Zynga CTO Cadir Lee Describes Four Predictions for the New Year

By Rob Scott
January 3, 2012

Zynga chief technology officer Cadir Lee provides a guest post to CNET, detailing his four predictions for 2012.
Lee expects that more games will be written in HTML5 and says mobile payments will become commonplace.
He also suggests e-books will embrace streaming technology and more big sites will switch to HTTPS for secure browsing.
On the recent launch of browser-based Zynga games: “Developed using HTML5, the games deliver faster load times, smoother game-play and near-immediate responses to player actions — all within a mobile browser. We’ve also released open source tools to help make games in HTML5 possible.”
On mobile payments: “Square and Google Wallet are just the beginning. We’re seeing it already in games, and also at the local level in San Francisco: big chains like McDonald’s and Subway are among the first to join the growing leagues of local food trucks and eateries using mobile payment systems, which are arguably more secure than traditional pin-driven payment methods.”

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