Posts From January 1st, 2013

Zynga Is Shutting Down 11 Games Including PetVille

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus announced that the company is going to no longer accept new players for 11 games  The company will be moving resources going into those games into more successful games.  Pincus has been aiming to cut costs for months.  The company laid off many employees back in October.

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A Tizen-Based Samsung Phone Will Start Selling In 2013

Samsung Electronics will soon start building phones that are based on the open source mobile operating system known as Tizen.  Tizen is supported by Samsung, DoCoMo, Vodafone, and a few other companies according to sources with Daily Yomiuri.  Most likely Samsung will end up showcasing the Tizen-based phone during Mobile World Congress in February.  Samsung will still be committed to Android and the company will be releasing more Windows Phone devices this year.