farmville's creator told us the popularity of the games shocks even him. >> when you see hundreds of thousands of people play the game that you created, nobody can conceive that. >> reporter: zynga is now trying to boost growth with it own website. >> zynga.com is a gamer network. it's a little different than just regular social networks where people come there for different reasons. >> reporter: zynga says new games and hard core players may help drive up revenue. >> they have to add four or five games a year. they seem to be doing that. refresh the ones like farmville that may be are starting to fade. >> reporter: actor and educational advocate burton says the gaming has an educational aspect. >> gaming can really make a huge difference in the way we educate in this nation. >> reporter: one of zynga's new game includes chefville which rewards players with recipes that they can actually use in the real world. david stevenson. >>> iphone users are extremely loyal to their service providers. according to the website mcgroomers.com shows most people who buy iphones use them on their cu

farmville 2. chefville and theville. a game that aims to mimic real life. the most popular game farmville and word friends the company ramping up development of its own website. so it doesn't depend o so heavily on facebook. >> if you expand the audience of player, the facebook players and by having a platform you have other developers who can get a game discovered because zinga can deliver many million os people. >> investornot appear to be impressed. the stock fell. >>> many facebook useerer upset the social networks site. they changed their default enail addresses without even asking. starting this weekend they replaced the with an address ending in at facebook.cc. messages sent end up mt. messages section. >> grade school google is expected to unveil messaging system. at its deadly weapons conference. the updated it platform is called jelly bean. the android is the most popular cell phone platform. there's also speculation google could unveil its own tablet. >>> and the pharmacy said to be part of a testing. to a hiv testing. they hope to offer the test

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. >>> san francisco base game zynga unveiled new products along the new games are farmville two, chefvillend the ville. zynga has used facebook to boost its games but is now trying to raise revenue by using its own website. >> you have people who don't want to be on facebook and by having a platform you have other developers who can get a game discovered because zynga can deliver 10 million or 30 million people. >> each month 290 million people play zynga game such as words with friends and farmville. >>> in news of the world tonight in uganda, rescue workers had to use hand tools to search for people missing in landslide before heavy equipment arrived. at least 100 are believed to be buryed in a number of villages. >>> in syria, president assad said his country is in a genuine state of war. previously he has described the violence as an uprising by terrorists carrying out a foreign agenda. fighting has now broken out closer to the capital of damascus. turkey is now warning syria to keep their forces inside their borders or risk an armed response. syria shot down a turkish band. >>> say go

. >>> the third company we mentioned, the top trouble in farmville. shares of the san francisco online gamemaker zynga fell to the lowest level ever yesterday and recover only slightly slightly today. why it happened and what it means for the future of online gaming. >> reporter: games beat editor in chief dan chu is playing bubble safari. there are bubbles and a monkey and 50 requests from his facebook friends who play other zynga games. people are getting tired of seeing the same facebook wall posts asking for hey, i need this or i need this for these games. >> reporter: it is part of the marketing strategy. get you to advertise the game to your friends. and not only does it annoy users like shu is ties zynga to it facebook. >> over a last week or so. a lot has been facebook dragging zynga down with it. an effort to depend less on facebook and investors will care when it starts making money. >> they can't come out with a product and expect wall street to get excited. >> reporter: there may be another reason the numbers are falling and you you can se

and playing off the success of farmville, two new ville genre games. the ville focuses on players dream homes and interactions with people and chefville centers its actions around the kitchen. >>> an international group of economists are recommending the united states adopt policies that would make higher income americans pay more in taxes to help boost the u.s. economy. the organizations were economic cooperation and development favors eliminating some health insurance tax breaks for high income individuals. some of the ideas the group are advocating have been championed by the obama administration. >>> stocks started down but gained ground late. nasdaq gained 18 points. >>> a budget battle is being wage at the state capital. coming up ken pritchett live in san francisco with how tonight's vote could possibly lead to six weeks of school being cut over the next two years. >>> a lot of people in california will be on the road this fourth of july holiday. aaa is predicting 5 million people will head out of town for the midweek holiday. and almost 4 milli

. >>> happening right now the san francisco company behind farmville and words for friends unveiling next generation of games. zynga giving a sneak peek of releases. the company will give analysts more information about its business model which relies heavily on facebook games. the stock has tan a hit recently. zynga is expected to focus more on mobile devices and its own platform called zynga.com. >> new revelation from rielle hunter. >> up until last week you were saying you were a couple? >> uh-huh. >> how did it end. >> next, the reason she says they just broke up. >>> big boost among bone marrow donors after "good morning america" robin >> closed captioning brought to you by mancini sleepworld. >>> flooding from tropical storm debby has caused officials to close highway 10. black creek is expected to crest at about 20 feet around now. >> we have a team out there we have to figure out if homeowners need to get ton dry land so we can aid them getting belongings to dry land or themselves. -- >>> emergency crews say the water is rising up to two inches in half an hour voluntary evac

. >>> happening right now the san francisco company behind farmville and words for friends unveiling next generation of games. zynga giving a sneak peek of releases. the company will give analysts more information about its business model which relies heavily on facebook games. the stock has tan a hit recently. zynga is expected to focus more on mobile devices and its own platform called zynga.com. >> new revelation from rielle hunter. >> up until last week you were saying you were a couple? >> uh-huh. >> how did it end. >> next, the reason she says they just broke up. >>> big boost among bone >>> big boost among bone marrow donors after [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet atat home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. introducing at&t u-verse high speed internet with more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hot spots than ever. call at&t now to get u-verse high speed internet for as little as 14.95 a month for 12 months with a one-year price guarantee. it's the fastest internet for the price. our newly expanded advanced digital

. >>> san francisco based zynga maker of farmville and other games slumped following an annual report that its active user base increased significantly. stock closed just below $30 a share. stocks rallied in wall street despite concern over the debt crisis. the increase was driven in part from word that the feds could take action to help the economy. today's surge wiped out a big decline from yesterday. >>> the future of television was on display in a conference in san francisco. our health and science editor john fowler shows us how interactive tv is connecting viewers with each other and with advertisers. >> reporter: the sixth tv of tomorrow conference, 600 people, even more ideas. >> i think the television of tomorrow is about connecting with people. >> reporter: san francisco's x2tv puts an icon in the video. >> it takes you to the web or it actually will do an overlay of text on the video so you never have to leave the visit video. >> i think it's about bringing all the content you want into your living room. >> enabling advertisers to reach consumers. >> reporter: san jose's ac

analysts say more and more people are using mobile devices and fewer people are playing farmville.hey switched to mobile and it's a big problem for many companies, particularly those which depend on advertising like zing action does. zinga at an all-time low this morning. >>> another day of emotional testimony at the trial of jerry sandusky. this morning one of his alleged victims known as victim number one took the stand. the recent high school graduate recounted an alleged sexual encount we are sandusky saying he didn't want it to happen. another man known as victim number four told a similar story during questioning yesterday. the man told the court he did not come forward immediately because sandusky was the only one he could talk to. eight alleged victims are expected to testify. >>> a dead lay sailing tragedy off southern california was caused by human error, not by open ocean collision. the 37-foot boat disappeared in the middle of the night during a race to newport to ensenada in mexico back in april. the four-man crew was never found. originally, it was believed the boat w

ç >> zynga says more games were expected z tomorrow, another and there is farmville 2 coming soon. >e have a lot further to go to deliver on our mission of connecting the world through baims. that excites me. >> there ise1zv zynga announcing there will be a stronger push. >> and great thing is that everyone has one. everyone carries it in their pockets. audience is everyone, men, women arks dults children and there are players with several devices to use. >> you want to make sure you're connecting with gaming friends. and you want to keep track of challenges so we're trying to unify that experience and make it familiar. >> and zynga says there are 290,000 users. but the game's hidden chronicle. >> women bring their social nature and natural way of connecting with each other and friends. >> and more games will be added because zynga created a partnership program for developers. idea to give them more exposure through the vast network. >> if you've been following the stock market you know zynga has been taking a hit. and they hope it will impress wall street as well. perhaps you, too.

. >> their ultimate hope is they will have the next farmville or multimillion-dollar or billion dollar product out there. >> tim cook is expected to possibly announce the ultra thin mac book as well as a new mapping system to compete with android's google maps. >> could be some future millionaires. 50 years ago tomorrow three prisoners escaped from alcatraz through a spoon dug tunnel, and they haven't been seen since. frank morris and brothers clarence and john snuck out june 11th, 1962 and vanished without a trace. most experts figure they drowned, but their bodies were never found which means they could have made it to search tee. -- safety. a producer on a documentary of the children of alcatraz says it is possible. >> i think it was easier in 1962 to disappear than 2012. so this thing i am most spectacle about is if in fact they did make it, i would have think it would have been a greater feet to remain hidden sinceallyn to actually make it to marin. >> and still today, there is a us marshal assigned to the case. fromently escaping alcatraz is not as hard as ,000 athletes swam back

. >> their ultimate hope is they will have the next farmville or multimillion-dollar or billion dollarproduct out there. >> tim cook is expected to possibly announce the ultra thin mac book as well as a new mapping system to compete with android's google maps. >> could be some future millionaires. 50 years ago tomorrow three prisoners escaped from alcatraz through a spoon dug tunnel, and they haven't been seen since. frank morris and brothers clarence and john snuck out june 11th, 1962 and vanished without a trace. most experts figure they drowned, but their bodies were never found which means they could have made it to search tee. -- safety. a producer on a documentary of the children of alcatraz says it is possible. >> i think it was easier in 1962 to disappear than 2012. so this thing i am most spectacle about is if in fact they did make it, i almost think it would have been a greater feet to remain hidden since 1962 than to actually make it to marin. >> and still today, there is a us marshal assigned to the case. apparently escaping from alcatraz is not as hard as many believe. abo

. >> there is trouble in farmville. shares of zynga fell to the lowest level than ever yesterday and recovered only slightly today. and what this means for the knew tour of gaming. >> dan hs su. playing bubble safari. yes there are bubbles and a monkey. 50 requests from facebook friends. >> people are getting tired of friends seeing the same posts asking for hey i need this or this. >> and it's part of the marketing strat jismt not only does it annoy users but ties zynga to facebook. >> there is a lot of it facebook dragging zynga down with it saying it's an effort to depend less on facebook. >> there is a public company. they can't expect wall street to get excited each perts say there may be a reason and you can see it firsthand. there is iphone and ipads greatly outnumber the lap top. it seems everything is going mobile. >> if you look at zynga products they're not the full games they're not full experiences. >> yet the iphone games are the only games some people have ever played. >> i don't play with a web browser.

in the age of games like farmville, zynga, time to remember our video game roots. remember pong?ay marks the 40th anniversary of the video. it was the world's first video game smash hit. live at the new york stock exchange i'm jane king. >>> mike is teasing me a little on twitter about my wardrobe color. nice eye. >> i thought for sure you would have original or black on today the official giants fan this morning. we just need one to represent. >> one to sweep also. >> what do you think? >> i think you need brooms and sunscreen. gorgeous day at at&t park light breeze, upper 60s to 70, total sunshine, picture perfect. one finger of fog, like pointing his finger at you saying, you said it could be sunny today, it will be sunny this afternoon you are going to last another hour or two then you're gone then total sunshine. lack of clouds and rain on the radar this morning. we are going to be bright everywhere today even at the coast where 49 at half moon bay now, 49 napa, everybody else in the 50s, heading outside gilroy 47, rest of the monterey bay and inland neighborhoods low to mid

the creator of farmville has lost about $5 billion of its value in the past six months. one analyst said that facebook based gaming may have peaked. at the close today, it was over $5. it's initial public offering price in december was $10. the broader stock markets fell today as the european debt crisis appears to spread. the dow lost 77 points of a an up and down day. the nasdaq lost 4. greece is preparing for new elections on sunday, and now cypress says it may need a bail out. >>> noel walker is live -- >> reporter: julie, soon it could be an application as in dot app. that's one of 2,000 domain names that applicants swapped down to get. some pioneers are getting ready to pack their covered wagon, and move to the wild, wild west. >> we're just running out of room. there's no more good.com names. >> reporter: paul sloan has been writing about what's the virtual equivalent of urban sprawl. the internet equivilent of assigned names and numbers. it could include dot google, dot bank, and fashionistas may log onto a site that ends with dot fashion. confused? >> your eyes

their older games with titles like farmville and mafia wars have been around so long that they have becomeless popular. >> it is our job to develop new content for those titles in new titles to on top of existing ones. >> still they insist the propensity for pushing the platform on others is not to blame. >> when you recommend a game for a friend they count on you to steer them in the right direction so that is the path that i take. >> that can be overdone, is that part of the reason there has been a slide? as people keep brushing their friends? >> you know? when you say over done? i do not know what you mean but i think that what happens on facebook ... >> people keep requesting me to play these games. >> you always have the opportunity to say " no thank you ". but we hope that they are telling you that because they liked the experience. >> the need to keep people aware of these products and push it out there, and annoying if you people every now and then to keep hundreds of millions of users active in a game, that is good business. >> they had no comment on their stock plunged, they're h

the one behind social media games like words with friends, farmville and draw something. >> i grew uplly competitive game players, like the old school kind of mes. >> reporter: he founded zynga ie gamesth scompany's mission to b play in everyone's day. >> we've seen play and playing together really start to become a core thing that people expect to do. >> the company's san francisco office refles that theme. employees take drawingclasses, bring dogs to work, and make their own hours. >> creativity is really the core of what we'doing. >> hoping virtual fun translates into a real good time. >> we're out there on a mission every day to make a game that everybody around the world can love and enjoy and take 15 minutes to just take a break from the frenzy of the day-to-day life and connect with friends. >> if connections are lucrative, zynga worth roughly $4.4 billion, surprising because to start playing its games costs noing. >> we lowered the barrier to play, and we saw none of these people wanted to play together. >> actually 65 million people play a zynga game each day, spending a tota

the creator of farmville has lost about $5 billion of its value in the past six months. one analyst said that facebook based gaming may have peaked. at the close today, it was over $5. it's initial public offering price in december was $10. the broader stock markets fell today as the european debt crisis appears to spread. the dow lost 77 points of a an up and down day. the nasdaq lost 4. greece is preparing for new elections on sunday, and now cypress says it may need a bail out. >>> noel walker is live -- >> reporter: julie, soon it could be an application as in dot app. that's one of 2,000 domain names that applicants swapped down to get. some pioneers are getting ready to pack their covered wagon, and move to the wild, wild west. >> we're just running out of room. there's no more good.com names. >> reporter: paul sloan has been writing about what's the virtual equivalent of urban sprawl. the internet equivilent of assigned names and numbers. it could include dot google, dot bank, and fashionistas may log onto a site that ends with dot fashion. confused? >> your eyes

. >> when you should be working hard, you're actually playing farmville. moving on.is for you, a special mattress edition of "street signs." >> my fave. >> an interesting -- the chairman of the company came out. the news came out he bought $2.8 million of the stock. a big purchase. insider score says a positive purchase. here's something to look at, pay attention to here. he was a big seller of this stock. >> i was going to say, a cover? short and cover? >> he sold -- he sold it around the price, you know, a few years ago buying now. you have to remember -- >> interesting. >> by the way, other executives in the company may not be so quick to buy even though the company said you will see insider buying looking like a street call. >> you know, it's interesting that this is a stock cut in half. >> yep. >> after it was cut in half. >> 54% to down year to date. >> i understand they're not good places to hide money. >> you bickty -- >> very good. ubiquiti network. >> apparently buying a nba team. i'm talking about this. company hasn't said a thing about it. no announcement

it happened near the farmville ave. police say that someone shot at the car from another vehicle. the victim's brother was also in the car but he was not hurt. police say that they do not have a motive. ross mirkarimi neighbor said the domestic violence incident that led to the suspension of the sherrif is far worse than his account of it. in a 22 page declaration ivory madison said that his wife described 20 or 30 minutes of verbal and physical abuse on new year's eve. tomorrow the san fransisco ethics commission will begin its hearings on whether he should be removed from office. and an appeals court overturned a judge's decision to release a robbery suspect on the condition that he write a book reports. the ninth district court of appeals said that he should stay behind bars while he awaits trial, in may in u.s. district judge released him on the grounds that he read and write every day. he's accused of trying to rob undercover federal agents in a sting operation in richmond. >> time is running out for parents protesting the closing of five oakton school south. they have been c

that's the company behind farmville and cityville. right now, it's selling for $5.14. yesterday. people are playing more games on their mobile devices. >>> and yahoo has a new partner. they will work with cnbc on their finance page. this gives yoo -- yahoo access to a profit-based platform -- broad-based platform. >>> this morning, j.p. morgan so, jamie dimon, right there -- ceo, jamie dimon, right there apologized for the $2 billion loss that rocketed the financial market. those responsible for this loss will probably lose some of their pay. >>> russia denies u.s. claims that they provided weapons for air systems. >>> and back here at home, a suspicious apartment fire in redwood city left dozens of people homeless. lorraine blanco has been on this since 4:30 this morning. what do you know? >> reporter: he says there's exnsive water and smoke damage. some may have to find a different place to live. there's several police and fire investigators still on scene, all looking for clues and evidence of arson. investigators think the fire started with the five cars burning si

. >> emily turner from farmville, north carolina. >> how old. >> eight months. >> another cutie backsophia. >> all right. let's see what we've got as far as your weather is concerned. our pick city today, rockford, illinois, nbc 13, showers there, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. you can see a lot more rain making its way through the southeast gulf coast. also a line of strong storms stretching into the upper mississippi river valley. beautiful day in the pacific northwest, sunshine 70, in seattle, 103 in phoenix, heavy rain in the southeast, beautiful day in southern florida, 86. nice day in the northeast as well. a little on the warm humid side in washington. 89 degrees. girl scouts. where are you from? >> durham, north carolina. >> these are pretty girl scouts, all talented and smart. what are you doing down there? you're a sign holder. that's w >> good morning. the humidity has come up since yesterday. we will see some scattered >> and that's your latest weather. willie. >>> up next the ewing family back on television after 21 years, they are back at it. we're going to talk

do you think any of the more recent games like words with friend or farmville are as addictive or space invaders or pong. join the conversation on wou u "worldwide exchange." e-mail us at worldwide @cnbc.com or tweet us @cnbcwex. >> happy memorandums of atari games when i was at school. >>> just having a flash back there. we'll take a short break. after that we'll hear from the cfo of standard chattered as they struggle with weak local currencies. [ male announcer ] this is the at&t network. a living, breathing intelligence helping business, do more business. in here, opportunities are created and protected. gonna need more wool! demand is instantly recognized and securely acted on across the company. around the world. turning a new trend, into a global phenomenon. it's the at&t network -- securing a world of new opportunities. ♪ >>> >>> welcome back to the program. we've been following the bankruptcy this morning, potential filing of bankruptcy by stockton, california. of course, that happening in the u.s. but europe continuing to drive much of the rest of the news this morning. gina s

third they've taken of a farmville which is legislation that cuts some $23 billion with tremendous bipartisan support helps farmers manage the risks relating to the rampantly fluctuating prices and profits critical support to rural america part of the country that is especially hard hit in the recession and still has major challenges. fiscal challenges to tackle in a bipartisan manner as well without the congressional action spending cuts contained in the budget control act will present a significant headwind in 2013. the congressional budget office recently estimated that real gdp growth will slow to just .5% in 2013 unless washington in fact act. german bernanke has expressed concerns regarding risks that a so-called fiscal presents to the recovery. i share that concern and i know a lot of others share that same concern. let's be clear there are right ways and wrong ways to balance the budget to grow the economy and create jobs rather than give bad situation even worse. unless we all agree the huge budget deficit and debt that america faces many to continue to cut spending. there's no doubt

it not only has to be cost- effective, which this farmville is, it has to have the kind of support that our farmers and ranchers need to produce more food supply. that is what we're doing. again, a growing economy, very important as well. it is getting $13 plus there's a big -- $13+ million -- 13+ million people back to work. host: one more call from dallas tx. good morning. democrats line. caller: good morning. my name is william. i am a disabled vietnam veteran. i am wondering, how come it has taken so long for the congress to award the black of farmers the award the one about 10 years ago? guest: first off, i do not know the answer to your question but i'm willing to look into it. and i want to thank you for your service. we appreciate some mature service in vietnam hear. for 10 years, our soldiers, men beeniwomen in uniform have serving in iraq, afghanistan, and places around the world. host: senator mccain was in your state not too long ago. he was quoted. he made the case for u.s. a strong vice-presidential pick for mitt romney. guest: i do not think that is too likely, but it was

we can expectancy quens to "farmville" and "words with friends" as well as a broad array of games, perhapse gamers that play console games. some of the games are sure to be mobile, an area where the company is making a big push. another area for expansion we're hoping to hear news on this morning is zynga's platform. the stand-alone website aims to be the destination for play including games from other developers. on the heels of friday's announcement that facebook is serving social adds to zynga.com we may hear about the potential for zynga to generate real revenue from advertising down the line. the presentation starts at 1:30 p.m. eastern. you can follow me on twitter and on my blog. we'll have a first on cnbc interview with ceo mark pin cass who will join us on "closing bell." >> to tag on to that, we have the yammer news yesterday with microsoft. it does seem yesterday that after the facebook ipo maybe it's starting to undo some of the damage from last month. >> i think what's going oranges especially here with zynga, way want to show they have strength on the facebook platform but ca

. >> emily turner from farmville, north carolina. >> how old. >> eight months. >> another cutie back. fl? >> sophia. how are you? all right. let's see what we have as far as your weather is concerned. our pick city of the day, rockford, illinois, nbc 13. showers, storms, temperatures in the mid to upper 80s. you can see a lot more rain making its way through the southeast, gulf coast, also a line of strong storms stretching into the upper mississippi river valley. beautiful day in the pacific northwest. sunshine and 70 in seattle. 103 in phoenix today. heavy rain in the southeast. beautiful day down in southern florida, 86 degrees. nice day in the northeast as well, plenty of sunshine and a little on the warm, humid side in washington. 89 degrees. girl scouts where are you from? >> north carolina. >> these are pretty girl scouts. she nice and all very talented and smart. what are you doing down there? you're a sign holder. i didn't know. that's what's going on around the country. here's what's happening in your neck of the woods. >> good morning. some high clouds over the region now.