Struggling game maker Zynga has filed a lawsuit against Bang With Friends over its use of “with friends.” Under the rules of trademark law, the case looks like a longshot. Read more at GigaOM »
Social game maker Zynga surprised investors with news that it will give up plans to seek a license to offer gambling in the U.S.. According to one source, the plan may have been a longshot all along. Read more at GigaOM »
Casinos and social gaming sites have a lot riding on new laws and licenses that will turn on the taps to online gaming revenue. One company is set to finally open shop as soon as May — but its license strictly limits where it can operate and what it can play. Read more at GigaOM »
A social gaming site called Fanhood invites players to buy tokens and make sports wagers with their friends. While they may entertain sports fans, sites like this have little hope of being part of recent moves towards legal online gambling. Read more »
Nevada became the first state in the country this week to legalize online gambling — but don’t expect this to change the fortunes of companies like Zynga anytime soon. Read more at GigaOM »
DerbyJackpot combines the feel of casual social gaming with real life betting on horse tracks across the country. Thanks to a legal exception bets on horse-racing, the company is one of the few that can offer online gambling in the US. Read more at GigaOM »
Game-maker Zynga is on the ropes and some think online gambling will give it a means to survive. But given that it’s late to the game and the messy laws governing American gambling, Zynga may have to fold its cards instead. Read more at GigaOM »
Look out, below! Facebook stock marked the return from the long weekend by tumbling nearly ten percent to an afternoon low of $28.87. Read more at GigaOM »
American Express is teaming with Zynga on a reward program that will link offline spending on its Serve pre-paid cards to in-game rewards in Farmville. It’s an ambitious attempt at boosting the reach of AmEx’s Serve product and tying real-world spending to online virtual rewards. Read more at GigaOM »
When will the floodgates open? It feels like an eternity that the casino industry and makers of games like Zynga Poker have been waiting for states to flip a legal switch that will let them turn virtual gaming into real gambling. Read more »
Privacy is a bit like the weather — everyone talks about it but no one does a damn thing about it. Sure, it’s creepy that these companies track you and munch your personal information. But are you really going to ditch Facebook and every other online convenience of modern life? Read more »
Past one month has been interesting, to put it mildly. Facebook snapped up Instagram for $1 billion and Zynga lookout OMGPop for $200 million However, here are three key lessons (and takeaways) between these two deals and what they say about both these companies. Read more »
A new patent troll last week fired a shot at Facebook, Zynga and others with a lawsuit that claims rights to in-game payments — the process… Read more »
A new patent troll announced its arrival this week by suing companies like Facebook, Zynga and Playfish. Its weapon is a patent that it clai… Read more »
Much has been made of the mobile risks that Facebook laid out in its S-1 IPO filing earlier this week. Essentially, it’s seeing/pushing mass… Read more »
Facebook’s much-anticipated IPO looks to be coming ever-closer, with a new report out with further details of what we will see come Wednesda… Read more »
Now that it’s a public company, Zynga can start throwing more cash around. The online gaming company has recently acquired four small mobile… Read more »
This is the fifth in a series of posts this week that will highlight key people, companies and trends to watch in 2012 in the sectors we cov… Read more »
Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category acros… Read more »
The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having… Read more »
Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville, Words With Friends and other online games, is preparing to go public on Friday in what co… Read more »
Mobile ads today make up less than one percent of all money spent on media advertising, and a poll just out from Harris Interactive, commiss… Read more »
Facebook games maker Zynga plans to raise $1 billion (£630 million) in its initial public offering, valuing the fledgling internet firm at… Read more »
There may be hundreds of competitors out there, but Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) this week has confirmed itself as the biggest daily deals site of t… Read more »
Pushing regulatory rules has become de rigeur when American internet firms prepare to go public. The infamous Playboy interview with Larry P… Read more »
Zynga wants to be seeing as a gaming destination in its own right, but it’s not quite ready to explain how it intends to achieve independenc… Read more »
Not a new development, but further confirmation that there may be one on the horizon. China’s Alibaba, Russian investor Digital Sky Technolo… Read more »
Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) has been no stranger to the apps rush that has swept through the mobile world, and now there are signs that it is looking… Read more »
Pre-IPO Zynga continues to lure execs from competitors. The latest, paidContent has learned: Adam Sussman, who is leaving Disney (NYSE: DIS)… Read more »
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Wall Street analysts expect Google (NSDQ: GOOG) to deliver solid earnings results Thursday afternoon, but investors who have seen the compan… Read more »
Video game giant Electronic Arts (NSDQ: ERTS) is spending $750 million to acquire PopCap Games, the maker of Bejeweled and Plants vs. Zombie… Read more »
Fresh off its IPO, internet radio company Pandora (NYSE: P) touted its growing user-base and expanding partnerships during a meeting with an… Read more »
Facebook Credits today got another vote from the media industry as a currency for paid digital content: the BBC’s commercial arm, BBC Worldw… Read more »
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today:
– GetJar: Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) is antsy about GetJar’s use of “app store,” and GetJar l… Read more »
Venture capitalists poured $2.23 billion into hot social media companies in the second quarter of 2011, according to Wedbush Securities, up… Read more »
If the rankings you see of most popular apps — and the IPO filing from mobile and social gaming giant Zynga and Tapjoy’s recent $30 million… Read more »
Not all internet IPOs are created equal.
A decade after the dot-com crash, sky-high internet company valuations are prompting a heated argu… Read more »
