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Zynga to cut 18% of workforce
Social video game company Zynga Inc. on Monday said it will cut 18% of its staff, or about 520 employees. The struggling maker of games such as "FarmVille" and "Words With Friends" is making the cuts as part of an effort to reduce costs by $70 million...
Tags: Financing and Stock Offerings, Zynga Inc., FarmVille, Pandora Media, Inc., Gaming Industry
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Hobbies on a Budget: You can make more time for your hobbies
Contributing WriterWe all live busy lives. Many people think pushing their hobbies to the backburner is the only possible way to get everything done and survive their chaotic schedules. But if you look closely, you may find some hidden time nuggets where you could do...Tags: Hobbies, Social Media, Robin Williams, Lifestyle and Leisure
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TV This Week: May 26 - June 1: 'Smash' on NBC
Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of May 26 - June 1, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies -------------------- SUNDAY Them? The Bluth family is back in...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Matt Damon, Clint Eastwood, James Lipton, TLC (tv network)
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Mother knows best
No one ever threatened me with my mom coming home. No one ever said, "You just wait until your mom gets home. You'll be sorry then." Mom was much too delicate for that. She had dark hair and ivory skin, long perfectly polished oval nails, a soft...Tags: Mother's Day, Hulu
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Brother's impending move worries 'big sis'
Dear Amy: My mother is planning to move to a state far from the one in which we have lived since I was a preteen. She is moving with my younger brother, "Barney." He is 12, and I am 21. I want to go with them so my brother and I don't grow apart as my...
Tags: Skype, Reviews
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Zynga closes Timonium video game studio in broader consolidation
Zynga, the video game maker best known for FarmVille and Words With Friends, has closed its Timonium office as part of a broader corporate consolidation, company officials said Monday. The company also made changes at three other offices, closing and...
Tags: Career and Workplace, FrontierVille, Media Industry, Zynga Inc., FarmVille
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Daniel Radcliffe's Out cover story reveals a few choice tidbits
Daniel Radcliffe's Out magazine cover story teaches us a couple of very important things. One, he seems like a really decent guy who gets along with just about everybody when he's on a movie set. Two, he's circumcised. Radcliffe, who plays Allen...Tags: Google Inc., Allen Ginsberg, Judaism, Movies, Periodicals
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'Scoring' at Orlando's arcade bars
Like a lot of people whose phones have been replaced by demanding little robots, I have had some difficulty adjusting to the new technology. Thanks to smartphone games such as Words With Friends, there are no longer awkward pauses in conversation, or...
Tags: Bars and Clubs, Colonialtown, Orlando Science Center, Gaming, Entertainment
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Phelps, Maryland's Olympians welcomed home
Arriving aboard the Pride of Baltimore II and hailed by a cannon blast from the Constellation, Michael Phelps and Maryland's other Olympic athletes were celebrated in true local style Monday afternoon by elected officials and an Inner Harbor crowd. "I...
Tags: Tide Point Waterfront Park, Inner Harbor, Politics, Awards and Prizes, Stephanie Rawlings-Blake
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Light from electronic screens at night linked to sleep loss
Like a lot of Americans, Amalie Drury has grown very attached to her smartphone. The 33-year-old Chicago writer checks the device multiple times a day for Facebook updates and email messages. She brings it into the bathroom when she brushes her teeth....
Tags: Health Organizations, Sleep Disorders, Apple iPhone, Melatonin (dietary supplement), Environmental Issues
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Michael Phelps doesn't want your Words With Friends request
The Baltimore SunFor a few moments this weekend, the world thought they had a chance to go head to head with Michael Phelps -- on Words With Friends, that is. The Olympian accidentally revealed his screen name for the game, sending it out to his nearly 200,000 Twitter...Tags: Alec Baldwin, Scrabble (game), Michael Phelps, Twitter, Inc.
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Essay: Social gaming for the anti-social
This is a quandary about the future of video games, but it also has a lot to do with text messages, phone calls, headsets and millennials. The backlash to the “Facebook Age” cries out for more human connection, more “real”...
Tags: NBC (tv network), Cell Phones, Politics, Facebook, Gaming Industry
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Sep 10, 2012
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Jun 25, 2012
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Apr 18, 2012
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