Tagged: Zynga
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Social gambling could be a US$100bn industry by 2017 News
23.05.2012 Juniper Research estimates that mobile gambling could reach a global figure of US$100bn by 2017, driven by social gaming and the development of mobile wallets.Categories: Social Media, Research, Phones, Mobile, Games/Entertainment, Financial, eCommerce, Digital Business, Business Intelligence -
Spotify coming to Dublin would be music to internet industry's ears News
17.05.2012 Digital music player Spotify is understood to be considering Dublin as a potential location for an operations centre, sources say.Categories: Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Media, Investments, Games/Entertainment, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Zynga revenues climb 32pc to US$321m in Q1 News
27.04.2012 Revenues at social games developer Zynga reached US$321m for the first quarter of 2012, marking a 32pc increase compared to the same period last year and an increase of 3pc... -
Bill Liao advises investors on how to look after start-ups (video) News
20.04.2012 Internet entrepreneur and investor Bill Liao gave the second keynote at Angel MeetUp in Dublin this week, where he offered five nuggets of advice to angel investors when they're...Categories: Web, The Pitch, Sustainability, Software, Sales, Marketing, Investments, Internet, Education, Economy -
Financial results this week News
23.04.2012 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial, Financial Results -
Twitter scam hits Draw Something players News
29.03.2012 Draw Something, the popular gaming app played by 3,000 people per second, has been hit by a new scam on Twitter, where users are being told they have won a prize but in reality...Categories: Social Media, Security, Phones, Games/Entertainment, Digital Marketing, Consumer Tech, Apps -
Contact centre and outsourcing jobs fair to have 500 jobs on offer News
23.03.2012 The Contact Centre Management Association (CCMA) will host a free contact centre and outsourcing jobs fair next week, which will have more than 20 companies with more than 500... -
Deals done this past week News
26.03.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
Zynga acquires Draw Something maker OMGPOP News
22.03.2012 Social gaming company Zynga has acquired OMGPOP, the makers of popular app Draw Something, in a deal believed to be worth US$210m. -
The week in gadgets News
20.03.2012 A look at gadget happenings, as the next Samsung Galaxy S could have a quad core Exnyos chip, Zynga may acquire the maker of Draw Something and the BBC brings iPlayer to the...Categories: Games/Entertainment, Internet, Media, Mobile, Mobility, Multimedia, Phones, Web, Week in GadgetsTags: Week in gadgets, Facebook, Zynga, BBC iPlayer, BBC, Ice Cream Sandwich, Android, Samsung, Smartphone, -
Zynga’s online gaming platform is now live News
06.03.2012 The beta version of Zynga’s online gaming platform – Zynga.com – is now live after the social-gaming company announced the new service last week.Categories: Internet, Games/EntertainmentTags: API, Development, Social Media, Social Networking, Facebook, Online Gaming, Zynga, Gaming, Social Gaming -
The digital business week News
05.03.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.Categories: Social Media, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, eCommerce, Digital Media, Digital Business, Deals Done, Apps -
Zynga steps beyond Facebook with its own platform News
02.03.2012 Zynga is reducing its dependency on Facebook by launching its own gaming platform on Zynga.com which will host games from the social-gaming firm itself and third-party developers. -
The digital business week News
20.02.2012 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week. -
Zynga reports fourth-quarter net loss News
15.02.2012 While social games developer Zynga reaped quarterly revenues of US$311.2m, it also made a net loss of $435m for the quarter. The performance took full-year revenue to $1.1bn... -
Financial results this week News
13.02.2012 Some technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Facebook files papers for US$5bn IPO in May News
01.02.2012 In what will go down as the biggest IPO in tech history, social networking giant Facebook today filed for its flotation in May. In the filing, Facebook said it hoped to raise... -
Andreessen Horowitz raises US$1.5bn VC fund News
01.02.2012 Netscape co-founder Marc Andreessen and former Opsware chief executive Ben Horowitz have raised a new US$1.5bn venture capital (VC) fund via their VC firm Andreessen Horowitz as...Categories: Software, Social Media, R&D, IT Organisation, Investments, Internet, Intellectual Property, Global CIO, Economy, CIO -
Deals done this past week News
23.01.2012 An overview of the week in deals in the Irish and global technology sector. -
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.