The investigation comes alongside media reports about children spending large sums on virtual items for smartphone and web games.
Still Pincus pointed to successes in its web games FarmVille 2 and ChefVille as reasons for optimism in the future.
Chinese gamers tire of Web games after about six months though.
In part to bring back its high growth, Zynga plans to launch two new web games per quarter and four mobile games per quarter in 2013.
The reduced performance of some of our live web games is continuing to impact results and we have several new games which are at risk of launching later than expected.
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Comparing our Non-Social WEB gameswith MMORPG games or SOCIAL games is like comparing apples to oranges.
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They can use that to write papers, explore the Web, play games and instant message their friends.
In Nov. 2009, the company acquired a majority stake in Jolt Online Gaming, a developer of web-based games.
After years of focusing on Web-based games, Zynga began overhauling its business last year to improve its presence on mobile.
Hundreds of eager developers have designed such iPhone Web apps featuring games, news, even the weather--although there are firewall restrictions and other limitations that come with browser-based programs.
People use the web to play games, download music, buy things, make telephone calls, share pictures and inner secrets, watch videos and television and, oh yes, search for information.
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Called AdSense for Games, the platform will offer advertisers access to millions of Web-based Flash games.
The companies the Google alums work on are all Web-based, and increasingly about social media, including games, analysis of Web chatter and content.
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Other dynamic Web sites, like games and photo sites, also loaded without a hitch.
Independent developers distribute their games on Web portals and via blogs and social networks, just like YouTube videos.
In the mean time, Joe Lieberman and his French counterpart can play whatever political games of web-based whack-a-mole they like.
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Live sports games, web shows, live concerts and more.
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WebGL creates a huge opportunity to use web technologies to build games, to create high-performance simulations, and to develop other types of graphically heavy user interfaces at least, when the browser supports it well.
"There was plenty of speculation Zynga was getting referrals within the Facebook community that other gaming companies weren't getting which helped drive web traffic to Zynga games, " Digital World Research chief executive PJ McNealy said.
The IdeaCentre Q190, the world's smallest1 full-function desktop PC at just 22mm (0.86 inches) wide, packs multimedia features that can turn any display in your home into an entertainment hub for videos, games, web browsing and more.
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Earlier this month, Siemens' mobile phone division accepted help from a rival in a bid to speed the arrival of its next generation handsets, which allow users to surf the web, play video games and transmit data at high speeds.
Kindle Fire is the Kindle for movies, TV shows, music, books, magazines, apps, games and web browsing with all the content, free storage in the Amazon Cloud, Whispersync, Amazon Silk (Amazon's new revolutionary cloud-accelerated web browser), vibrant color touch screen, and powerful dual-core processor.
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And without Flash support, iPad users will not be able to access the full range of web content, including over 70% of games and 75% of video on the web.
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Others admitted that the iPad, with its wealth of applications and games and its Web browser, could be distracting.
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The company lets gamers play visually sophisticated games through a Web browser, without the need for specialized hardware or graphics circuits.
After 10 years of development of online games in China, it had become possible to run 3D games on the web.
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In return for sending its players to the Sochi Olympics, the NHL is trying to acquire video, photograph and Web site rights for the games.
Employees readily go to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, and YouTube, or email, shop, play games, and web surf all from a personal phone or tablet.
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