Every app ever — whether it’s on iOS or Android — that’s in some way integrated with Facebook is being wrangled by the social network into one ginormous app store. Dubbed App Center, the new feature will allow users to browse whatever cool app their friends are using and download them themselves; Apps such as Draw Something, Pinterest, Spotify and Viddy. (What’s the deal with Viddy?...
Gotta love a rags-to-riches story. It’s even better when it’s a tech story that comes with a genuinely heartwarming twist. It all starts with a small operation called OMGPOP. You might know it as the developer of the smash hit game app Draw Something. But the company wasn’t always successful. In fact, as recently as just a few months ago, it had one foot in the grave. According to a...
Rumored for the past two days, Zynga and OMGPOP have now made it official with the former acquiring the latter. Although Zynga hasn't said how much it paid for the makers of Draw Something, yesterday's numbers had the company valued at $130 million, but speculation from earlier today put the number at closer to $200 million. Either way, the fact that the game only launched at the...