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Electronic Arts gets a social makeover
The videogame maker missed the mobile revolution. Now EA is trying to turn itself around by embracing social games. Can it play on Zynga's field?
By Alex Konrad, reporter
FORTUNE -- Is John Madden going social in a big way? Not the football commentator. ("He's not really the tweeting type," an associate says.) No, we're talking about the Electronics Arts videogame Madden NFL, named after the famous coach.
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Dec 1, 2011 5:00 AM ET -
Today in Tech: Is Amazon making a smartphone?
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* Hot on the heels of the Kindle Fire's launch comes speculation from Citigroup researchers that Amazon (AMZN) will launch a smartphone during the fourth quarter of next year. "Based on our supply chain check, we believe FIH is now jointly developing the phone with Amazon," writes Citi analyst MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 18, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Amazon, Android, AOL, Brad Garlinghouse, Galaxy Nexus, Heather Harde, Mark Mahaney, Yahoo, Yelp, Zynga -
Today in Tech: Will HP sell the webOS division?
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"People like to talk about war. ... Google, I think, in some ways, is more competitive and certainly is trying to build their own little version of Facebook." -- Mark Zuckerberg on Charlie Rose (Business Insider)
* Besides appearing on Charlie Rose recently with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, Zuckerberg also MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Nov 8, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Barnes & Noble, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Mark Zuckerberg, Nook Tablet, Oracle Corporation, Samsung, Sheryl Sandberg, WebOS, Zynga -
Today in Tech: Steve Jobs' last words
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"Oh wow. Oh wow. Oh wow." -- Steve Jobs' final words (The New York Times)
* Mark Zuckerberg offered a candid interview with Y Combinator, mentioning that he might have one or two regrets. "In Silicon Valley, you get this feeling that you have to be out here," he said. "But it's MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 31, 2011 3:30 AM ETPosted in: Facebook, Flipboard, Jared Grusd, Mark Pincus, Mark Zuckerberg, Nokia, Spotify, Walter Isaacson, Zynga -
Today in Tech: Why Steve Jobs wore turtlenecks
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* The initial crop of iPhone 4S reviews are out, and while the smartphone's chassis might look virtually identical to its predecessor, the upgraded components -- a dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, among them -- and brand spanking new software (hello, Siri) are enough to make the phone another successful Apple (AAPL) MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Oct 12, 2011 3:30 AM ET -
How will a double-dip recession really affect tech IPOs?
The hunger for new IPOs may be cooling, but the valuations of tech startups had been overheated. That could mean the better candidates will slide through, but maybe at a lower price than they had been expecting.
FORTUNE -- Walk around business districts in San Francisco or Palo Alto long enough and you may forget the rest of the country is fretting over a double-dip recession. Many parts of the tech MORE
Kevin Kelleher - Sep 6, 2011 11:43 AM ETPosted in: Angie's List, Bazaarvoice, Brightcove, Dan Primack, Eloqua, IPOs, Palo Alto, San Francisco, SharesPost, Toudu, Zynga -
How Angry Birds plans to get to 1 billion fans
Mobile games are just one wing of Rovio's plans for a global entertainment empire.
By Stacy Cowley, CNNMoney tech editor
FORTUNE -- Here's a fun stat: The 300 million players who have downloaded Rovio's Angry Birds games have flung more than 100 billion avians -- more birds than actually exist in the entire world.
"Our goal is to be the first brand with a billion fans," Peter "Mighty Eagle" Vesterbacka, Rovio's chief marketing officer, MORE
Jul 21, 2011 1:17 PM ET -
Startup Idols one year later: Badgeville gets funded
The "gamification" startup just closed a $12 million round of funding and added talent from Zynga and American Express. Here's why it thinks it's struck gold.
FORTUNE -- This is one in a series of articles leading up to the Fortune Brainstorm Tech conference, which will be held from July 19-21 in Aspen, Colorado. Fortune Brainstorm Tech will round up many of the best and brightest thinkers in technology. Our coverage in MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jul 13, 2011 7:30 AM ETPosted in: American Express, Badgeville, IBM, Kris Duggan, Maynard Webb, SocialText, Tim Chang, Zynga -
Zynga's IPO may be just what the tech bubble needs
The debate over whether we're seeing a new tech bubble has died down in recent weeks. It should heat up again this fall, as Zynga's IPO sets the stage for an even bigger debut: Facebook.
By Kevin Kelleher, contributor
FORTUNE -- The debate that has raged for most of the year over whether we're in a new tech bubble has grown quiet in recent weeks. But don't worry, it's just taken the MORE
Jul 5, 2011 9:34 AM ET -
San Francisco's rent riot
Prices are zooming in the Bay Area as startups hire and new techies flock to town.
FORTUNE -- Whether we're living through another tech bubble remains hotly contested, but there's no denying its impact on one market: rental apartments in San Francisco. With Twitter, Zynga, and numerous other local startups hiring in droves, all those newbies need somewhere to live.
In the trendy SoMa and South Beach neighborhoods, says Paul MORE
JP Mangalindan, Writer - Jun 27, 2011 5:00 AM ETPosted in: Bay Area, California, New York, rents, San Francisco, San Francisco Bay Area, startups, Twitter, United States, Zynga
