Angry Birds maker hopes Bad Piggies will help it fly again

Angry Birds-maker Rovio Entertainment will be hoping to prove it's no one-hit wonder when it launches Bad Piggies on Thursday, just as players seem to be tiring of the game they've been addicted to for the past three years.The new game will feature pigs which strike back...

Dan Porter Disses Shay Pierce for Leaving in OMGPop/Zynga Merge

Dan Porter Backpedals after Twitter Rant: Called Shay Piere 'Weak', 'a Failure'Dan Porter, whose OMGPop just got assimilated into the Borg that is Zynga, saw fit to slag off a former employee on Twitter. Game designer Shay Pierce quit OMGPop rather than join the new...

Tech Draft 2011: After Their IPO, Who Are the Real Deals?

With the recent NBA Draft, I thought I would create my own mock draft Silicon Valley style by listing the upcoming tech IPOs with a brief analysis a la Dick Vitale, baby! 1. Facebook. Without a doubt, a prime-time-player. How can you go wrong with selecting Facebook...

Facebook, Amazon and Zynga bet on social web

" Facebook, Amazon and Zynga will invest in a fund to help entrepreneurs develop applications and services for a new era of the social web. The lion's share of the sFund's $250m (£160m) will come from venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers. Details were...