Facebook, Google, Zynga, LinkedIn and others form political advocacy group
Valve boss, Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and others on the benefits of programming in schools
US President says games can be a catalyst to inspire
But social network reports net loss of $59 million in last quarter
235 million people playing games through the social network site each month
Social network founder more than twice as rich as media mogul Rupert Murdoch, $3bn more than Microsoft CEO
Deal between social giants expires May 2015
Mark Zuckerberg set to be worth $28 billion
New split-streams allow gaming back on the front page, without personal feeds affected
Facebook and iOS owners named world’s most influential media execs
Movie and music industries will follow on the same path, Facebook boss believes
Games are usually the first big vertical market on new platforms, says Facebook boss