Zynga Inc.

Chris DeWolfe's SGN gaming company acquires Mob Science

2013-06-13 06:00:00

SGN, the social gaming company led by Myspace co-founder Chris DeWolfe, has acquired Carlsbad-based game developer Mob Science, the shop behind “Legends: Rise of a Hero,” �the company said Thursday. The deal will add Mob Science’s 11...

Environmental activists to crash Facebook's shareholder meeting

2013-06-10 12:42:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Facebook is the latest Silicon Valley company to bar the media from attending its annual meeting. Google and Zynga also decided to keep out the media this year. Instead, Facebook suggests the media watch a live webcast�of its first...

California Film Commission sees big jump in tax credit applications

2013-06-03 17:14:00

The California Film Commission saw a nearly 20% jump in the number applications for its annual film tax credit lottery. The Film Commission said 380 projects had applied for a piece of the $100 million the state allocates annually for film and...

Zynga to cut 18% of workforce

2013-06-03 13:20:00

Social video game company Zynga Inc. on Monday said it will cut 18% of its staff, or about 520 employees. The struggling maker of games such as "FarmVille" and "Words With Friends" is making the cuts as part of an effort to reduce costs by $70 million...

Nasdaq settles Facebook IPO debacle with SEC

2013-05-30 00:00:00

NEW YORK — Nasdaq OMX Group will pay $10 million for botching Facebook's initial public stock offering last year, a debacle that shook investors' confidence in Wall Street. Nasdaq's penalty would be the biggest ever paid by an exchange, said the...

Nasdaq to pay $10 million for botching Facebook IPO

2013-05-29 09:44:00

NEW YORK -- The Nasdaq OMX Group will pay $10 million for botching Facebook's initial public offering last year, a debacle that shook investors' confidence in Wall Street. Nasdaq's penalty would be the biggest ever paid by an exchange, said the U.S....

‘Candy Crush Saga’ gives addicted mobile-game players a sugar rush

2013-05-25 09:02:28

California Senate approves protections for minors on Internet

2013-05-02 12:44:00

Despite opposition from Internet firms including Facebook and Google, the California Senate on Thursday approved legislation that would require social networking sites to remove identifying information about teens and younger children from their pages...

California state Senate OKs social network, drug bills

2013-05-02 22:46:00

SACRAMENTO — Social network sites such as Facebook would be required to remove personal information about minors when asked to do so by their parents under a measure approved by state senators Thursday. Separately, the lawmakers voted to allow...

Mark Zuckerberg's foray into politics is delayed by leaked memo

2013-04-09 06:00:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- In Silicon Valley, start-ups launch in beta all the time and work out the kinks as they go. Apparently that approach doesn't work as well in Washington. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's new political advocacy start-up hasn't even...

Nick D'Aloisio, 17, suddenly rich, famous after Yahoo buys Summly

2013-03-25 13:45:00

SAN FRANCISCO -- Meet Nick D'Aloisio, the 17-year-old British entrepreneur sensation who just sold his popular news-reading app to Yahoo Inc. for close to $30 million, instantly becoming one of the world's youngest self-made technology millionaires. It'...

Snoop Dogg was gangsta; Snoop Lion is Rasta

2013-03-16 07:30:00

Snoop Dogg had come to Burbank to let loose the lion. Engulfed by a haze of marijuana smoke thick as London fog in a hotel suite high above the so-called Media Capital of the World, the gangsta rap superstar surrendered himself to a hairdresser's...

Mark Pincus, chief executive of Zynga Inc., which on Monday said it is cutting 520 jobs.

2013-06-03 13:02:28

Visitors to Zynga's headquarters in San Francisco are greeted by a receptionist behind this playful front desk. The company has seen several executives depart recently.

2012-09-10 15:06:45

Zynga's playful reception desk at its headquarters in San Francisco.

2012-08-30 16:31:04