A life online: For my generation its just normal, you get up and check Facebook
Rosie Hickland started playing games online aged about six. 'To me it just seemed a lot more fun than playing with my dolls - it was more grown up and there was more to play with,' she said. By the time she was nine she was regularly chatting with friends via instant messaging and started using Bebo, a youth social networking site
Slingo game comes to Facebook
'Slingo,' a leader in online games for 17 years, is making its way to Facebook with a redesigned version of the popular bingo/slot-machine game. The game's creators are partnering with Zynga, maker of such popular social games as 'Farmville,' 'Cityville' and 'Words With Friends,' to produce Zynga Slingo. Its gameplay is similar to the
Zynga user growth slows, shares fall
Zynga Inc failed to boost the ranks of its online players compared to the earlier quarter, fanning worries that it will have to rely on new games and other ways to squeeze more revenue out of its users. The stock fell 6.5 percent, or 93 cents, to $13.42 after-hours. Its shares have increased more than 25 percent since Facebook revealed on
Just Google it! Questions dumb people ask online
The online realm is replete with a vast cornucopia of information, just waiting to provide the hungry masses with nourishing nuggets of knowledge -- or (as in 'The Hunger Games') scary-ass weapons of mass destruction.So it baffles us to no end that instead of delving deep into said cornucopia and
NFL playoffs, Super Bowl to be streamed online
Football's big game is coming to the small screen.For the first time ever the Super Bowl, along with some postseason NFL games, will be streamed online and through the league's mobile apps, the NFL and partner Verizon Wireless announced Tuesday.The upcoming wild card games, the Pro Bowl and
Zynga falters in debut, sheds doubt on IPO market
Online games developer Zynga Inc scored badly as it went public on Friday, dashing hopes for the year's hottest tech IPO, as investors frowned on its over-reliance on Facebook, dimming growth prospects, and outsized control by CEO Mark Pincus.Zynga's stock fell 5 percent below its $10 initial public
Zynga prices IPO at top end of range
Online games maker Zynga Inc is expected to make a strong debut on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Friday after it priced its initial public offering at the top end of a preliminary range but did not increase the size of the $1 billion deal.Analysts and investors had expected Zynga to raise the price
