Zynga scoops up video game maker Buzz Monkey

And the Zynga acquisitions just keep on coming.

Weeks after picking up Wild Needle and two months after acquiring OMGPOP, Zynga is making another big buy with Buzz Monkey, TechCrunch is reporting.

As part of the deal, Zynga is picking …

Hands on with Instapaper for Android

When I heard Instapaper unveiled an Android app Monday, I quickly made my way to the Google Play store, forked over $2.99, and downloaded the app, which lets you save long articles to read offline later. My excitement fizzled after …

HP-owned Autonomy releases new big data and analytics solutions

Hewlett-Packard-owned cloud computing business Autonomy has released a new set of cloud-based solutions created to help businesses organize and analyze their data, the company announced today.

The new solutions are based on HP’s Converged Cloud and Autonomy IDOL 10. One …

SimCity Social: If this free-to-play game is too good, will you pay $60 for the full PC version?

Electronic Arts is finally unveiling a long-rumored Facebook game, SimCity Social. And with it begins a great experiment: Will fans who enjoy this free-to-play online game also dish out $60 when the full-fledged SimCity remake arrives for the PC in …

Backfire: Dropping U.S. citizenship could cost Facebook co-founder Saverin $43M

Talk about a backfire. Controversial Facebook co-founder Eduardo Saverin, who recently renounced his U.S. citizenship and came under fire for supposedly skipping out on U.S. taxes, might actually end up owing more money — an estimated $43 million.

Back in …

Google agrees to acquire Meebo to expand its Google+ team

As expected, Google has agreed to buy social-messaging and advertising company Meebo, a move that will help the search giant fill out its growing Google+ team.

“For more than seven years we’ve been helping publishers find deeper relationships with their …

RIM’s share price drops below $10 for first time in nearly a decade

Research in Motion’s stock has fallen and it can’t get up. The BlackBerry maker’s share price on the NASDAQ exchange fell into single digits for the first time in almost a decade today.

Just last week, RIM halted trading of …

Asus pushes Windows 8 with latest hybrid tablets

If Windows 8 has been home to anything so far, it’s unique form factors. Now Asus is further adding to that perception with its own hybrid tablets running the upcoming OS.

Channeling Lenovo’s Ideapad Yoga, Asus is doing something interesting …

Friend discovery: the next big trend in social

Facebook has become the undisputed king of social networking, serving almost 1 billion active users and valued at over $100 billion. Even with this incredible rise, Mark Zuckerberg and many others believe we’re still at the beginning of the social …

If Facebook were an online stock brokerage, it would look like Motif

Take one helping of Facebook: social, status updates, friends, and games. Add any online brokerage: stocks, money, charts, and choices. Mix them together, and you’ve got Motif Investing.

Launching Monday, Motif allows investors to easily build portfolios of companies grouped …

South Park creators introduce their game and playfully mock Microsoft

Developer Obsidian Entertainment has worked closely with South Park creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker to fully realize the world of the show in a new role-playing game dubbed “South Park: The Stick of Truth.” Players control the new kid …

Xbox Live is getting Nickelodeon, Machinima, & tons of live sports

Microsoft announced a slew of new media partnerships for its Xbox Live service that are sure to give the Xbox 360 game console a nice boost among people looking to jump on the set-top box bandwagon.

Monday at the Electronic …

E3 2012: Nike+ Kinect Training brings in-depth fitness measuring to Xbox 360

Nike’s trainers and coaches have helped Microsoft Game Studios develop a Kinect fitness game that will tap into the athletic-equipment company’s huge stable of workout products.

Regular fitness nuts may already be familiar with Nike+, a smartphone app that tracks …

Facebook gets all gay at star-studded GLAAD awards show [photos]

We told you earlier that Facebook had won a coveted GLAAD Media Award for its significant, long-term work with and for the LGBT community. We told you that the awards show would be a Cirque du Soleil-meets-Glee-meets-Beverly McClellan, star-studded orgy …

Is Cloudee Boxee’s pivot into DVR in the cloud?

Set-top box and streaming media software startup Boxee just launched a new cloud storage service appropriately called Cloudee, the company announced via a blog post today.

Cloudee, which is currently in beta, appears to focus primarily on saving and sharing …

Instapaper finally hits Android, proves even Apple fanboys have to show Android love

Even though Instapaper developer Marco Arment has repeatedly stated he wouldn’t bring his beloved app to Android, that apparently doesn’t rule out pushing the development work to someone else. Today Instapaper finally makes it way to Android smartphones and tablets …