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Zynga calls EA lawsuit 'baseless,' countersues
Zynga Inc. has fired back at Electronic Arts Inc., calling EA's copyright infringement lawsuit against it "baseless" and filing a countersuit alleging that the video game giant for prevented its employees from leaving to work for Zynga. “Today we...
Tags: Gaming, Gaming Industry, Justice System, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Entertainment
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Phelps, Maryland's Olympians welcomed home
Arriving aboard the Pride of Baltimore II and hailed by a cannon blast from the Constellation, Michael Phelps and Maryland's other Olympic athletes were celebrated in true local style Monday afternoon by elected officials and an Inner Harbor crowd. "I...
Tags: Tide Point Waterfront Park, David Banks, Swimming, Suzanne Stettinius, Politics
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Virtual sports betting comes to Facebook
As president of a company that just came out with a game on Facebook called "Sports Casino," Matthew Cullen is surprisingly OK with the prospect that the U.S. is not likely to see legalized online gambling anytime soon. Cullen's company, RocketPlay does,...
Tags: Consumer Goods Industries, College Baseball, Social Media, Lifestyle and Leisure, Economy, Business and Finance
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Zynga exec joins National 4-H Council Board of Trustees
CHEVY CHASE, MD - National 4-H Council is pleased to announce the newest addition to the Board of Trustees, Colleen McCreary. McCreary currently serves as Chief People Officer at Zynga Inc., where she grew the company from 130 employees to 3,000 in...Tags: Science and Technology, Gaming Industry, Chase (tv program), Electronics, Columbia University
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Other Voices
Republicans are frantically trying to get U.S. Rep. Todd Akin to drop out of the Senate race in Missouri after his remark about abortion and rape, but not because it was offensive and ignorant. They're afraid he might lose and cost them a chance at a...Tags: Social Issues, Ethanol, Renewable Energy, Republican Party, Barack Obama
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Facebook to Zynga: Social games are growing, not shrinking
The tiff between the world's largest social network and the company behind the "FarmVille" social game escalated this week. Facebook on Tuesday shot back at Zynga, saying the number of people playing games on the social network on a monthly basis grew...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Social Media, Economy, Business and Finance, Companies and Corporations, Media Industry
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Kixeye thrives on Facebook where others flail
Kixeye, a social game developer in San Francisco, doesn't attract much attention -- and that perhaps provides a clue to how the company has managed to flourish on Facebook while others have wiped out or stalled. Kixeye has little more than 5.3 million...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Marketing, Social Media, Economy, Business and Finance, Media Industry
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Facebook's first earnings report matches expectations; shares plunge
Facebook's first-ever earnings came in on target Thursday, with revenue of $1.18 billion on profit of 12 cents a share. Facebook posted a second-quarter loss of $157 million, or 8 cents a share. But on an adjusted basis, after accounting for restricted...
Tags: Mark Zuckerberg, Earnings, Social Media, Thomson Corporation, Media Industry
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EA files copyright infringement suit against Zynga
Electronic Arts has filed a copyright infringement suit against Zynga, alleging that the social gaming company's "The Ville" misappropriated EA's "The Sims Social" game. In a blog post explaining the lawsuit, Lucy Bradshaw, head of the studio that...
Tags: Gaming, Gaming Industry, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Mafia Wars (game), Media Industry
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Skeleton crew cleans up at Big Huge Games in Timonium
Big Huge Games, a studio in Timonium that designed rich, immersive video games, has closed its office and only a skeleton crew of employees remained as its parent company in Rhode Island appears to have gone out of business, according to online reports. ...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Gaming, Career and Workplace, Companies and Corporations, Politics
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Electronic Arts sues Zynga
Recent documents from the Los Angeles TimesElectronic Arts filed a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging that Zynga's "The Ville" misappropriated EA's "Sims Social" game.... -
Shares of Angie's List and Groupon sink
Stocks in the beleaguered social-media sector keep heading down. Shares of Angie’s List Inc. and Groupon Inc. plunged Tuesday as investors continued their retreat from the formerly red-hot sector. Angie’s List, the consumer-review website,...
Tags: Gaming Industry, Social Media, Groupon, Inc., Media Industry
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