walked away pleased with the deal

walked away pleased with the dealTalk about sweet deals, the moveDVD Ripperwould put Zynga's games in front of Yahoo'sdstt cardentire 600 million user base.

TechCrunch broke the story but says details are sparse, that the games won't be available for several months, and that no one knows which games we're talking about yet. That said, look for Farmville (unless there's an exclusivity deal with Facebook, which I'm betting there isn't) and other popular titles like Mafia Wars.

On Yahoo's front page? Integrated with its services? Try both. Yahoo plans to make Zynga's games available through Yahoo Mail, Yahoo Messenger, its casual-angled Yahoo Games portal, and probably the homepage, too. Looks for the Yahoo's US version to go first, with an international followup.

Facebook and Zynga announced last week that they were forging a five-year "strategic relationship." This, after rumors that Zynga was planning to breakup with the popular social networking service and forge its own, dubbed 'Zynga Live'. The kiss-and-make-up deal expanded the use of "Facebook Credits" in Zynga games, a sticking point in reportedly "intense" prior negotiations. Zynga apparently balked at Facebook request for 30 percent of credit revenues. According to TechCrunch, Zynga was able to negotiate a better deal and "walked away pleased with thedstt carddeal," though Zynga Live is probably still in ready-just-in-case mode.

The mobile industry quickly responded to say that it was troubled by the direction the FCC is taking with respect to the wireless industry.

Of the 3,000 people surveyed last month by Abt/SRBI and Princeton Survey Research Associates for the FCC, about 2,400 had personal cell phones. Of that number, 17 percent said that their personal cell phone bills have increased from one month to the next, even though they did not change their plans.

Taking into account the number of people with mobile phones in the U.S., this translates into 30 million Americans, the FCC said.

Of those who have experienced "bill shock," about 88 percent said their provider did not contact them after their bills increased, and 84 percent said their carrier did not warn them that they were about to exceed their allowed minutes, texts, or data downloads.

"Pleased" may turn out to be an understatement,DVD Ripperif Zynga walked away without adstt cardFacebook exclusivity games clause.