- Why Africa May Never Produce a Facebook, Groupon, Zynga or Google
Africa has its own Mark Zuckerbergs, Andrew Masons, Mark Pincuses, Larry Pages and Sergey Brins. But it lacks its own Yuri Milners, John Doerrs, Vinod Khoslas and Y Combinators. アフリカは、独自のマークZuckerbergsが、アンドリューメーソン、マークPincuses、ラリーページとセルゲイBrinsを持っています
- Zynga IPO: Money for Stuff!
Facebook game company Zynga just filed to go public (S-1 here) at a valuation of about $1 billion. Facebookのゲーム会社Zyngaはわずか約10億ドルの評価額で（ここでS - 1）株式公開を申請した
- Zynga's Profits Downs 95% Ahead of IPO
I've commented before on how I think Zynga is overvalued as a company and creatively bankrupt as a brand, and now there are new numbers out that might make some think twice about the casual gaming giant. _NULL_
- Zynga Appeals to the Same Psychology as Gambling, Says Analytics Expert Jeff Tseng
It looks like casinos may have finally met their match. カジノは最終的に彼らの試合を満たしている場合がありますように見えます
- Red hot games stock: Zynga heads for $20bn market float
Wall Street is taking a deep breath this weekend after the announcement of one of the most hotly anticipated US stock market listings in years. ウォールストリートは、数年で最も待望の米国の株式市場上場の一つの発表後にこの週末深呼吸を取っている
- Prominent Start-Ups in San Francisco Resist a Payroll Tax
Two of the city’s hottest technology start-ups, Twitter and Zynga, are threatening to leave San Francisco unless they get a break. 街のホットな技術の二つのスタートアップは、Twitterと。。u200b。。u200bZynga、彼らが休憩を取得しない限り、サンフランシスコを残して脅かしている
- Ben Horowitz: Facebook Is the Best-Run Company in Technology
Andreessen Horowitz has stormed the staid world of venture capital since Netscape cofounder Marc Andreessen and his longtime partner Ben Horowitz founded the firm just two years ago. It has quickly become one of the premier VC firms, with $950 million under management, largely focused on consumer- and enterprise-oriented Internet startups as well as larger companies such as Facebook, Skype (recently sold to Microsoft), social game king Zynga, daily-deals service Groupon, and Twitter. Netscapeの共同設立者マークアンドリーセン氏と彼の長年のパートナー、ベンホロヴィッツのはわずか2年前に会社を設立して以来、アンドリーセンホロウィッツは、ベンチャーキャピタルの旧弊な世界に突入しています
- Zynga Files For $1 Billion IPO
Social gaming company Zynga this morning filed with the SEC for a $1 billion IPO. ソーシャルゲーム企業のZyngaが、今朝は10億ドルのIPOを証券取引委員会（SEC）に提出した
- Is Sponsored Gaming The Next Wave?
In the last 16 months I’ve seen my wife and many of her friends get hooked on playing Zynga-type games. I saw my wife spending more time on Facebook games and less times socializing with her friends in person for cards or watching that horrible reality television. (The Bachelor is particularly hard to stomach) It’s quite amazing the way these social games have had such an impact on the social mesh of our culture. It’s not a ding, it’s huge - over 50% of logins to Facebook are to play a game every day. I sat back baffled last week and tried to answer why this new breed of game is overtaking people from every corner of the world. Surely digital gaming is not new- it’s been around since the 1980’s. Why has this form of gaming transformed the way we live, interact and socialize? What is the secret sauce? 最後の16ヶ月で私は私の妻を見てきましたし、彼女の友人の多くは、Zyngaのタイプのゲームをプレイするにはまってしまったのだ
- Four Reasons to Invest in Zynga's IPO, One to Pause
Zynga -- its Facebook games like CityVille and FarmVille cost nothing to play and it makes money selling so-called digital goods (e.g., a townhouse in CityVille or a shipyard in Empires & Allies) -- filed its long-awaited S-1 on July 1. Zyngaが - CityVilleと連絡を取りましょうコストの何ものようなそのFacebookのゲームはプレイすると、それは、いわゆるデジタル財（例えば、CityVilleのタウンハウスや帝国と連合国の造船所）の販売収入を得ている - その待望のS - 1を提出7月1日
- Zynga: The IPO Prospectus Letter From CEO Mark Pincus
The Zynga IPO filing with the SEC this morning includes a letter from CEO Mark Pincus to potential investors. It's illuminating. 今朝SECに提出ZyngaのIPOは、潜在的な投資家への最高経営責任者（CEO）のマークピンカスから手紙が含まれています
- Myspace sold for $35m in spectacular fall from $12bn heyday
Five years ago News Corp bought it for US$580m – then it was crushed by Facebook, leaving it at a fraction of its peak valueMyspace, once the world's hottest internet firm, has been sold to an online ad company for around $35m, a fraction of the $100m its parent company was seeking for the ailing social network and billions less than its value five years ago.Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation bought Myspace in 2005 for $580m. In 2006 Google signed a $900m deal to sell ads on Myspace; by 2007 it had 300m registered users and was being valued at $12bn. But the social network was subsequently crushed by Facebook, which launched a year after Myspace.News Corp put Myspace up for sale this year, engaging investment bank Allen & Co to find a buyer. News had been looking for $100m but settled for $35m offer from advertising targeting firm Specific Media. The sale is believed to be mainly in stock and News Corp will retain a small holding.Myspace is expected to shed more than half of its 500 remaining members of staff as part of the deal. The layoffs follow a 30% staff reduction in April 2010 and a further cut of 47% in January 2011. Two years ago Myspace emplyed more than 1,400 people.Facebook passed Myspace in terms of numbers of users two years ago. As people dropped Myspace, so did advertisers. Market research firm eMarketer estimates that the site will earn about $183m in worldwide ad revenues this year, down from $605m at its peak.The sale comes as a new generation of internet firms are attracting sky-high valuations. Zynga, the online games developer behind hits including CityVille and FarmVille, is planning an initial public offering (IPO) that could value it at $20bn. LinkedIn, the business-focused social network, has already gone public and is valued at $8.6bn. Next yea _NULL_
- Game on: Zynga set for billion dollar float
The founder of Zynga, the company behind the hugely popular CityVille Facebook game, is set to become Silicon Valley's latest billionaire. Zyngaは、絶大な人気CityVille Facebookのゲームの背後にある会社の創設者は、シリコンバレーの最新の億万長者になるために設定されています
- Zynga Reveals Profit And Revenues As It Looks To Raise $500 Million
All the hype's been about late-stage private tech companies recently, as companies raise massive amounts of capital and investors barely get to peek into their finances. Zynga, which develops popular online games such as FarmVille and Mafia Wars for Facebook, opened up their books to investors, according to the New York Post. companies、かろうじてその財務状況を覗くを取得資本と投資家の大量を上げるようにすべての誇大宣伝は、後期民間のハイテク企業は最近のされました
- Zynga revenues radically outstrip FarmVille creator's expectations
On eve of reported IPO, revenues more than double what Zynga expected one year ago, according to confidential business planZynga, the company behind popular social networking game FarmVille expected to float this week, is achieving off-the-chart growth with revenues apparently already more than double what it expected to generate just one year ago, according to a confidential business plan seen by the Guardian.The company expected to triple growth in revenues from $581m (£363m) last year to $1.5bn in 2015, according to the business plan, dated May 2010.But the company, which is reportedly on the verge of floating 10% of its shares in New York, may already have achieved its 2015 forecasts if information reportedly shown to investors is correct.According to a recent report in the New York Post, the San Francisco-based company had told investors it expects to generate $1.8 bn this year alone, yielding $630m in profit.It is expected to launch around 10% of the company on the market as part of a $500m financing round.The 2010 business projections, seen by the Guardian, show the company expected worldwide revenues of $816m this year; $1.016m in 2012; $1.3bn in 2013, $1.43bn in 2014 and $1.5bn in 2015.More than half of the revenue was forecast to be generated in the US with most of the non-US revenue coming from western Europe.The figures in the 2010 business plan show the phenomenal success of the gaming company, which only launched four years ago. The company's CityVille is the biggest game on Facebook followed by FarmVille, which between them have more than 130 million players. In the US, FarmVille players outnumber real farmers by five to one.Across the world, the company claims to have 215 million active users a month and all eyes will be on the company when it floats.Las _NULL_
- Zynga Says No To Ads, Yes To In-Game Promotions
Zynga does not run any advertisements in its games, but it is running large customized in-game campaigns for advertisers to reach Zynga's 250 million users. Zyngaは、そのゲーム内の任意の広告を実行していないが、それはZyngaのの250万人のユーザーに到達する広告主様に大規模なカスタマイズされたゲーム内のキャンペーンを実行しています
- Zynga Adds Jeffrey Katzenberg Of DreamWorks To Its Board
Zynga has added some Hollywood muscle, appointing Jeffrey Katzenberg, CEO of DreamWorks Animation SKG to its board. Zyngaは、そのボードにドリームワークスアニメーションワークスSKGのジェフリーカッツェンバーグは、CEOの任命、いくつかのハリウッドの筋肉を追加されていません
- Why Zynga Is Not Worth $7 Billion
Social media gaming sweat shop Zynga filed to sell 14.3%, or100 million worth of shares, valuing the lot at $7 billion. Should you pay the price to get in on its IPO? No. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Facebook's $100 Billion IPO: Aggressive or Overconfident?
It was six months ago, in May 2011, that Facebook, growing faster than expected and in a red-hot market for tech IPOs, broke the $100 billion barrier. Since then, Facebook has missed revenue projections and the IPO bubble has lost much of its fizz thanks to Groupon, Demand Media and Zynga. Yet Facebook's still moving ahead with its plans to go public, and it's still targeting that magic $100 billion number as a valuation. Is Mark Zuckerberg overreaching? null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zynga is Greedy Game Industry Scum, Steals from Employees to Help Bottom Line
If you work for Zynga, now is a good time to quit. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zynga's PrivacyVille -- It's Not Fun, But It Gets The Job Done
In preparation for going public, Zynga's taking proactive measures to improve how it deals with privacy issues. As TechCrunch notes, the gaming company was sued last year for a privacy breach, and mentioned the "p word" as a challenge in its S-1 IPO filing last week. The company is garnering praise then for its newest game: PrivacyVille, which allows Zyngites to wander through a virtual town and find out about Zynga's privacy policies. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Is It Already Over For Zynga?
With its IPO approaching, social gamer Zynga seems to be at war with itself, or at least the culture numbers-driven CEO Mark Pincus has created. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Zynga Expects To Sell 100M Shrs At $8.50-$10/Shr
Zynga this morning disclosed in an updated IPO filing with the SEC that it expects to sell 100 million shares at between $8 and $10 a share. Underwriters have been granted the right to sell up to an additional 15 million shares to cover over-allotments. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- Discover Grows A Plot On Farmville With Zynga
Discover Financial Services has recently announced that it has partnered with the leading social game developer, Zynga, to launch an expanded version of Farmville. The deal would allow Discover customers to convert cash-back reward points into Zynga gift card. null, responseDetails: Suspected Terms of Service Abuse. Please see responseStatus: 40
- New Google data centre in Dublin will create 230 jobs
Announcement is the latest boost to Ireland's growing reputation as a green silicon stateGoogle is to invest €75m (£65m) in a new 11-acre data centre in Dublin, creating 230 jobs.The search giant said Ireland's naturally cool climate contributed to its decision, as it will use outside air to cool equipment instead of costly air-conditioning units.The announcement comes just two weeks after Google opened a €200m data centre in Finland, again chosen because of its climate. The centre in Hamina has pioneered a new seawater cooling system which uses a tunnel of water from the Baltic Sea to save electricity.At a press conference in Dublin on Friday, Google said its data centres use 50% less energy than typical facilities.Google already operates one data centre in Dublin, where it employs 2,200. The new centre is designed to help Google keep up with the growing demand for storage due to cloud computing, but it will also help to power searches, Gmail and Google Maps.Some 200 construction workers will be employed on the site over 12 to 15 months. Once operational, the data centre will employ 30 staff.Google's continual investment is helping Ireland to build a reputation as a green silicon state, with a cluster of internet companies setting up international headquarters in Dublin including Facebook, LinkedIn, Zynga and Twitter, which earlier this week announced it had chosen the Irish capital over London for its European expansion.Irish minister for jobs Richard Bruton said the cloud computing industry offered Ireland a massive opportunity for jobs and economic growth.GoogleTechnology sectorIrelandInternetCloud computingLisa O'Carrollguardian.co.uk © 2011 Guardian News and Media Limited or its affiliated companies. All rights reserved. | Use of this content is subject to ou 緑色のシリコンstateGoogleが投資するかのように発表はアイルランドの成長する評判の最新のブーストです€75メートル（£ 65メートル）230 jobs.The検索の巨人を作成するダブリンの新しい11エーカーのデータセンター、には、アイルランドの自然に涼しい気候は、その意思決定に貢献だ、としてそれはクール装置に空気を外に使用される代わりに、高価な空調units.Theの発表は、Googleが再びため、その気候から選ばれたフィンランドで€200メートルのデータセンターを、オープンしたわずか2週間後に来る
- Fun With Zynga's S-1
Zynga’s S-1 has finally arrived. The social gaming phenom plans to raise up to $1 billion in an initial public offering and the filing is chalk full of fun facts: ZyngaのS - 1がついに到着しました
- Zynga Bid $1 Billion In Cash For PopCap Games, Source Says
The social gaming company Zynga offered $1 billion in cash to acquire PopCap Games, but was turned down in favor of a more complex and potentially more lucrative offer from Electronic Arts, according to a source close to the deal. _NULL_
- Farmville creator Zynga plans $2bn IPO this week
Reported flotation of online social gaming firm behind Mafia Wars would value it at between $15bn and $20bnThe online social gaming firm Zynga reportedly plans to raise up to $2bn (£1.25bn) with a flotation this week that would value the fledgling internet company at between $15bn and $20bn.Zynga, the firm behind the hugely popular Facebook games Farmville and Mafia Wars, will file plans with the US Securities and Exchange Commission as early as Wednesday to become the latest in a gold rush of social media companies to go public, according to CBNC. Zynga initially intends to sell only 10% of its shares in the hope of driving up their valuation, CNBC reported.The four-year-old gaming firm is expected to become the biggest internet flotation since Google, following sky-high valuations in recent weeks for LinkedIn and the Chinese Facebook', Renren.Zynga, which announced in May plans to partner with Lady Gaga, says it caters to more than 215 million monthly active gamers selling virtual farm animals for real money.According to a source reported by the New York Post to have been approached to invest in the San Francisco-based firm in March, Zynga expects to generate $1.8bn in revenue this year – with a profit of $630m. Secondary market estimates put Zynga's 2010 full-year revenues at $850m.On last year's revenues, a $20bn market cap would value the company at 23 times last year's sales – a higher multiple than the recent big-money technology flotations.Shares in LinkedIn have soared since it went public last month. The social network for professionals is now valued at $8bn after floating with 2010 revenues of $243m and a profit of $15.4m. Renren has a market cap of $2.98bn after raising $743m with its New York stock exchange debut.Morgan Stanley is expected to be the lead u マフィアウォーズの背後にあるオンラインのソーシャルゲーム会社の報告された浮遊は間に150億ドルで、それを大切だと$ 20bnTheオンラインソーシャルゲーム会社Zyngaが伝え駆け出しのインターネット企業を重視するという今週浮揚に$ 20億（£ 1.25bn）にまで引き上げる予定間150億ドルと$ 20bn.Zynga、絶大な人気のFacebookのゲームファームビルとマフィアウォーズの背後にある会社で、社会的なメディア企業へのゴールドラッシュで最新になるために水曜日には早くも米国証券取引委員会に計画を提出予定CBNCによると、公共の行く
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