• DocumentCode
    1411146
  • Title

    Not your parents´ Scrabble [Tools & Toys]

  • Author

    Anderson, Mark

  • Volume
    49
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    1/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    24
  • Lastpage
    24
  • Abstract
    If you know the name Zynga, chances are it??s in the context of the company??s blockbuster Facebook game, FarmVille. But even as Zynga spreads its roots through the fertile soil of social networks, it??s also decided to take on the next big trend in computing?? mobility. In 2010 it acquired NewToy and its online game, Words with Friends, an update of the venerable board game Scrabble.
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Spectrum, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9235
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSPEC.2012.6117825
  • Filename
    6117825