[1] In November 2008, Newtoy, Inc. released its first game for the iPhone and iPod touch, Chess with Friends, an asynchronous multiplayer game released for the Apple App Store.

[3] In November 2010, the company was acquired by Zynga for $53.3 million and an undisclosed amount of stock.

[4][5] Following the acquisition, the studio would be rebranded to Zynga with Friends in December of that year.

[6] The company was attempting to capitalize on the breakthrough success of Words with Friends, Zynga re-launched Zynga with Friends as a standalone social network in June 2012.

[7] Within the autumn of that year, it was clear that the Zynga with Friends social network was no longer a success; the Bettner brothers left the company, with Zynga's stock price beginning to decline.