32 posts and columns on Words With Friends

Games Taking a Back Seat to Social Networking on the Phone

in Commerce on April 27 at 11:54 am PT

For the first time in four years, games are not the top category of applications on the phone.
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As Nintendo Fades, Zynga Continues to Grow

in Commerce on April 27 at 9:48 am PT

For years, the game industry has worried about the shift toward social and mobile from more traditional platforms. But now there’s more than anecdotal evidence to cause concern.
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Zynga’s Draw Something Slingshots Past Angry Birds in App Store

in Commerce on April 5 at 6:00 am PT

Maybe now critics will stop saying that Zynga overpaid for it.
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What It Means Now That Zynga Has Bought Its Way Back to the Top of the Charts

in Commerce on March 22 at 6:00 am PT

By acquiring OMGPOP, Zynga may have set the expectation that if it doesn’t create the most popular game organically — it will acquire it.
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Zynga’s “Project Z” Revealed: Social Games on Its Own Web Site (Through Facebook, of Course)

in Social on March 1 at 11:00 am PT

Zynga is taking its highly addictive games and putting them on its own social Web site, thank you very much. But you’ll still have to log in to Facebook to play.
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Zynga Posts Loss in First Earnings Report

in News on February 14 at 2:55 pm PT

Zynga Inc. issued its first earnings report as a public company on Tuesday, posting mixed results that included a 59 percent gain in sales but also a loss for the period that helped whipsaw the social gaming firm’s shares in late trading.

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In This Online Word Game, the Winning Spell Is Love

in News on February 14 at 10:04 am PT

Last summer, Kyla Smith spelled S-E-X-Y in Words With Friends, an online Scrabble-like app on her phone. It won her more than just 13 points — it won her love.

Zynga Inks Deal With Hasbro to Bring FarmVille Into the Real World

in Commerce on February 9 at 12:40 pm PT

Zynga has partnered with Hasbro to develop a wide range of toy and gaming experiences based on Zynga’s most popular Facebook games and characters.
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Zynga’s First Super Bowl Commercial … Kind Of

in Commerce on February 6 at 11:55 am PT

Zynga’s popular puzzle game Words With Friends was featured in Best Buy’s Super Bowl commercial yesterday, calling attention to the game’s founders as some of the “greatest mobile innovators.”
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Words With Giants

in News on February 2 at 2:30 am PT

Zak DeOssie has a theory and it goes like this: Giants defensive end Justin Tuck is only good at Words with Friends because his wife plays for him.

Stuck Like Glue: Zynga Accounts for 12 Percent of Facebook Revenue in 2011

in Commerce, February 1, 2012 at 2:05 pm PT

Go the F**k Back to Sleep, Silicon Valley: Facebook IPO Likely to File Later Today at Earliest

in News, February 1, 2012 at 6:36 am PT

Zynga’s Stock Nosedives, Falling Nine Percent to Hit New Low

in Commerce, January 9, 2012 at 9:15 pm PT

Zynga’s Stock Trading Near All-Time Low Despite Two New Games

in Commerce, January 5, 2012 at 12:20 pm PT

Americans Played Anything but Social Games During the Holidays

in Commerce, January 3, 2012 at 7:30 am PT

Surprise — The Most Popular Facebook Game of 2011 Wasn’t Made by Zynga

in Commerce, December 21, 2011 at 3:18 pm PT

Alec Baldwin Addresses Words With Friends-Gate by Spelling S-N-L (Video)

in Commerce, December 12, 2011 at 4:00 am PT

Zynga Makes Big Claims With IPO Only a Week Away

in Commerce, December 9, 2011 at 2:03 pm PT

Don’t Put a Flight Attendant Between Alec Baldwin and Words With Friends

in Commerce, December 6, 2011 at 4:32 pm PT

Mark Pincus Reveals His Playbook as Zynga Hits the Road (Video)

in Commerce, December 2, 2011 at 4:20 am PT

Zynga Ups the Ante on IPO to Raise as Much as $1.15 Billion

in Commerce, December 2, 2011 at 3:16 am PT

Zynga Increases Profitability on Higher Revenues in Q3

in Commerce, November 4, 2011 at 10:26 am PT

Zynga’s New Mobile Game Will Incorporate Location-Based Check-Ins

in Commerce, October 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm PT

Facebook’s Mobile App Platform and iPad App Are Finally Here — And They’re Apple-Friendly

in Social, October 10, 2011 at 1:00 pm PT

Are Zynga’s Second-Quarter Results Anything to Worry About?

in Commerce, September 30, 2011 at 3:30 pm PT