Cash Crop: ‘FarmVille’ Maker Zynga Preparing for IPO?

As anyone who’s ever been bombarded by others’ status updates knows, no company better represents the current shift in the gaming landscape than Zynga. The casual game revolution caught fire on social networks like Facebook and brought in millions of players who are otherwise uninterested in hardcore console and PC games. Now, rumors abound that [...]

Study: 60% of Viewers Can’t Watch TV Unless Toying with Their Phones

A new study conducted by IPG Media Lab and ad platform YuMe takes a look at the media consumption habits of 48 TV watchers from the Los Angeles area – a small sample, for sure – but it could give us a glimpse of our potential futures.

Careful, Mac Users: Latest ‘Mac Guard’ Malware Installs Itself

For those of you keeping score in the Mac malware game, we’ve had Mac Defender (and its various spellings), Mac Protector (and its various spellings), and now an even newer “Mac Guard” is making the rounds.

Zuckerberg: Under-13s Won’t Be Allowed on Facebook Just Yet

Breathe a sigh of relief, parents. Your pre-teens aren’t lawfully wreaking havoc on Facebook anytime soon (though we know those sneaky young’ins exist illegally in droves on the site).

Comcast On Demand Hits 20 Billion Views, but What Are People Watching?

Congratulations, Comcast! Your On Demand service has just passed its 20 billionth view since its launch in 2003. For comparison, iTunes has sold around 12 billion songs since it was launched in 2001 – and, even though you’re celebrating with a sweepstakes that will offer winners tickets to movie premieres or walk-on roles in 30Rock [...]

Will ‘Minecraft’ Be the Killer App for the Xperia Play Smartphone?

You know Minecraft. It’s got a hold on your soul. You held a party when new weather effects came to the game and doodle designs for your next creations during meetings. Your dreams? They now unfold in giant pixellated blocks. In short, Mojang‘s runaway hit owns your imagination.

The New Yahoo Mail: Quite Nice!

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Twitter Acquires TweetDeck, Won’t Kill It

Twitter has made its acquisition of TweetDeck official, while trying to assure users that their beloved third-party client won’t go away.

Even Your ‘Friends Only’ Facebook Material Can Be Used in Court

Be careful what you post on your Facebook account, because it might end up being used against you in a court of law. This isn’t another case where someone else may be claiming that anything and everything that you post online is fair game in terms of copyright, however.

Google Mobile Payments: Don’t Get Too Excited Yet

All bets are on Google launching a mobile payment platform with Sprint on Thursday, allowing people to pay for goods and services with their smartphones.

Can’t Play DiRT 3 Online? Blame Sony’s MIA PlayStation Store

You just picked up Codemasters’ grit-flinging, gravel-grinding rally racer DiRT 3 for PlayStation 3, and let me guess—you can’t play online or swap YouTube video replays with pals. Bummer.