Is 2010 going to be the year of the virtual goods?

I had to read and re-read this a number of times before it sunk in.
“Zynga Was the Number-Two PayPal Merchant in 2009″.
Unless you lived on another planet in 2009 you would have heard about Farmville and Mafia War’s but the figures being mentioned around Zynga now are really quite incredible.
Russia’s Digital Sky Technologies an investor [...]

The schoolbag of the future.

I have been dwelling over the schoolbook space for quite a while now and noticing some really interesting companies in the space.
Primary among these is Chegg a book rental scheme which saves renters 50-75% on these retail cost of college books and says it has saved its customers almost $200 million.
An interesting announcement from Chegg [...]