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The online game maker confirmed the hiring of Microsoft's Xbox chief to replace CEO Mark Pincus.

As struggling Zynga lays off hundreds of employees, a rival is lurking on the sidelines to snatch up top talent. 

Twitter’s problem is it’s not mature enough to be a public company. Now it has to invent itself under the bright lights of Wall Street.

Founders have been more focused on gaining sky-high valuations than managing their burn rates. Those days are so over.

Zynga said on Thursday it hired Clive Downie, an executive from a mobile gaming company, to be its new chief operating officer overseeing mobile game.

In a conversation with the American Enterprise Institute, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt weighed in on privacy,  job creation and the role of government in technology. Schmidt, who came to Google as CEO in 2001, also spoke of his management regrets.  

After leading Twitter through its initial public offering last fall, Anthony Noto will be replacing Twitter’s chief financial officer, Mike Gupta. 

Twitter COO Ali Rowghani resigned from his position effective Thursday, but will stay on with the company as a strategic advisor to the CEO.

Mark Zuckerberg earned a salary of just $1 in 2013, but the Facebook founder and CEO hauled in $3.3 billion in stock options.

The hiring of Facebook and Instagram executive Emily White as chief operating officer likely signals Snapchat's desire to remain independent. 

Zynga said chief operating officer David Ko and two other top-level execs are leaving the game developer to pursue other interests. 

Facebook Inc. founder and Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan said they plan to give about 99% of their Facebook shares to philanthropic efforts.

Twitter Chief Executive and co-founder Jack Dorsey said he is giving a third of his stock in the company, about 1 percent, to the employee equity pool.

Sheryl Sandberg is reportedly being eyed as a possible candidate to replace Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger when he steps down in 2016.

Following an exodus of Zynga employees in 2012, the social games maker says it is appointed Silicon Valley venture capitalist John Doerr to its board.  

Twitter named interim Chief Executive Jack Dorsey as its permanent CEO on Monday. Dorsey served as interim CEO after former Dick Costolo stepped down on July 1.

Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, who has been acting chief executive of the company for the past three months, is expected to be named permanent CEO as early as Thursday, technology news website Re/code reported, citing sources.

5 reasons why Twitter’s interim CEO and co-founder Jack Dorsey will almost certainly be named permanent chief.

Analysts said Twitter has an uncertain future unless it can reverse slowing user growth by introducing new features that will help it win a bigger chunk of the digital advertising market from rivals such as Facebook.

Snapchat, in another step toward turning itself into a major media property, has hired Marcus Wiley -- previously co-head of comedy development at Fox Broadcasting -- to run original content development for the service's Snap Channel, Variety has confirmed.