Tagged: Farmville & News
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Zynga confirms acquisitions of four mobile gaming companies News
19.01.2012 Behind the scenes in Q3 2011, Zynga, the chief social game developer for Facebook, bought four mobile game companies, as it strives to ramp up its foothold in the mobile space. -
Hello FarmVille! Is social gaming coming to Google+? News
22.07.2011 It seems Facebook and Zynga’s cosy hold on the social gaming space is about to be challenged. Google, it seems, has confirmed that a new feature called Games Stream is on the...Tags: M-payments, Online Advertising, Social Networking, Google, Zynga, Farmville, Facebook, Google+, APIs -
Weekend news roundup News
04.07.2011 Since Zynga announced plans to go public, the web has been afire with news and analysis about the social games company’s prospects and, in particular, its CEO Mark Pincus.Categories: Web, Software & Web Development, Social Media, Investments, Internet, Games/Entertainment, Funding, Financial -
Zynga files for IPO – hopes to raise up to US$1.5bn News
01.07.2011 Social and web-gaming giant Zynga has filed for an IPO and hopes to raise up to US$1.5bn. Registration documents have just been filed with the Securities and Exchanges Commission. -
Zynga applies for 'Ville' trademark in Europe News
09.03.2011 Zynga has filed an application to trademark the word 'Ville' in Europe under three different classifications. -
Zynga could be valued at more than US$7bn News
14.02.2011 Online social gaming company Zynga is looking to raise US$250m in new funding, which could value it at between US$7bn and US$9bn. -
Facebook trends of 2010 include “HMU,” World Cup and Bieber News
14.12.2010 The top trends of 2010 keep rolling in, with Facebook reporting on the most common topics seen on status updates, with, surprisingly, the acronym “HMU” (hit me up) taking the...Categories: Web, Social Media, Multimedia, Media, Marketing, Internet, Digital Media, Digital Marketing -
Phrases briefly steals FarmVille’s throne News
23.11.2010 FarmVille has dropped from being the No 1 used app on a monthly basis on Facebook, with Phrases moving into the top spot. -
Mother kills baby over FarmVille interruption News
28.10.2010 A 22-year-old woman from Florida has pleaded guilty for shaking her baby son to death after he interrupted her while she was playing FarmVille. -
Facebook apps under fire over data leak News
18.10.2010 Many popular applications on Facebook have been transmitting user IDs to dozens of advertising and internet-tracking companies, a report suggests. -
Facebook could earn more cash from virtual currency, exec says News
05.03.2010 Virtual currency on Facebook has the potential to be a bigger revenue maker than the ads business on the social-networking giant’s site, the head of its European operations Colm... -
Zynga’s FrontierVille achieves 5.2m users News
23.06.2010 Almost a fortnight since launch and it seems Facebook’s gaming partner Zynga has achieved 5.2 million daily active users for its latest game, FrontierVille.Categories: Social Media, Research, Online Business, Investments, Digital Media, Development, Consumer Tech -
FarmVille coming to iPhone News
08.06.2010 One of the most devastating things about no Flash for the iPhone has got to be the fact that you can't play FarmVille on your iPhone or iPad, non? -
Deals done this past week News
24.05.2010 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish technology sector, including internet search giant Google’s acquisition of Global IP Solutions, and Facebook and Zynga’s five-year...Categories: Business, Mergers & Acquisitions -
Facebook and Zynga sign five-year strategic deal News
18.05.2010 FarmVille game creator Zynga is once again friends with Facebook, and to prove it the two companies entered into a five-year strategic alliance around social gaming on Facebook... -
Is Zynga planning its own social network? News
11.05.2010 The creators of social gaming titles FarmVille, Mafia Wars, Café World and others are in the process of establishing their own social network – Zynga Live – in a move calculated... -
Facebook creates one currency to bind them all – Zuckerberg News
22.04.2010 Facebook is in the process of building a single currency system for its 400m strong population - a compelling e-commerce marketplace through which millions of dollars already...Categories: Business, New Media, Apps Zone, Consumer Tech, Social Media, Web 2.0, Mobility, Web DevelopmentTags: Mobile, Social Networking, iPhone, Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Developers, Apps, Facebook Connect, Farmville, Zynga, -
The South Park of Facebook News
16.04.2010 ‘Bob has found a lost cow trampling his cabbage patch’. ‘Mary earned a ribbon for her prize pumpkins’. I’ll bet I’m not the only one who has removed friends’ Facebook feeds... -
Is Facebook becoming the new Bebo? News
09.04.2010 Once it was pretty clear. Bebo was for the teens. Facebook was for the 20 or 30 somethings and LinkedIn was for the professional types. But now seems Facebook has inherited many...Categories: -
Check out the social gaming goldmine on your way to FarmVille News
04.03.2010 When social networking site Facebook assessed the most popular topic its 350 million users wrote about in their status updates in 2009, the answer was clear: farming.Categories: New Media