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YouTube, Skype and "Angry Birds Space" took the top honors in 2012, while Apple also revealed its own picks for games and apps of the year.

Facebook has announced its 25 most popular social games for 2012, with SongPop taking the No. 1 spot.

There was some reshuffling at Zynga Tuesday as the company's chief financial officer took off to the social network.

After spending $US180 million on acquiring OMGPOP in March, social gaming company Zynga looks set to write of between $US85-95 million from the deal.

Just a week after EA filed a copyright infringement suit against Zynga, COO John Schappert resigns.

Farmville-maker Zynga has announced a loss of $108 million (£70m) for the first half of 2012, a drop it blames partly on Facebook.

CEO remains wary of creating games for mobiles even after spending big on OMGPOP.

News in Brief Zynga's reinventing the wheel with its new game, Farmville 2. The good news is, no one's going to play it.

Zynga may be in a spot of bother as the continuing drop in the number of people using it has led to a falling share price.

Crude drawings are here to stay according to Zynga, which believes Draw Something is here for the long run.