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Will Zynga's New Hire Exploit Gambling, Consumers, or Both?
Friday, August 31, 2012 - 12:58pm | 731Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has added a former online gambling exec to its team in an effort to advance its own real money gaming initiative. According to AllThingsD, Maytal Ginzburg was most recently the senior VP of regulated markets at 888 Holdings, a company that describes itself as "one of the world...
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Nokia Commands Windows Phone Market with 59% Dominance
Tuesday, August 21, 2012 - 9:22am | 569Read More...New data shows that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) dominates the worldwide Windows Phone segment with a 59 percent share of the market. According to The Next Web, HTC leads the United States market with a 36 percent share. This achievement is no small feat. Nokia's nearest competitor is Samsung, the same...
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Facebook Takes a Gamble on Real-World Gambling
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 1:34pm | 318Read More...Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) users who live in the United Kingdom can now wager real money -- and earn real cash prizes -- in the brand-new social gaming app, Bingo & Slots Friendzy. According to PCMag, the app was developed by Gamesys (the company behind Jackpotjoy.com) to be a U.K.-exclusive...
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Amazon Game Studios Will Ensure the Death of Zynga
Tuesday, August 7, 2012 - 11:28am | 684Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), the perpetually imperiled social game developer, received a new and unexpected competitor this week when Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) announced that it is getting into game design. The company's first title (developed by the online retailer's new game division, Amazon Game Studios)...
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Video Game Makers Expected to Post Losses
Monday, July 30, 2012 - 11:00am | 546Read More...In the wake of last week's disappointing earnings and slashed guidance from Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and wider-than expected net loss from Nintendo, other video game makers are scheduled to share their most recent quarterly results this week. Analysts on average expect to see net losses and declining...
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Facebook In-Line With Estimates, Investors Not Impressed
Thursday, July 26, 2012 - 4:51pm | 303Read More...Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) announced its second-quarter earnings today, reporting an EPS of $0.12, in-line with the $0.12 estimate. Revenues were $1.18 billion versus $1.15 billion, beating estimates by 2.6 percent. Facebook's positive (anticipated) results come at a time when the company is...
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Zynga Down Nearly 40%, Facebook Also Takes a Hit
Wednesday, July 25, 2012 - 4:49pm | 177Read More...Investors are abandoning Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) in after hours trading after the company missed earnings and guided lower than expected. The company, which has been struggling to maintain its success at developing simplistic, mainstream-friendly Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) games, was down as much as 40...
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Zynga Officially Unveils The Ville, Matching With Friends, Elite Slots, and a Partnership with Atari
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 3:00pm | 179Read More...Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) has officially announced its next game in the "With Friends" series: Matching With Friends. Available now on the App Store, Matching With Friends is a puzzle game where players can swap and match colored blocks to score points. Zynga also showed off the next game in its casino...
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Zynga Demonstrates Real-Time Multiplayer for Bubble Safari
Tuesday, June 26, 2012 - 2:18pm | 95Read More...During Zynga's (NASDAQ: ZNGA) webcast this afternoon, the company demonstrated the multiplayer functionality within the game Bubble Safari. Up to four players will be able to compete simultaneously -- in real-time -- through the Zynga With Friends network. The company said that Bubble Safari is...
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Zynga Drops 10%, Proving Lousy Games Suck (The Life Out of Investors)
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 - 12:13pm | 248Read More...Is Zynga taking Nintendo lessons? Or is Nintendo taking Zynga lessons? Whatever the case, both companies are taking a dive as investors abandon these game companies in favor of corporations with a brighter future. Nintendo (NTDOY) has seen continual declines since last Tuesday, at which point the...
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Laurent Desegur's Exit Does Not Confirm Zynga's Demise
Tuesday, May 29, 2012 - 3:15pm | 308Read More...There are plenty of reasons to doubt Zynga's future. This isn't one of them. As we speak, Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) is down more than 7%. While it's hard to say if the departure of Laurent Desegur -- Zynga's former Chief Technology Officer -- has anything to do with the stock's decline, the media is (...
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Barron's Recap (5/19/12): Dalio's World and the Einhorn Effect
Sunday, May 20, 2012 - 9:53am | 944Read More...This weekend in Barron's online: Hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio's thoughts on the troubles in Europe, the effect of comments made by David Einhorn, and the consequences of the Facebook IPO flop. Cover Story "Ray Dalio's World" by Sandra Ward. Ray Dalio, fabled hedge-fund manager, is the head of...
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Could Facebook Reach $200 in 12 Months?
Friday, May 18, 2012 - 12:27pm | 822Read More...Now that the long-awaited IPO is finally here, investor attention is turning toward the stock's rise or fall today and the record-breaking growth that may be in its future. Will Facebook soar to Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) level? Or is the company more of a Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) type of entity, one...
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Zynga Loses to 20-Year-Old Game
Thursday, May 10, 2012 - 12:15pm | 349Read More...You won't find this game down on the Farm(Ville). But 20 years ago, it was the king of action games and led to the birth of a new genre. Now it has come to Facebook. And with as little effort as possible, it's making everything Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) produces look like ToeJam & Earl. No,...
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Should You Buy Netflix and Zynga Before They Die?
Friday, May 4, 2012 - 9:28am | 841Read More...Is now the time to get out? Or is there a hidden play here that investors are missing? (Hat Tip to @CNBCMelloy) That depends on what you think of their business models. For all its mistakes in 2011, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is still the leader of video streaming. It is still the leader of DVD...
