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Zynga Purchases "Draw Something" Makers OMGPOP for $180 Million

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“OMG! A big Zynga group hug to OMGPOP, talented creators of Draw Something,” tweeted social games titan Zynga Wednesday. Apparently, in this universe, a “big Zynga group hug” translates to $180 million, the price that All Things D claims Zynga paid to acquire the makers of the most popular mobile Facebook app.

 

App Makers and Twitter Feel Strains

A boom in apps has fed longstanding tensions between Twitter and the developers over whether they are partners or competitors.

 

Top 7 Location-Based Apps to Use When Foursquare is Down

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How big is the Facebook economy?

How big is the Facebook economy?

Investors are pumping more and more money into web services that are heavily reliant on Facebook. So how big is the economy around the world's most popular social network?

 

FarmVille’s Parent Company Valued at $1 Billion?

While some of us might be willing to pay to make Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars go away, it appears that Wall Street has other ideas.

 

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