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Zynga - AllFacebook http://allfacebook.com The Unofficial Facebook Blog - Facebook News, Facebook Marketing, Facebook Business, and More! Copyright 2013 Fri, 24 May 2013 11:46:38 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 What Others Are Predicting About Facebook’s 1Q Earnings Call

Facebook will announce Wednesday afternoon how well it did financially in the first quarter of this fiscal year. The company has been aggressive about rolling out ad products, and it deepened its relationship with firms such as Datalogix to give advertisers better purchasing data. Let’s take a look at what others think ahead of Wednesday’s earnings call.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/what-others-are-predicting-about-facebooks-1q-earnings-call_b116306#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/what-others-are-predicting-about-facebooks-1q-earnings-call_b116306 http://allfacebook.com/?p=116306 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:27:59 +0000 UPDATED: Why Are Developers Planning Away From Facebook?

Zynga isn’t the only developer trying to be more independent from Facebook. Others are following suit, looking elsewhere to gain popularity. How did Facebook fall out of favor so quickly? Silicon Valley blogger and entrepreneur Andrew Chen examined why developers are souring on Facebook — offering lack of virality, the cost of doing business, and the finite nature of News Feed as reasons. Facebook’s Doug Purdy defended his company’s platform.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/why-are-developers-planning-away-from-facebook_b115777#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/why-are-developers-planning-away-from-facebook_b115777 http://allfacebook.com/?p=115777 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 16:54:14 +0000 Zynga Will No Longer Require Login With Facebook

Game developer Zynga and Facebook, once virtually intertwined, continue to drift further apart from each other, as Zynga announced in a post on its blog that while login with Facebook will still be an option for game players, it will no longer be a requirement starting next week.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/zynga-no-login-with-facebook_b113589#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/zynga-no-login-with-facebook_b113589 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113589 Thu, 21 Mar 2013 18:22:46 +0000 SEC Nails Florida Finance Manager With Fraud Charges For Not Delivering Pre-IPO Facebook Shares

Craig Berkman, a finance manager in Florida and former Oregon gubernatorial candidate, was hit with fraud charges by the Securities and Exchange Commission’s enforcement division over what regulators called a Ponzi-like scheme that promised but never delivered pre-initial public offering shares of Facebook and other companies.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/sec-craig-berkman_b113321#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/sec-craig-berkman_b113321 http://allfacebook.com/?p=113321 Tue, 19 Mar 2013 17:35:28 +0000 Sheryl Sandberg, Peter Thiel, Mail.ru Group Involved In Notable Facebook Stock Transactions

Facebook shares were involved in some large transactions in recent days, with moves by Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, board member Peter Thiel, and Russian Internet company Mail.ru Group making the news.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/sheryl-sandberg-peter-thiel-mail-ru-group-stock-transactions_b111571#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/sheryl-sandberg-peter-thiel-mail-ru-group-stock-transactions_b111571 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111571 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 11:16:59 +0000 Zynga Shutting Baltimore Studio, Consolidating In Texas, NYC

The cutbacks continue at struggling game developer Zynga, as Chief Operations Officer David Ko announced in a post on the company’s blog that it will close its studio in Baltimore and consolidate its offices in Texas and New York.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/zynga-shutting-baltimore-consolidating-texas-nyc_b111479#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/zynga-shutting-baltimore-consolidating-texas-nyc_b111479 http://allfacebook.com/?p=111479 Mon, 25 Feb 2013 14:15:15 +0000 Brands On Facebook Connect With Fans Through Social Good

Brands love to connect with Facebook friends in a variety of ways — through discounts, conversation, applications, and crowdsourcing, among others. But some brands are finding that the social good is also an effective way of building relationships with their fans. Social Reality, which creates apps for several Fortune 500 companies, talked with AllFacebook about how brands have built awareness by working with those who have liked the page for charitable causes.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-social-good-social-reality_b110922#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-social-good-social-reality_b110922 http://allfacebook.com/?p=110922 Fri, 15 Feb 2013 15:18:51 +0000 INFOGRAPHIC: Love Makes Words With Friends Players Do Strange Things What better way to say, “Happy Valentine’s Day,” to your significant other than to drop a 90-point bomb of a word on them while playing Words with Friends? That was one of the findings of a Valentine’s Day poll by game developer Zynga.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/infographic-zynga-with-friends-valentines-day_b110803#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/infographic-zynga-with-friends-valentines-day_b110803 http://allfacebook.com/?p=110803 Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:40:59 +0000 Facebook’s Mobile Strategy: Create Experiences That Can’t Be Done On Desktop

As Facebook pushes more and more to become a mobile-focused company, it wants to create experiences that simply cannot occur on laptop or desktop computers. Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings call that Facebook is working on mobile-first programs. Vice President of Partnerships Dan Rose, elaborated on the social network’s mobile mission at AllThingsD’s D: Dive Into Media Conference Tuesday, saying that Facebook sends 180 million clicks per month to the Apple App Store and Google Play.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/facebook-dan-rose-dive-into-media-mobile_b110587#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/facebook-dan-rose-dive-into-media-mobile_b110587 http://allfacebook.com/?p=110587 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 13:48:14 +0000 Debt Collectors Posing As Bikini-Clad Models On Facebook

If you’re running behind on your bills and suddenly find a friend request on Facebook from an attractive woman in a bikini whom you’ve never met before, think twice before accepting the add. As Bloomberg reported Thursday, debt collectors are taking on fake personas on Facebook to reach users who owe money.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/debt-collectors-facebook_b109232#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/debt-collectors-facebook_b109232 http://allfacebook.com/?p=109232 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 14:03:32 +0000 INFOGRAPHIC: Zynga Harvests FarmVille 2 Facts Game developer Zynga shared some fascinating facts about its FarmVille 2 offering in the infographic below, adding that by the time readers finish this post, about 200,000 crops will have been planted.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/farmville-2-infographic_b107913#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/farmville-2-infographic_b107913 http://allfacebook.com/?p=107913 Fri, 04 Jan 2013 13:00:15 +0000 INFOGRAPHIC: The Year In Facebook And Social Games 2012 was a big year for games on Facebook, as hits such as Angry Birds, SongPop, and Dragon City were played by millions of users all over the world. Rebel Entertainment (makers of Dungeon Rampage) put together an infographic showing how social games left their mark last year.

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]]> Justin Lafferty http://allfacebook.com/infographic-the-year-in-facebook-and-social-games_b107869#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/infographic-the-year-in-facebook-and-social-games_b107869 http://allfacebook.com/?p=107869 Thu, 03 Jan 2013 18:37:03 +0000 Zynga Shuttering Japanese Operations

The struggles continue for game developer Zynga, as the company confirmed that it will shutter its operations in Japan, just two months after laying off more than 100 employees in Austin and closing its Boston studio.

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/zynga-shuttering-japanese-operations_b107332#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/zynga-shuttering-japanese-operations_b107332 http://allfacebook.com/?p=107332 Fri, 21 Dec 2012 11:07:12 +0000 Facebook Part Of Amicus Brief Against Patents For Abstract Ideas

Facebook and seven other companies filed an amicus brief with the U.S. State Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit Friday, contending that patents should not be awarded simply for combining abstract ideas with phrases such as “on a computer” or “over the Internet.”

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]]> David Cohen http://allfacebook.com/amicus-brief-no-patents-abstract-ideas_b106373#disqus_thread http://allfacebook.com/amicus-brief-no-patents-abstract-ideas_b106373 http://allfacebook.com/?p=106373 Mon, 10 Dec 2012 11:38:47 +0000 SongPop Tops Facebook’s List Of Top 25 Social Games Of 2012

After capturing the attention of Facebook Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, SongPop from FreshPlanet also captured the top spot on Facebook’s list of the 25 top-rated social games of 2012.

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