18 Oct
Zynga co-founder Justin Waldron has announced on his Facebook page that he is leaving the company. Waldron was one of the first developers to create a Facebook application, which got him noticed by Zynga co-founders Mark Pincus and Eric Schiermeyer. Waldron was lead engineer on Zynga’s first game Texas Hold’Em Poker (now called Zynga Poker). […]
Already working deals with 7-Eleven and Facebook, social games maker Zynga has announced yet another major deal, this time with Yahoo! and its global network of sites. Users of Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! Messenger, Yahoo! Games and others will be able to play Zynga games and update their respective gamer data, extending the reach of the […]
If you have ever played Mafia Wars or Farmville on Facebook, you have seen the fruits of Zynga’s efforts. The world’s largest social games company has just received a mountainous investment from Digital Sky Technologies, Eastern Europe’s largest internet investor. DST has made an offer to purchase approximately $180 million worth of Zynga’s securities, making […]