FarmVille

Usually when people steal money it’s to buy something, and that something is typically real and tangible. But an Arlington, Wash., woman who has been charged with stealing nearly $10,000 in very real dollars to purchase “goods” for...

Facebook users who haven't yet discovered the joys of FarmVille or plugged in to the sounds of Spotify will be getting an easier way to find apps that run on the site. On Thursday, the site unveiled Facebook App Center, a clearinghouse for social apps...

Sometimes giving back is as easy as playing a game on your iPhone! Check out these websites and apps to find out how easy it is to donate to worthy charities. Philanthroper.com What it is: You could call it the ‘Groupon of Giving.’ It’...

We're going to feel a little guilty if this news gets you fired. But you can now play "Angry Birds" on Facebook. Rovio's ridiculously addictive mobile game, which has been downloaded more than 500 million times on multiple platforms since debuting on the...

Can't get enough of those virtual cows and crops from FarmVille? Good news, agrarians: Zynga toys and games are coming this fall. Hasbro, the big-time toy company responsible for My Little Pony and Monopoly, announced Thursday that it has bought the...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo -- There is an app for just about everything. It isn't surprising that the demand for people to design those apps has spiked in recent years. For those looking for a job, there's an app for that. "I've always loved being on the cutting...

Zynga said it plans to raise $1.15 billion in an initial public offering of its shares....

For Zynga Inc. and its chief executive Mark Pincus, Christmas eve could very well be Thursday night, when its shares are expected to be priced for an initial public offering on Nasdaq and begin trading Friday....

Zynga Inc. priced its stock at $10 a share late Thursday, giving the San Francisco social games publisher a $9-billion valuation, including options and grants to company executives....

Jeffrey Katzenberg became aware of Zynga the same way Alec Baldwin did -- by getting hooked on the company's social games....

Barry Cottle, former head of Electronic Arts' mobile and social games business, has joined Zynga as executive vice president of business and corporate development....