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Meet Zynga's Power Users: The FarmVille and Mafia Wars Prophets Behind the Profits

Last night, Zynga flew some of its top power users out to New York City for a party. Who are these folks? Are they the ones making Zynga's reported $400 million-dollar profit possible and building a virtual goods economy?READ»

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How Facebook Killed (Most) Spam Using Smart Filters

Facebook announced this week that they cut down the number of annoying messages you receive from the likes of FarmVille and Mafia Wars by 95% last year. Here's how they did it.READ»

FarmVille-Maker Zynga Harvests New Crop: Acquires Newtoy, Its 7th Acquisition This Year

Today, Zynga acquired Texas-based developer Newtoy, yet another acquisition in the billion dollar company's spending spree.READ»

Leveling Up Your Staff: Zynga's Mark Pincus on Entrepreneurial Companies

Mark Pincus was chased out of some of the best companies in America, before building his own. Pincus is the founder and CEO of Zynga, creators of online games FarmVille and Mafia Wars. Here, Pincus talks about why a company's strength comes from its culture, and why everybody should think like an entrepreneur.READ»

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Facebook Knows You Don't Care About Your Coworker's FarmVille Achievements

Facebook's gaming platform, spurred on by huge successes like Zynga, has introduced social gaming to the masses and kick-started a minor gaming revolution. On the other hand, it's also caused massive clutter in the news feeds of ...READ»

Facebook and Zynga Make Up, Sign Five-Year Agreement for Social Time-Wasting

We reported a couple weeks ago that Facebook was in a "standoff" with Zynga, its most popular developer and maker of immensely popular (and immensely feed-clogging) games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars. The battle was over Facebook's ...READ»

EA Acquires Playfish, but Can It Compete on Facebook?

By all appearances, Electronic Arts (EA), one of the biggest gaming companies in the world, is going guns-a-blazin' into an online gaming realm dominated by Mafia Wars. Currently, EA's casual gaming division, Pogo, offers only a ...READ»