Facebook is trying to clamp down on bots that are being used by individuals to “Like” posts. With the company going public, Facebook is trying to protect their business by removing fake accounts which include fake “Likes”. According to a blog post by the Facebook Security team, they are going to toughen up their efforts [...] Read more → 
Electronic Arts Inc. is suing Zynga Inc. accusing them that the latter copied essential elements of their “Sims Social” in their “The Ville” game. Zynga is one of the largest game providers for Facebook. The company has been at the receiving end of copyright infringement accusations coming from different game developers. According to EA, Zynga [...] Read more → 
Social gaming company Zynga Inc. cut third 2012 forecast after their second quarter expectations fell short of Wall Street’s targets resulting to a 40% stock drop. Zynga ,who is responsible for games such as Hidden Chronicles and Farmville, also pulled social networking tycoon Facebook down. The latter gets 15% of their earnings from Zynga. The [...] Read more → 
Zynga has produced a number of popular games for quite some time now. Two of their most popular are Draw Something and Words With Friends. These addicting games have caught individuals in a trance and have caused problems for others (attention Alec Baldwin of 30 Rock). Now, Draw Something and Words With Friends are coming [...] Read more → 
Players of the popular YoVille have been airing their complaints on the company’s forum since last month due to cyber theft. They have been reporting that their virtual items have been stolen and have not been returned while some player’s properties were completely stolen. According to VentureBeat, the game has been hacked. Hackers have been [...] Read more → 
Draw Something was a game that used to tickle our imagination and fancy. Now, it looks like this once popular app is slowly slipping into oblivion. The once popular app was released last February of this year and within a couple of weeks, about 10 million individuals downloaded the said game. The free and paid [...] Read more → 
The successful partnership of Zynga and Facebook has resulted into triumph for both companies. For years they have achieved more and more through their continuing collaboration. Now, Zynga sets its sights out of the 4 walls of Facebook. The game maker is planning to expand its enterprise out of the famous social network and offer [...] Read more → The most popular social networking site has released their top social games for the year. Heading the list is Playdom’s Gardens of Time, a modern version of the classic hidden objects game. Facebook based their ratings on games that had the most active users and those who received the highest recommendations for the year. Although [...] Read more → 