13 Jul 2010

Google Pumps Money into Zynga, Plans Social Gaming Service

So what's going on over at Google with regard to games? Back in April they hired industry veteran Mark DeLoura who now lists his current position as "Developer Advocate, Games at Google." Then over the weekend, TechCrunch reported that Google has invested $100-$200 million in Zynga, the company who makes Farmville, Frontierville and a host of other popular games available on Facebook. TechCrunch says Zynga will be the cornerstone of a service called Google Games which will launch later this year.

Do you think people will trust Google more than Facebook when it comes to privacy issues? Maybe Google just flies under the radar for most people and they don't realize the privacy issues related to the massive Google network of sites, tools, widgets, businesses.