London based casual gaming startup Playfish have raised a further $1 million. The investment follows its $3 million seed raised earlier this year, shows that Playfish are on its way to full venture funding.

With currently around 6 million players of its three games which are based within facebook, the company is looking to expand further by developing more games and increasing the amount of times the games are played per month which currently stands at approximately 100 million times each month.

The company took the bridge from Accel Partners to help it make contacts in Silicon Valley, to raise money of these firms whilst giving it the ability to continue to develop new games.

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TopTenReviews which initally bootstrapped for the last five years and has been profitable every year has raised $6 million. The company helps consumers shop by providing research and other data on technology and entertainment products and services.

The investment will be used to expand its business by employing more staff and offer consumers new features. Investors include Highway 12 Ventures and Village Ventures and they will now have seats the board.

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The Contest Where Everyone Is A Winner! had over 480 entrants, which is still not enough to cover all the prizes but at least everyone won a prize

This contest involved numerous prizes including cash, physical goods and Internet marketing-related products and services. 

Winners:

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Jason aka TheUniKid

1 x DVD - $100 Value

Bunny

 2 x 1 Hour Consultations

Peter Brown & Micheal Jones

1 x 1 Month 125×125 Banner - WinningTheWeb - $50 Value

Heather

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Sam

1,000 Copies Of Dollar Million Ebook - $1,000 Value

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TeamLRC

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AJ

Profit Baron Prizes

1 x Sponsored Reviews

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2 x Paid Plugs

Nick Throlson & Elezend.com

1 x 1 Month 468×60 Banner

Jayce

2 x 3 Month 125×125 Banner Sponsorship

Apryl Delancey & Chicken Say

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Launched in 1999, Fabric.com is an online fabric store which calls itself “The Place To Go When You Sew” has been acquired by Amazon. However, the cost of the deal was not disclosed.

Fabric.com joins growing list of Amazon acquisitions including Audible, which was acquired earlier this year.

The deal will allow Fabric.com to expand its selection of sewing materials as well as, providing Amazon with a larger catalog of hobby and craft materials.

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Yoono, the social network browser plugin which recently reinvented itself and now offers a retooled browser sidebar for Firefox. The sidebar serves as a social network feed aggregator and a media-rich content sharing tool.

The company  has announced a $4 million extension to their Series A funding round led by AGF Private Equity and will use the investment to help keep up with its growing user base as well as, to expand the number of widgets available on its platform.

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