October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
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DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg Joins Zynga’s Board Of Directors
Social gaming network Zynga has added a powerful Hollywood player to its board of directors in the form of DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc. CEO and DreamWorks Pictures co-founder Jeffrey Katzenberg. The company now has 6 directors on its board: Katzenberg, Zynga founder and CEO Mark Pincus, COO Owen Van Natta, LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman, investor Brad Feld and... Read more »
Lady Gaga Donates $1.5M To Zynga’s Japan Disaster Relief Campaign
Lady Gaga has donated $1.5 million to social game network Zynga's Japan earthquake and tsunami relief campaign, through sales of her Japan Prayer Bracelets. The singer's donation follows on the heels of Zynga players raising more than $3 million through purchases of virtual goods for Save the Children, American Red Cross and other causes helping aiding in the... Read more » Shocking YouTube Video Shows First-person View Of Japanese Tsunami
Few people want to be near the beach with a tsunami surging towards the mainland. We just came across an amazing YouTube video that shows the terrifying impact of the earthquake-generated tsunami on March 11 on one Japanese beach. The footage of the disaster is terrifying and is a testament to the bravery of the camera operator. The video shows the impending... Read more »
Hacker Jailed Over $12M Zynga Scam
A hacker who broke into the mainframe of social gaming company Zynga and stole virtual currency (or chips) said to be worth $12 million has been jailed for 2 years. Ashley Mitchell stole the user identites of two Zynga employees and used them to transfer 400 billion chips to himself. Mitchell, of Paignton, Devon, England, then sold the chips to other players... Read more »
Zynga Acquires Boston-Based Game Developer Floodgate Entertainment
Social gaming company Zynga has added to its roster of talented employees after acquiring Boston-based independent game developer Floodgate Entertainment. The employees of Floodgate will be rolled into Zynga's Boston team, with founder Paul Neurath becoming Creative Director of Zynga Boston. Neurath has more than two decades of experience in game development,... Read more » Zynga To Sow More Seeds Of Success With English Countryside Update For “FarmVille”
“FarmVille” has proven to be an extraordinary success for social game company Zynga. It is one of the most successful games ever, and while it has fallen behind stablemate “CityVille” in the popularity stakes, it still has 14 million active daily users on Facebook alone with even more players on its mobile apps. Not keen to rest on its laurels, Zynga has... Read more »
Zynga Goes Even More Social, Launches RewardVille
Social gaming company Zynga is set to reward its more than 250 million active monthly players with more ways to enjoy the firm's games with the launch of RewardVille. Players can use the new service to build their Zynga network status, earn more points and coins and claim new, limited-edition virtual goods for their farms, cities or cafés. The cross-game rewards... Read more »
Zynga Looks To Raise $2M For Japanese Earthquake Relief Fund
Zynga is making an early move to help out with the relief effort in Japan following the 8.9-magnitude earthquake the country suffered on Friday. The social gaming company has enabled users to donate to the fund by giving an online contribution or making an in-game donation. Mark Pincu, the CEO and co-founder of Zynga, made his first tweet since early December to... Read more »
Zynga To Double Staff In India
Social gaming company Zynga is set to open a game development studio in India and aims to double its staff in the country by the end of this year. Zynga Studio I, as the development studio will be called, will be based in the company's office in Bangalore and will be its largest office outside of the U.S, according to Reuters. The company already has 100 employees... Read more »
