October 31, 2011 : Comments (4)
Google+ Updates Android App, Adds New Design And Other Features
Zynga
Lady Gaga Farm GagaVille Is Now Live In “FarmVille”
GagaVille, a new “FarmVille” farm which has been inspired by Lady Gaga's new album “Born This Way,” is now available from within the Zynga social game, and has been launched with the help of an entertaining YouTube video. As we previously reported, the new farm, which acts as a neighboring farm to your existing FarmVille plot, features exclusive access to... Read more » Lady Gaga Teams Up With Zynga To Promote New Album ‘Born This Way’ Through ‘FarmVille’
Pop superstar Lady Gaga has teamed up with social gaming company Zynga to promote her new album, “Born This Way.” The partnership will allow the singer's fans to interact with a Lady Gaga-inspired farm in Zynga's hit “FarmVille” game. The Lady Gaga farm – which will be launched on May 17 -- will be called GagaVille, and will feature items related to Gaga... Read more » National Trust Launches Live Action FarmVille, MyFarm
FarmVille, the Facebook game that helped pioneer the social gaming market, just got a whole lot more interesting. For those of you who weren't convinced when it came to raising fake livestock and crops that ultimately didn't feed the actual public, now is your chance to participate in the first ever live-action version of FarmVille, and it's just like their English... Read more »
Zynga Co-founder Andy Trader Files Lawsuit After Company Blocks Sale Of Stock
Former Zynga executive Andy Trader has filed a lawsuit against the company after they blocked his attempts to sell $12.8 million of his private Zynga shares to Alpha Investment, an Abu Dhabi firm. Last summer Trader, who left Zynga for undisclosed reasons, turned to SecondMarket, a company that helps people buy and sell shares of privately owned companies among... Read more »
Zynga Acquires Wonderland Software For First UK Office
Zynga, the social gaming giant who penned FarmVille, is expanding to the UK. Zynga announced on Wednesday that they acquired UK-based Wonderland Software, the makers of the hit iOS game GodFinger, and plan to turn the company into Zynga Mobile UK. Zynga wants to use this company to expand their involvement in the mobile gaming market. Wonderland Software was... Read more »
Frito-Lay Sets Guinness World Record For Most Fans On Facebook In 24-Hours
Move over Oreo and Lil Wayne! PepsiCo's Frito-Lay announced Thursday that their Facebook fans have helped the company set the Guinness World Record for "Most Fans on Facebook in 24 Hours." Frito-Lay's Facebook Page managed to amass 1,571,161 new Likes in just a 24-hour period on April 11. And now, to thank their fans, Frito-Lays is giving away 24,000 bags of... Read more »
John Schappert Leaves Electronic Arts for Zynga
John Schappert, the Chief Operating Officer of Electronic Arts, has left the renowned video game publishers for Zynga, the start-up behind the popular Facebook games FarmVille and CityVille. The video game veteran will join the company's senior management team as Chief Operating Officer working along side Chief Executive Mark Pincus, Executive Vice President Owen Van... Read more »
Lady Gaga In Talks With Zynga For Promotional Deal
Lady Gaga and Zynga are in talks about teaming up to promote the singer's new album "Born This Way" set to be released May 23, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal would expose Lady Gaga to Zynga's 250 million active users while piquing the interest of Lady Gaga's vast army of fans (9,482,285 on Twitter, alone) in Zynga games. Although, spokespeople for... Read more » Mutual Fund Company T. Rowe Price Invests $190.5M In Facebook, $72M in Zynga
T. Rowe Price, a mutual fund company based in Baltimore, says that it has invested $190.5 million in social networking giant Facebook. The investment equates to $25 per share for stock that has been distributed across 19 funds, according to The Wall Street Journal. It was not clear what value that investment, which was revealed in recent filings, puts on... Read more » 
