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Supercell raises another round of funding at $130M on a valuation of $770M, sees revenues of $2.4M a day
— Supercell confirmed to Forbes that is had raised another round of funding at $130 million in February on a valuation of $770 million from Index Ventures, Atomico Partners and Institutional Venture Partners.
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Zynga hopes to retain top executives with bigger bonuses tied to performance, Mark Pincus' new annual salary is $1
— Zynga today filed a form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission which reveals that in 2013 the company's top executives will be compensated with larger bonuses …
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Corona Labs launches Corona Cloud for mobile developers
— Today, Corona Labs launched Corona Cloud, a suite of cloud services partnered with the Corona SDK for mobile development. — The new backend as a service is open to anyone to use, but it's designed to be extra appealing to those already using Corona SDK.
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EA and Zynga reach settlement in lawsuit surrounding The Ville
— Inside Social Games has learned that Zynga and Electronic Arts have reached a settlement and are moving to dismiss the lawsuit that was filed last summer surrounding The Ville. The decision is now in the court's hands.
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Exploding Barrel Games is Kabam's first acquisition of 2013
— Two weeks into the new year, Kabam has already acquired a new studio: Exploding Barrel Games from Vancouver, British Columbia. — Like so many of Kabam's acquisitions to date, Exploding Barrel Games is a developer targeting core gamers …
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Zynga responds to The Ville copyright lawsuit, accuses EA of violating anti-trust laws
— Update: EA has released a statement. “This is a subterfuge aimed at diverting attention from Zynga's persistent plagiarism of other artists and studios. Zynga would be better served trying to hold onto …
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Zynga gains nine publishing partners, launches four new games on Zynga.com
— Tonight, Zynga launched four new games on its Zynga.com web platform and also revealed it's secured nine new publishing partners, bringing the total count of third-party developers it's working with to 24.
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Big Fish teams with Betable, brings real-money gaming to U.K.
— Casual game developer Big Fish today announced it is joining with Betable and bringing real-money gambling to the United Kingdom with Big Fish Casino, a re-branded version of the social mobile casino game Card Ace: Casino.
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Zynga, Kixeye and EA work with Facebook to allow users to begin playing games without requiring permissions dialog
— Zynga, Kixeye and EA have signed contracts with Facebook to let users begin playing games immediately without the roadblock of a permissions dialog, we've learned from a source familiar with the matter.
Windows Store Weekly — This week we take a look at: Star Trek App, Box, Fling Theory, StumbleUpon, and wordBrush.
Static.com Adds Hadoop Support for Cloud Foundry — In this guest post, Jake Farrell, CTO for Static.com, explains how the major shift in the hosting industry towards platforms for high developer productivity …
DevOps: Improved Productivity, Higher Value — Those of us who have been aligned with DevOps for some time already know that the greater agility and closer collaboration it enables deliver real business value for our organizations.
Get Started with Hadoop on Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows — We are excited to release the Hortonworks Data Platform 1.1 for Windows as a Generally Available product.
Skype in the browser — Whether you like the Skype app or not, until now, you've had no choice but to download something to make voice and video calls — either an app like Skype, or a Flash plugin (yikes) for your browser.