Zynga

Citi (NYSE: C) ThankYou Rewards, one of the world's largest loyalty programs, today announced it has expanded its rewards collection by introducing gift cards and exclusive virtual products from Zynga, the world's largest social game developer. Zynga is producing a line of exclusive items...

Zynga Inc. today announced it has acquired Texas-based mobile game development company Newtoy, Inc.. The Newtoy headquarters in McKinney, Texas will become The Zynga With Friends Studio, a new game studio that leverages the popular franchise and builds new games for the Zynga network. Terms of...

In an industry first, American Express (NYSE: AXP) and Zynga announced today that they have entered into a strategic relationship that allows customers to use Membership Rewards points from American Express to pay for limited edition virtual goods, as well as physical and virtual game cards for...

Today at the Web 2.0 Summit, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) unveiled a host of product and content offerings to deliver consumers a more personally relevant Web experience with new social and local features. Updates include Twitter and Zynga integrations across Yahoo!, the global rollout of Yahoo!...

Marc Andreessen, co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, was on CNBC today speaking about the invention of RockMelt, the growth of tech companies, and whether they should stay private or go public. “Many of the best new tech companies are staying private longer,” he said, adding...

Bloomberg is reporting that privately owned Facebook Inc. and Zynga Game Network Inc. have begun to charge fees of “at least $2,500" for each sale of the company's private shares. Legal experts say this is to discourage employees from putting equity in the hands of large numbers of outside owners...

The Wall Street Journal reported earlier today that Reid Hoffman, the co-founder of LinkedIn Corp. and Greylock Partner, has spun out a $20 million seed fund from Greylock's $575 million Discovery Fund. While not new money, the spin out will allow quicker decisions to be made regarding the seed...

Zynga today announced it has acquired Boston-based social games company Conduit Labs. Effective immediately, the Conduit Labs office will become Zynga Boston, a new game studio focused on new product development. Today's announcement expands Zynga's studio operations adding to locations already in...

"Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq: YHOO), today announced a partnership with Zynga that will integrate Zynga’s popular social games through Yahoo!’s global network. The partnership enables Zynga games to reach more than 600 million people worldwide across Yahoo!, giving them access to new and deeper ways to...