition of Zapak to the Heyzap Network! Zapak is one of India’s leading online games portals, serving a collection of over 600 games to an audience of more than 6 million registered users. Heyzap is partnering with Zapak to launch its new social games section. This easily integrated stream [...]

Vote Heyzap Into SXSW, See Co-founder in Spacesuit

Tweet The Heyzap crew is fighting off competition for a speaking position at the 2011 South by Southwest Conference. However, we need your help to get there! If we win the panel spot for SXSW Interactive, Co-founder Jude Gomila will speak at the panel while wearing a spacesuit! Panels for the SXSW Interactive Festival are [...]

Heyzap Blasts Social Gaming into HTML5

TweetToday Heyzap becomes the first online games platform to support HTML5 games with the launch of our new in-game Javascript API. With our easily integrated tools, HTML5 games can offer users the ability to login via their favorite social networks, share their in-game achievements, invite friends to join, and offer in-game payments to earn revenue. [...]

Heyzap is Hiring for Business Development

TweetHeyzap is looking for a business development genius to spearhead awesome partnerships with biggest names in the social games and online MMO space. You will be primarily in charge of targeting, initiating and building long lasting relationships with some of the most innovative companies in the gaming industry. Heyzap works with the biggest game developers [...]

Bigpoint Bring MMOs to the Heyzap Network

Tweet Today we are announcing our exciting distribution partnership with Bigpoint, the global market leader in browser-based online games with 130 million users. Starting with the Bigpoint blockbuster Farmerama we will be placing their games onto our network of more than 260,000 websites including Ning, Webs, Cooliris, theChive, MeFeedia, and many more. Farmerama will soon [...]

Heyzap Launches Instant Game Section

TweetWe’ve announced the launch of our newest online gaming innovation Heyzap Arcade! First integrated with social network Ning, Heyzap Arcade is the first online games tool that allows website publishers to instantly add an entire games section with one line of code. This pre-designed, prepackaged games portal gets Heyzap’s coolest content onto any website in [...]

Heyzap Comes to Casual Connect 2010

Tweet From Tuesday, July 20 through Thursday, July 22, the Heyzap team will be crash landing into Seattle for the Casual Connect conference where over 1,000 professionals in casual gaming will be sharing the latest innovations in the industry. Cofounder Jude Gomila will be presenting on Thursday at 1 PM as part of the “Social [...]

Superheroes Alliance Swings Into Action

TweetUnleash your inner superhero with Superheroes Alliance, the latest social gaming sensation to join the Heyzap Network. Superheroes Alliance allows you to choose a superhero avatar, upgrade your character with virtual currency earned through world-saving missions along with inviting your Facebook friends to join. Developers Superheroes Alliance uses Heyzap Payments, which supports offers/surveys, PayPal, mobile [...]

Heyzap Raises $3,000,000

Tweet Today Heyzap is excited to announce a new round of funding to the value of $3 million led by Union Square Ventures, with investment from Naval Ravikant of HitForge and Chris Dixon of Founder Collective. Union Square Ventures partner Albert Wenger and Naval Ravikant (founder of Epinion.com, Vast.com and Partner at Hitforge) will be [...]