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Zynga insiders price new stock offering at $12

(AP) -- Online games company Zynga Inc. said Wednesday that CEO Mark Pincus and other insiders will sell some of their stake at $12 a share, slightly below Wednesday's closing price.

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created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga founder, other insiders to sell 43M shares

(AP) -- Zynga's CEO and other insiders at the online games company plan to sell 43 million shares of stock in a public offering that will boost the amount of stock available for general trading by 35 percent.

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created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Zynga adding more ways to play games as IPO looms

(AP) -- Zynga is adding more ways for people to play its Web games as it grooms its business for an initial public offering of stock.

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created Oct 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Half-million Germans addicted to Internet: official study

More than half a million Germans are addicted to the Internet including a full five percent of mid-teen girls, the government said Monday following an unprecedented study.

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created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Angry Birds lands in Chrome Web browser

Rovio's "Angry Birds" is landing on Chrome in the first version of the addictively popular smartphone and tablet game tailored for play on a computer Web browser.

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created May 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Disney buys Web game platform maker Rocket Pack

(AP) -- The Walt Disney Co. has acquired a Finnish company as part of its renewed focus on social and mobile games.

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created Mar 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Gestural hand-tracking interface being developed by MIT researchers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can ...

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created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

Nintendo, Google to release Wii 'web search' game

Japanese video game maker Nintendo said Wednesday it had jointly developed a Wii game with US Internet giant Google in which players compete to generate the most search engine results.

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created Apr 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

TV documentaries take leap into digital world

TV documentaries are fast forwarding into the digital future to tap new sources of revenue, offering interactive and "360" packages to audiences increasingly getting their television fix online.

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created Mar 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0