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• Zynga To Remove All In Game Offers

  
  celestialrocKs.com — Authority: 138
  Last week Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that they would take steps to remove scammy advertising offers from their social games. There have been a couple of missteps since then, and Facebook responded by taking Zynga’s newest game, FishVille, offline.Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry. And ...
  7 hours ago

• Café World Economics: Updated Tables

  
  Psychohistory — Authority: 106
  I really haven’t had enough time to write the second post I had been planning on Buzz measurements and the profitability by unit time of different dishes.  So, instead, this week I’m posting updated tables for some of the new dishes that Zynga has rolled out.  (Still looking for an accurate breakdown of CP for ...
  7 hours ago

• Zynga To Remove All In Game Offers

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 899
  Last week Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that they would take steps to remove scammy advertising offers from their social games. There have been a couple of missteps since then, and Facebook responded by taking Zynga’s newest game, FishVille, offline . Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the ...
  17 hours ago

• Zynga To Remove All In Game Offers

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 163
  Last week Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said that they would take steps to remove scammy advertising offers from their social games. There have been a couple of missteps since then, and Facebook responded by taking Zynga’s newest game, FishVille, offline . Zynga insists they are serious about cleaning up the industry.
  18 hours ago

• The Role of Ego, Competition, Badges & Statistics on the Web

  
  RyanSpoon.com — Authority: 470
  Over the last three nights and dinners, the same debate has arose among three separate groups of friends: the role of competition within the the web and user behaviors. My strong feeling is that, other than pure content digestion (like reading the New York Times), the web is driven by ego. Ego does not necessarily ...
  18 hours ago

• Farmville Economics: Cranberries, Pattypan Squash, Acorn Squash

  
  Psychohistory — Authority: 106
  Zynga launched several new crops this week: Cranberries, Pattypan Squash, and Acorn Squash, so I thought I’d update my tables for active players out there. So yes, this is Yet Another Farmville Post (YAFP). For quick reference, here are the links to my first seven Farmville posts: The Personal Economics of ...
  19 hours ago

• “Horrible Things” Slink Back Into Zynga

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 899
  Just five days ago Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said mobile subscriptions, among other scammy offers, would be removed from Zynga’s popular Facebook and MySpace games. “We have also removed all mobile ads until we see any that offer clear user value,” he said. So we were surprised yesterday to see a screen shot ...
  1 day ago

• “Horrible Things” Slink Back Into Zynga

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 163
  Just five days ago Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said mobile subscriptions, among other scammy offers, would be removed from Zynga’s popular Facebook and MySpace games. “We have also removed all mobile ads until we see any that offer clear user value,” he said.
  1 day ago

• Area 51 Lands In Farmville

  
  MissTheda.com — Authority: 148
  Crop circles have landed in Farmville but I’m not getting any for my farm. I sold all my Halloween gifts too. I don’t want to clutter my farm with decorations. Farmville should allow storage in Tool Sheds in the same way the Dairy houses 20 cows then I might be tempted to add Christmas lights to celebrate the ...
  1 day ago

• A tree house for my Birthday!

  
  Fada Moranga — Authority: 106
  Hello! Yes, it’s me, Fada Moranga, and this is how I look in YoVille . Come celebrate this special day at my wonderful tree house! I have been decorating it just in time for my birthday  (I also went to the hair salon) Meet my kitty MaryPaula and my little dog Beefy Click and join the ...
  2 days ago

• Zynga’s FishVille Goes Live On Facebook

  
  WebGuild — Authority: 166
  Less than a month we wrote that Facebook had just trademarked FishVille. Weeks later the company is officially launching FishVille. Happy Aquarium, the application which FishVille is based on, is now the 5th largest application on the Facebook Platform. Given Happy Aquarium’s presence, I’Less than a month we ...
  2 days ago

• Zynga’s FishVille Goes Live On Facebook

  
  All Facebook — Authority: 674
  Less than a month we wrote that Facebook had just trademarked FishVille . Weeks later the company is officially launching FishVille . Happy Aquarium, the application which FishVille is based on, is now the 5th largest application on the Facebook Platform. Given Happy Aquarium’s presence, I’d expect to see ...
  2 days ago

• FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille

  
  Mashable! — Authority: 886
  We were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille , the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic derivative of the wildly popular social game might be in the works. And indeed ...
  2 days ago

• FishVille Launches on Facebook; It’s Like Underwater FarmVille

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 163
  We were sort of surprised to discover how many of you proclaim your love for FarmVille , the social farming sim game from Zynga. We reported that the company had trademarked the name FishVille last month, and speculated that an aquatic derivative of the wildly popular social game might be in the works. And indeed it ...
  2 days ago

• 5 Must-Have iPhone Apps for Wine Lovers

  
  Technology Pundit — Authority: 163
  Megan Berry is an evangelist for Mobclix , the industry’s largest mobile ad exchange, working on social media and marketing. She also blogs at The Huffington Post and the Mobclix blog . You can follow her on Twitter as @meganberry , or through the @Mobclix handle
  2 days ago

• "No credit card needed to receive FarmCash within minutes."

  
  MetaFilter — Authority: 738
  "I funded the company myself but I did every horrible thing in the book to, just to get revenues right away." So said Mark Pincus, CEO and founder of Zynga , the company behind social games like Mafia Wars and Farmville. Its the latest revelation in a week-long bit of drama between TechCrunch and the companies ...
  2 days ago

• Zynga CEO Mark Pincus: “I Did Every Horrible Thing In The Book Just To Get Revenues”

  
  TechCrunch — Authority: 899
  Zynga CEO Mark Pincus said earlier this week that he intends to make sure his company’s games don’t include scammy offers in the future. Our full background on this story is here . But what he didn’t say in that blog post is that Zynga has been scamming users from the beginning quite intentionally as part ...
  3 days ago

• More Crops Introduced in Farmville: Cranberries and Squash

  
  Unigamesity — Authority: 138
  I wasn’t expecting any new Farmville content following the recent introduction of the Alien items, but Zynga surprised us all once more and just announced that there are three new crop types available for virtual farmers to grow on their farm: cranberries and two types of squash.The cranberries cost 55 coins and can ...
  3 days ago

• Who Would’ve Thought, Facebook Games Are a Scam

  
  Negative Gamer — Authority: 439
  In a post I did a little while ago, I talked about Facebook gaming and how it may have some potential, if it moves on from bite-sized experiences, and maybe got something a bit more complete. Nice and addictive, not really for everyone, however Farmville is probably one of the most played games ever. Well, ...
  3 days ago

• When You Play a ‘Game’ On FACEBOOK the Terrorists WIN

  
  Dog and Pony Show — Authority: 138
  It’s time for some serious DAPS investigative reporting!! Which basically means I read it on the Internet somewhere and I want to tell you about it. My very good friends over at techcrunch.com have gotten to the bottom of a seedy story of epic proportions involving Facebook and games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. ...
  3 days ago

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