Facebook readies its Game Dashboard to organize your social gaming life
Facebook is in the midst of redesigning how users find, interact with, and keep track of games on the social network. Called the “Game Dashboard,” the new feature is Facebook’s attempt to play nice with social game developers, serve the interests...

Foursquare rival Rummble acquires Wi-Fi finder Total Hotspots
Rummble, the U.K.’s answer to the location-based services craze, has bought Wi-Fi finder Total Hotspots.It’s largely a talent acquisition: Total Hotspots managing director Alex Housley becomes Rummble’s vice president of business. The two...

Bit.ly goes pro, giving publishers custom URLs
Just a few hours after pundits were wringing their hands over how URL shortener bit.ly might soon face challenges from competing services created by Facebook and (in particular) Google, the company announced a new program of its own. So even if other...