The leading games developer for Facebook, Zynga, has recently bought German HTML5 specialist Dextrose AG. So what does that mean? Well they will be able to run rich programmes on both web and mobile browsers. This could save Zynga lots of development time and effort, and broaden its channels to market by bringing it games to mobile and other devices.Facebook games generally rely on Adobe Flash, which is only supported on a few phones running Android 2.2, but most including the latest iPhones do not support it. This means that you can't harvest your crops, or check on your Mafia on your mobile. This acquisition should allow Zynga to port games to the emerging standard HTML5, which will support a greater range of mobile devices, while still offering a rich user experience. This could see even more mobile Internet traffic for the already dominant Facebook.
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