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Zynga Shares Dive as Facebook Game Craze Wanes

Zynga Inc shares fell more than 10 percent on Tuesday, extending three months of steady losses, as the social gaming company's user numbers wane and investors worry that the craze for games on Facebook may have passed its peak.

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  • Facebook-OS X Mountain Lion Integration Not Arriving Until Fall

    Apple made the anticipated announcement that iOS 6 would bring Facebook integration, in a similar implemented to Twitter where users can call a pop-up windows and share a status. The desktop integration, and for OS X Mountain Lion, wasn’t announced at the conference: it’s coming in the “fall.”

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    Apple Takes on Google with Own Maps, Better Siri

    Apple Inc took the wraps off its own mobile mapping service and improved the search capabilities of its Siri voice assistant, taking the fight into Google Inc's domain.

  • NetApp Sticks to Pessimistic View of Economy

    Data storage company NetApp Inc said the economic view in Europe was increasingly uncertain, justifying the pessimistic outlook it gave at the time of its last quarterly results.

  • Linkedin Sheds more Light on Security Breach

    LinkedIn Corp, criticized for inadequate network security after hackers exposed millions of its users' passwords, said on Saturday it had finished disabling all affected accounts and did not believe other members were at risk.

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    Apple Expected to Unveil Applications to Take on Google

    When Apple Inc kicks off its annual conference for software developers on Monday, all the power players in the Apple universe will be on hand, save the one that is in many ways driving the agenda: Google Inc.

  • Insight: Google Goes Softly-Softly on European Antitrust

    Google is searching for the answer to a four-billion-dollar question: can a new, gentler approach from a U.S. tech giant persuade the European Union to be more lenient in competition cases?

  • Facebook to Join Russell 3000 Index

    Facebook Inc is on the preliminary list to join the Russell 3000 index, according to Russell Investments on Monday.

  • Google, Author Body End Spat on Internet Books

    Internet search provider Google and authors group Society Men of Letters of France (SGDL) have reached an agreement that ends a dispute dating back to 2006 over the publishing of snippets of books on the internet.

  • Facebook Abandons User Voting on Policy Changes: Was it Ever Committed?

    On Friday, June 8, Facebook stopped taking votes on its new data use policy and new statement of rights and responsibilities. The company had encouraged users to vote, but the awareness simply didn't seem to be there.

  • ComScore Says Facebook Ads Do Work, and it Will Prove it Soon

    If you were under the impression that Facebook ads don’t work, comScore begs to differ – and has just the numbers to prove it. On Thursday, June 7, the research firm teased a new report set to be released next week, presenting “new findings about the effectiveness of paid and earned media exposure on Facebook.”

  • LinkedIn 6.5 Million Passwords Hacked, Posted On the Internet: What Should You Do Now?

    Never a dull moment when it comes down to hackers breaching security walls and escaping with all the goodies. The latest to fall victim to a pre-emptive hacker strike is the professional social network, LinkedIn. Apparently, hackers have breached the walls and stole over 6.5 million account passwords, what are the odds yours is a part of the stolen? You best saddle up and change that password before you regret playing "the brave one."

  • Facebook Backer Turns His Attention to Brazil

    One of Facebook's earliest investors has turned his attention to a distant market with a small but lively start-up scene: Brazil.