News tagged with networking games

Mobile Internet to shine despite dim Facebook IPO

Silicon Valley stars on Wednesday argued that the mobile-focused Internet startups will shine despite the dim stock market debut by leading social network Facebook.

Technology / Business

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Facebook may be economic, jobs driver

Out of thin air, Facebook is evolving into a global driver of jobs and economic growth.

Technology / Business

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Nintendo posts first annual loss

Japanese videogame giant Nintendo on Thursday posted its first annual loss since becoming a public company, blaming a soaring yen and price cuts on its consoles for sinking it $530 million into the red.

Technology / Business

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Game of go: A complex network

Could computers ever beat the best go players? Although unthinkable at this stage, this could soon become possible, thanks to CNRS theorists. For the first time, two scientists from the Theoretical Physics ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (10) | comments 31

Ubisoft wacky 'Rabbids' hop onto Apple gadgets

French videogame star Ubisoft on Thursday unleashed enchantingly wacky "Rabbids" characters on Apple's coveted iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch devices.

Technology / Software

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Sex offenders booted from videogame playgrounds

New York State's top prosecutor on Thursday announced that thousands of sex offenders have been kicked out of online playgrounds popular with young videogame lovers.

Technology / Internet

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Faster smartphones spark race for ways out of data crunch

Lighter, faster and even smarter smartphones will premiere at the world's biggest mobile fair next week, sparking a race for ways to prevent network overload from rendering the phones "dumb".

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 5

Yelp looking for $12 to $14 per share in IPO

(AP) -- Online review service Yelp rated its own business Thursday, setting an IPO target of $12 to $14 per share that could value the 7-year-old company as high as $840 million.

Technology / Business

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Hundreds of gamers flock to Brazil tech fest

Hundreds of geeks and gamers braved Sao Paulo's torrid heat Tuesday to play online video games at the fifth edition of Brazil's Campus Party, an annual, week-long technology fest.

Technology / Software

created Feb 08, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

NASA launching multi-player game on Facebook

NASA is seeking friends for a new game the US space agency launched on Facebook.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sony Vita will debut in US with film-music services

Sony said that its PlayStation Vita handheld entertainment gadgets will debut in the US market on February 22 with access to popular streaming film and television service Netflix.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

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Zynga plans to raise up to $1.15B in IPO

(AP) -- Online game maker Zynga says it plans to raise up to $1.15 billion in an initial public offering of 115 million shares in the latest in a spate of Internet IPOs

Technology / Business

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Game giant Zynga on track for December IPO: report

Online games giant Zynga is on track for a stock market debut in mid-December, the New York Times reported Wednesday.

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Groupon shares soar after $700 million IPO

Groupon shares soared on Wall Street on Friday after the online daily deals sensation raised $700 million in the biggest initial public offering by an Internet company since Google.

Technology / Business

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

NFL Sunday Ticket is big draw for DirecTV in 3Q

(AP) -- DirecTV Group Inc., the country's largest satellite TV broadcaster, raked in more subscribers than ever in the third quarter, helped by the NFL Sunday Ticket.

Technology / Business

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0