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Update: Facebook Has A Mobile Card Up Its Sleeve In Addition To Advertising

Much has been made of the mobile risks that Facebook laid out in its S-1 IPO filing earlier this week. Essentially, it’s seeing/pushing massive growth in mobile, but it still hasn’t tried out advertising, its most effective route to revenues, on this platform. That’s not to say it won’t. But meanwhile, there is another area...

Updated: Zynga Confirms Recent Purchases Of Six Mobile Gaming Companies

Now that it’s a public company, Zynga can start throwing more cash around. The online gaming company has recently acquired four small mobile gaming companies, according to a report, as it tries to build a line of business that isn’t completely dependent on Facebook.

Why Are Free Games More Popular On iPhones Than On Android Devices?

Some research out from Xyologic today on app store download trends in 2011 indicates that while games have remained a popular category across both Apple’s App Store for free apps and the Android Market, they appear far more popular on with iPhone users than they are with Android users when looking at the top downloads...

Daily Must Reads, Dec. 19, 2011

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Nathan Gibbs


1. Joshua Kopstein: Dear Congress, it's no longer OK to not know how the Internet works (Motherboard)

2. Schools explore rules to limit how teachers and students interact online (New York Times)

3. Demonstration of touchless control of smartphones...

Game On Or Game Over? Zynga Opens Above IPO Price But Then Drops

The long-awaited IPO of social games giant Zynga has finally arrived, but those hoping for quick, early flips of the stock may end up having their bubble burst today: its shares opened above its initial offer price range, before quickly dipping down again.

Daily Must Reads, Dec. 16, 2011

The best stories across the web on media and technology, curated by Nathan Gibbs


1. SAY Media acquires tech blog ReadWriteWeb (Tech Crunch)

2. Video ads with special effects are more successful (paidContent)

3. Viewers increasingly watch streaming video on game consoles (Los Angeles Times)

4. Zynga IPO could challenge Google's high score (paidContent)

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Zynga IPO Could Challenge Google’s High Score

Zynga, the social gaming company behind Farmville, Words With Friends and other online games, is preparing to go public on Friday in what could be the biggest initial public offering of a tech firm since Google’s debut.

Pontiflex/Harris Survey: Incentive And Video Ads Turn Off Mobile Users

Mobile ads today make up less than one percent of all money spent on media advertising, and a poll just out from Harris Interactive, commissioned by Pontiflex, could go some way to explain why at least some mobile formats are not inspiring much...

Mediatwits #27: Groupon IPO Mania; Nook Tablet Takes on Kindle

Welcome to the 27th episode of "The Mediatwits," the weekly audio podcast from MediaShift. The co-hosts are MediaShift's Mark Glaser and entrepreneur Rafat Ali. This week we look deeper at the Groupon IPO, which briefly valued the daily ...

Daily Must Reads, Nov. 7, 2011

The best stories across the web on media and technology

1. Researchers release "socialbots" on Facebook to collect user data for security study (CNET News)

2. All the Groupon IPO really proves is that the bubble is back (GigaOM)

3. Investing in selling nothing: Zynga's march to an IPO (NPR)

4. Disney partners with YouTube on new video series (New...

Updated: The Deal Is On! Groupon Gets $700 Million IPO, Stock Up 31 Percent

There may be hundreds of competitors out there, but Groupon (NSDQ: GRPN) this week has confirmed itself as the biggest daily deals site of them all, not just in terms of users but value, as it raised $700 million in its IPO—the biggest in tech since Google (NSDQ: GOOG)—valuing the company...

Zynga Aims For ‘Hypergrowth’ As IPO Nears

Pushing regulatory rules has become de rigeur when American internet firms prepare to go public. The infamous Playboy interview with Larry Page and Sergey Brin published during the “quiet period” before Google’s 2004 flotation, and more recently Groupon’s leaked memo spring to mind.It should be no surprise,...