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Silicon Alley Insider  4 days ago:

Microsoft Alienates US Troops With The Always-Online Xbox One -

Microsoft Chief Of Interactive Entertainment Don Mattrick dismissed complaints about the Xbox One requiring online access with a joke about nuclear submarines:

"When I read the blogs and thought about who was really the most impacted there was a person who said ‘Hey, I’m on a nuclear sub’ and I don’t even know what it means to be on a nuclear sub but I’ve got to imagine that it’s not easy to get an internet connection.
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The iPhone Blog  Jun 03 13 :

Zynga cuts more than 500 employees -

Bad news from social game publisher Zynga today - they've cut 18 percent of their workforce, a layoff of more than 500 people, according to a blog post on the Zynga Web site.
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CrunchGear  Apr 29 13 :

MallWeGo Is A Social Shopping And Gaming Platform To Make Buying Stuff More Fun -

MallWeGo is launching at the Disrupt NY 2013 Startup Alley today with a social, gaming shopping experience for web and mobile.
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CrunchGear  Apr 22 13 :

PSA: Baidu Is *Not* Trying To Buy Zynga -

Looks like Baidu and Zynga are the most recent victims of a bogus press release stunt. This morning, a company called PR*Urgent put out a press release saying that Baidu -- known as the "Google of China" -- wanted to acquire Zynga, the social gaming giant.
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TheNextWeb  Apr 16 13 :

PapayaMobile launches new SDK to let Android game developers tap into China Mobile direct billing -

Mobile social gaming network Papaya Mobile has released a new AppFlood SDK that opens up rich monetization opportunities for Android developers in China by adding support for direct billing of.
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Krop  Apr 05 13 :

CrowdStar is looking for a Sr. Marketing Artist in Bay Area, CA, USA -

Sr. Marketing Artist CrowdStar is a global leader in the mobile and social gaming industry with more than 220 million game downloads.
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Most Hired  Apr 02 13 :

PlayPhone, Inc.: UI/Visual Designer -

Location: San Francisco, CA URL: playphone.com

Introduction: If you want to be part of the hottest company in Mobile Social Gaming, then PlayPhone is the right place to you.
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StartUpHire  Apr 02 13 :

Senior System Administrator -

Senior System Administrator* GREE Interantional, Inc San Francisco, CA Do you crave the adrenaline rush of supporting the production infrastructure that powers some of the world***s greatest mobile games?* Are you a fanatic when it comes to quashing operational inefficiencies in web infrastructure?* Do you get a kick out of automating routine tasks with a few lines of code?* If so, we***ve got just the role for you!* Come join one of the largest mobile social gaming companies in the world.
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TechCrunch  Mar 29 13 :

Treasure Data Projects 500 Percent Growth This Year, Launches New “Plazma” Distributed Database -

It’s only been six months since cloud data warehousing company Treasure Data launched its services, but they’re already reporting some impressive growth figures.
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GigaOm  Mar 26 13 :

Why Nevada’s first online gambling license is more symbol than substance -

Casinos and social gaming sites have a lot riding on new laws and licenses that will turn on the taps to online gaming revenue.
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Startuply Jobs  Mar 11 13 :

Systems Engineer in San Francisco -

Kixeye is looking for a few good Systems Engineers to help us scale our social gaming platform to even larger sizes.
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Mobile Marketing Watch  Feb 28 13 :

Social, Mobile Gaming Ads Outperform Standard Online Display, Video Ads -

MediaBrix is at the center of media attention this morning in response to the data published by the social and mobile gaming advertising solutions provider.
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CrunchGear  Feb 26 13 :

EA’s Digital EVP, Playfish Co-Founder Kristian Segerstrale Departs -

Kristian Segerstrale, the EA executive who was in charge of leading the company into a games-as-a-service era, has just left the company.
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ReadWriteWeb  Feb 26 13 :

Can Zynga Bounce Back With Online Gambling? -

Even as virtual farms lose their luster, Zynga is looking to rebound in greener pastures - ones lined with real cash.
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CrunchGear  Jan 22 13 :

The Europas – Europe’s Tech Startup Oscars – Showcases A Booming European Scene -

The Europas - Europe's tech startup awards - hit Berlin on Tuesday evening with over 1,000 guests gathering to celebrate the best of the continent's tech entrepreneurship.
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37signals Job Board  Jan 09 13 :

PlayQ: Lead Backend Developer (Ruby on Rails) -

Location: Anywhere, USA URL: www.playq.net

PlayQ is a leading social gaming company.
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