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. >> social game giant zinga is giving san francisco school as sizable gift >>> covering burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back. the contra costa board of supervisors will consider boosting their pay by $32,000. it is appears likely members will did so since they voted to have an ordinance drawn up for the increase, the raise pushing salaries from $97 to $130,000 a year. supervisors say the increase is reasonable because they still make less than many other department heads in the county. >>> anonymous c.h.p. officer found a lot money in the street and returned it. she restored a man's life savings and toss her children a lesson in the process. >> i opened it enough to see it was $100 bills. >> this off duty c.h.p. officer who does not want to be identified said she found more than $120,000 stuffed interest two bank bags lying in the middle of concord boulevard. >> i was, like, oh my god! it didn't feel real. >> she struggles to pay the bills like most of us but did not hesitate to turn in the money. >> the man reported the loss saying it was h
. >> social game giant zinga is giving san francisco school as sizable gift >>> covering burlingame, campbell and all the bay area, this is abc7 news. >>> welcome back. the contra costa board of supervisors will consider boosting their pay by $32,000. it is appears likely members will did so since they voted to have an ordinance drawn up for the increase, the raise pushing salaries from $97 to $130,000 a year. supervisors say the increase is reasonable because they still...
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because we've seen zinga and king digital that are stand alones. but if it seems if you partner with the kardashians or the book of life for instance that maybe there is a little more heft behind it. >> from our perspective we're planning on about a third to be connected with ip. but when looking at the deals t content partnership has to be large enough that it is substitutional for the marketing dollars that you are spending to acquire new users to play your game. >> how much does it cost to make -- i want to get in here. here is my concern about the long-term trajectory of this market. it used to be when zinga was getting ready to ipo the story was we figured an entirely new model. we are able to the gain user at the cheaper rate. that's broken down. now social and mobile looks more like traditional gaming more like toy merchandising and the marketing costs are just as high. is there any advantage companies like yours are going to find to make the business model better than the ones we've seen before in gaming and toy merchandising? >> the top ga
because we've seen zinga and king digital that are stand alones. but if it seems if you partner with the kardashians or the book of life for instance that maybe there is a little more heft behind it. >> from our perspective we're planning on about a third to be connected with ip. but when looking at the deals t content partnership has to be large enough that it is substitutional for the marketing dollars that you are spending to acquire new users to play your game. >> how much does...
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zinga is back in business. grab your smartphone to see its most recent inspection which it passed. text food to 25543 for digital kitchen histories in d.c., virginia and montgomery county in the restaurant alert. >>> don't want to wait in line for your starbucks? >> there's an app for that. the starbucks app will allow users to order their drinks from their phone. this is part of the coffee chain's plan to expand sales via mobile devices. starbucks expects coffee to be bought through cell phones to begin to account for about 14% of their sales in this country. this new service is being rolled out in portland a bit later in the year. it will be available nationwide in 2015. >> can you stand in line and be tired of standing in line and order your coffee? >> i can't take it anymore. >>> we'll tell you how often the wildcard teams have ever met in the fall classic after the break. >> coming up in our facts not fear campaign handling ebola patients and those at risk of infection, the different types of isolation doctors use and why. >> but up next a simple way to add a little context to
zinga is back in business. grab your smartphone to see its most recent inspection which it passed. text food to 25543 for digital kitchen histories in d.c., virginia and montgomery county in the restaurant alert. >>> don't want to wait in line for your starbucks? >> there's an app for that. the starbucks app will allow users to order their drinks from their phone. this is part of the coffee chain's plan to expand sales via mobile devices. starbucks expects coffee to be bought...
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shows zinga on franklin farm road in herndon temporarily closed s. 11th citing six violations including the establishment -- september 11th citing six violations including the establishment was closed due to lack of a food manager. text food to 25543 in the restaurant alert. >>> a mcdonald's coffee drinker in canada got a lot more than he expected in his cup of joe. >> along with the joe was some mickey as in mickey mouse. ron moret bought the coffee from mcdonald's dive-through in new brunswick and was on his way to work. he left the lid on. then he got a big surprise. >> i always take the lid off to take my last gulp of coffee and when i took the lid off, there was a little bit of surprise in my coffee cup. >> okay. so it is around the dinner hour. we decided not to show you the mouse in the bottom of that cup. make no mistake, though, it was there. how it got there, that's a whole other question. ron said he doesn't know. mcdonald's said it doesn't know. the restaurant said a government inspector found no pests or violations. an independent contractor didn't find anything either. ron
shows zinga on franklin farm road in herndon temporarily closed s. 11th citing six violations including the establishment -- september 11th citing six violations including the establishment was closed due to lack of a food manager. text food to 25543 in the restaurant alert. >>> a mcdonald's coffee drinker in canada got a lot more than he expected in his cup of joe. >> along with the joe was some mickey as in mickey mouse. ron moret bought the coffee from mcdonald's dive-through...
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. >> today, san francisco based zinga will present money for a game academy with high school students the city playing pong and other games part of a national trend to incorporate computer science interest public schools and in california alone, this are 78,000 open jobs for computer scientists. zynga which created farmville will give a check to the district for $31,000. >> an pill is bringing ten to low income students, and the company is giving out ipads, macs and apple tv small to 114 schools across the nation including in san jose and richmond part of their $100 million pledge to president obama's connected initiative a campaign for educational technology giving students real word skills. >> in over 11 hours, the san francisco giants will take on the royals in what we hope will be final game of the world series and the gigantic victory with fans showing their spirit. >> ♪ the old ballgame >> okay, mama? >> that was more than okay. 101-year-old madeleine does not know the exact words of "take me out to the ball game," but her giant heart is in the right place. >> fans have been sho
. >> today, san francisco based zinga will present money for a game academy with high school students the city playing pong and other games part of a national trend to incorporate computer science interest public schools and in california alone, this are 78,000 open jobs for computer scientists. zynga which created farmville will give a check to the district for $31,000. >> an pill is bringing ten to low income students, and the company is giving out ipads, macs and apple tv small...
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the second year of a partnership between san francisco unified school district and mobile gamemakers zinga with the principal saying it engages kids and the remain employees. >> it is not just sitting at a computer but engagement of all the leadership skills we are trying to bring to them each day. >> we look forward to this with a lot even enthusiasm. they are energized. inspired. >> they are paying for the teachers and the computer laboratory. the goal is to design their own computer game and present it to the employees and engineers. >> why couldn't i be a kid and be paid to lay video games? >> go play this video games. they are educational. >> you may want to see a movie in the air conditioning theater. >> anything to stay school. >> or hang out in the frozen food section while mom is shopping. >> what a life, mike. >> okay... >>> want to go to the grocery store? >> continue through 9:00 tomorrow is the dangerous heat. you cannot escape the heat. only by getting in the water or air conditioning. there is if rain. no drizzle. no shoulds. in fog. temperatures are all over the scale from
the second year of a partnership between san francisco unified school district and mobile gamemakers zinga with the principal saying it engages kids and the remain employees. >> it is not just sitting at a computer but engagement of all the leadership skills we are trying to bring to them each day. >> we look forward to this with a lot even enthusiasm. they are energized. inspired. >> they are paying for the teachers and the computer laboratory. the goal is to design their own...