Users Sue Google, Facebook, Zynga Over Privacy
Last Updated on Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41 Written by External Post Saturday, 30 October 2010 12:41
Trailrunner7 writes “A raft of class action lawsuits filed in Federal court charge the globe’s biggest social networking firms with violating federal communications privacy laws, allowing advertisers to profit from personal information harvested from
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Facebook investor Mail.ru announces IPO pricing
Last Updated on Monday, 25 October 2010 08:00 Written by External Post Monday, 25 October 2010 08:00
Russia-based Mail.ru Group, a company that has invested in both Facebook and social-gaming company Zynga, has announced per-share pricing for its . According to the company, it plans to offer its shares for $23.70 to $27.70. At that price, Mail.ru will
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Facebook, chums splash cash at social network wannabes
Last Updated on Friday, 22 October 2010 03:40 Written by External Post Friday, 22 October 2010 03:40
Facebook, Zynga and Amazon.com formed a pact with venture capital outfit Kleiner Perkins and a brace of media outlets yesterday, in a $250m effort to fund social media startups. The group, which also includes Comcast, Liberty Media and investment bank
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Report: Google Pumps Money Into FarmVille Maker Zynga
Last Updated on Tuesday, 13 July 2010 12:00 Written by External Post Tuesday, 13 July 2010 12:00
Google is serious about getting a foothold in the games business. And according to one source, it’s betting big on the social space. Techcrunch reports that Google has invested at least $100 million in Farmville creator Zynga . Facebook games are
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Zynga Investment May Herald Google Games
Last Updated on Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:00 Written by External Post Sunday, 11 July 2010 06:00
A post at TechCrunch claims knowledge of large investments from Google into social game company Zynga, makers of FarmVille and Mafia Wars. The amount of money involved is not small somewhere in the $100-200 million range and could facilitate Google’s
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Yahoo Heads to FarmVille
Last Updated on Wednesday, 26 May 2010 11:20 Written by External Post Wednesday, 26 May 2010 11:20
Its investor day at Yahoo, so the Web portal is talking to Wall Street analysts, sharing company strategy and unveiling a bit of news: it just signed a partnership with the fast-growing gaming start-up Zynga to bring Zyngas popular social games to its
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Facebook, Zynga Sign Long-Term Virtual Currency Deal
Last Updated on Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:01 Written by External Post Wednesday, 19 May 2010 01:01
Despite recent rumors that Facebook and FarmVille developer Zynga were gearing up for a legal battle, the two announced yesterday that they have signed a five-year agreement over how virtual currency will be used. Quoting: ‘The source of the conflict …
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Facebook Mafiosi Go To the Mattresses Vs. Zynga
Last Updated on Thursday, 17 December 2009 07:00 Written by External Post Thursday, 17 December 2009 07:00
sympleko writes ‘Zynga has the lion’s share of traffic in Facebook applications, and Mafia Wars is one of their most popular social games. Collapsing under the weight of over 26 million users, Zynga has been scrambling to thwart hard-core gamers who
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