According to recent reports, Zynga may just launch its Initial Public Offering (IPO) by the end of Thanksgiving this year. Originally, the company was supposed to go publicby the end of September. But due to the extremely volatile market situations, the gaming firm decided to push their plans.

Zynga, which started off in 2007, became famous because of its popular social games like FarmVille, FishVille and Zynga Poker. The company was given a valuation of $11 billion in March this year.

With the growing popularity of social networks like Facebook and Google +, Zynga has a lot of opportunity to expand in the future.

But there are other reasons for Zynga’s delay apart from the unpredictable markets, the most important one being the worries of the Securities and Exchange Commission, who asked the firm to refrain from using certain accounting methodologies. Also, Zynga relies on a small segment of customers for its total sales which can decrease the confidence of many investors in the long run.

With social media investments going higher this year, Zynga’s entry into the financial world might just become a game changer.

In September, NetFlix had 23.8 million members which was a drop of 800,000 subscribers. This could greatly affect their future expansion plans. The drop came because of a price hike in June.

NetFlix predicted that they would lose close to 600,000 subscribers, but the final figure is a lot worse than they expected.

Reed Hastings, CEO of NetFlix said,

“Well, we’re going to put a pause on our international expansion post the UK and Ireland until we get back to global profitability. So that depends on how fast we can grow our global subscriber base, which will be some number of quarters. And we’re eager to get back to continuing the international expansion because we see it as such a large opportunity. But we need to take a few quarters to get our subscriber base back to the appropriate size.”

With the current volatility of the world markets, the decision by NetFlix seems to be a sensible one.

According to the New York Times, GroupOn will launch its public offering in the second end of October or the start of November 2011.

Just last week, GroupOn had called off a presentation to would be investors citing ‘stock market volatility‘ as the reason. This had put doubts over the firm’s investment decisions. But the new announcement has again managed to capture the interest of many stock market analysts.

When Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that their IPO will be delayed to late 2012 so that employees can focus on product development, all eyes turned towards GroupOn.

Many investors would consider GroupOn as a lucrative option. The Chicago based Internet start up has seen steady growth since its inception three years ago. Some reports say that the company could be worth $25 to $30 billion.

Given the unpredictable market conditions, it will be interesting to watch how GroupOn performs in the world of finance.

The tablet PC market is an extremely lucrative one at the moment with customers opting for tablets over desktops and laptops. This growing trend is what prompted JP Morgan to raise the stakes from the estimated sales of 46.1 million units that they had predicted earlier.

The sales of Apple’s iPad, which is currently the most preferred brand in the market, was the major reason for the significant growth in tablet sales figures.

Market Analyst Mark Moskowitz says,

“Beyond the iPad, there has not been another high-volume tablet offering.We are still awaiting the emergence of a clear number two player, though this may not happen until the launch of Windows 8 in 2012.”

Moskowitz mentioned that in the year to come, the speculated Amazon tablet could make a slightly deviate the tablet market towards non- iPad tablets due to their distrubution capabilities and brand name.

While the predicted unit sales for this year looked up, the investment firm conversely lowered the standard for the tablet market in 2012 by cutting down the number from 76.3 million to 72.4 million units.

With brands like HP slashing their prices to sustain themselves in the market, the clash of the tablets   is only going to increase. For now, it is obvious that Apple is laughing straight to the bank.

The company is present in over 58 cities across India and has a great reach to run such activities.  This even gives them the edge.

I believe this is a magnificent way to structure and create business opportunities for cybercafés.  In fact in India cybercafés are frequented by a sizeable amount of Internet users and it is high time they get organised.

NVP India will have a stake of less than 5% in VAS firm OnMobile. We had even reported about OnMobile’s acquisition of France based Telisma, a speech recognition provider.

On the other hand the third round of funding for Quattro Wireless would be dedicated to expansion plans. The funding comes from Highland Capital Partners and Globespan Capital Partners which would help promulgate Quattro’s mobile ad network.

Earlier these companies had already funded Seventymm with Rs. 40 crore. Vani Kola, the managing director of NEA India-Indo US Ventures, has joined the board of directors at Seventymm.

Seventymm’s recently launched interactive platform termed as ‘Hangout with Movies’ includes games, information and lets users share their movie madness. Presently leading the organised movie rental space, Seventymm has over 70, 000 loyal customers.

Seventymm faces competition from Reliance ADAG’s BigFlix and Nimbus Communications’ Showtime. But yet both of the movie rental offerings really need to gear up if they aim at matching up Seventymm’s standards.

This is surely a good sign for MVAS providers who have been struggling to launch varied products due to lack of investment. It looks like the investment trend in MVAS companies is sure to increase…all thanks to the advent of 3G technology.

The company is set to enter an MOU in order to acquire a 51% share in one of America’s top mobile content aggregators through its subsidiary, IndiaGames.

In order to fund this transaction, UTV will subscribe fresh IndiaGames’ shares. The company also has plans of investing in a startup company catering to the online gaming segment.

Furthermore, UTV also plans to buy more shares of its gaming subsidiary, Ignition Games. UTV plans to invest in the company to increase their stake from 70% to around 95%. The company wants to invest into the working capital of Ignition in order for it to produce three console games at it’s divisions in Tokyo, Florida and London.

UTV will spend $ 30 million on the online gaming company and the mobile aggregator, while the rest of the money will be allocated towards developing the three console games.

With this move, UTV will be further exploring the new media business which includes web and mobile content and creation. In turn, this will help the company to grow in this field.

UTV is one of India’s leading media and entertainment companies and is a household name. It is listed on the Bombay Stock exchange and saw a net profit of Rs. 768 million for the last financial year, thereby increasing their profit by 271%.

UTV has been successful with its foray into the animation industry with UTV Toons. With Zapak racing ahead and constantly belting out innovations in Indian gaming industry UTV should have a better strategy. Other players include Hungama Games and Games2Win.

Will UTV be a success in the booming gaming industry? Well, we will have to wait for that answer.

The three lucky companies are online travel website Yatra.com, the event based social network BuzzInTown.com and the out-of-home (OOH) advertising agency Emnet Samsara Media Pvt Ltd.

Intel Capital has plans on investing in the solar energy sector and the telecom sector through WiMax network.