Posts Tagged ‘ zynga ’

Approaching IPO Day, Zynga Now Has The Top Five Games On Facebook

Approaching IPO Day, Zynga Now Has The Top Five Games On Facebook

This is a big week for Zynga, as the gaming giant readies for its debut on the public markets at the end of the week. The company’s offering is expected to price this week and will raise around $1 billion in the IPO. Interestingly, Zynga passed a pretty major milestone this week, according...

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ShrekVille? Zynga Adds DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg To Board

ShrekVille? Zynga Adds DreamWorks Animation Chief Jeffrey Katzenberg To Board

Zynga is bringing in a bit of Hollywood to its board today with the addition of DreamWorks Animation chief Jeffrey Katzenberg to its board of directors. Katzenberg will be joining Zynga EVP of Business Owen Van Natta, LinkedIn Founder and Chairman Reid Hoffman , Kleiner Perkins Partner Bing Gordon , Foundry Group Managing...

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Zynga Hacker Gets Two Years In Prison

A hacker from Devon, England was sentenced to two years in prison for hacking social gaming company Zynga and stealing virtual gaming chips.

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Why Women Rule The Internet

Why Women Rule The Internet

Editor’s note :  This guest post is written by Aileen Lee , Partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers.  Aileen focuses on investing in early stage consumer internet ventures and previously  worked at Gap, Odwalla, The Northface and Morgan Stanley.  She was also founding CEO of KP-backed RMG Networks .  Full disclosure: some...

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San Francisco Controller Publishes Candid Report On How Badly They Need Twitter

San Francisco Controller Publishes Candid Report On How Badly They Need Twitter

San Francisco Supervisor John Avalos hates the idea of businesses not paying a 1.5% tax on payroll and employee stock option gains (see his brilliantly stupid quote here ). The fact that San Francisco is the only city in California to charge a payroll tax at all doesn’t seem to matter to him....

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