Posts Tagged ‘Facebook Applications’
Farmville Food Coming to 7-Eleven Stores
Just when we hear Farmville is leaving Facebook, it starts invading our offline lives.
This week, reports about Farmville splitting from Facebook and launching on its own portal, farmville.com, have got us all excited. News that we’ll soon be seeing Farmville drinks and snacks on the shelves in 7-Eleven? Not so much. It’s all part of a huge advertising campaign and apparently, we won’t have to wait long to see it.
Games.com cites a source close to the campaign that says we can expect to see Farmville, YoVille and Mafia Wars-themed Super Big Gulps and Slurpees. The drinks and assorted snacks will come with game coupons which users can redeem for in-game items. Sandwiches will get you a sandwich cart in Farmville; fruit will you get a chocolate persimmon tree and so on and so forth.
Facebook Beats Google as US Most-Visited Website
Facebook has become the most-visited site in the US after beating former titleholder Google.
The popular social networking page toppled the search giant after accounting for 7.07 per cent of all US web traffic compared to Google’s 7.03 per cent, web analysts Hitwise revealed.
“It’s definitely a big moment for Facebook, even though they beat by a small margin,” News.com.au quoted Hitwise’s Matt Tatham as telling CNN.
He added: “People want information from friends they trust, versus the anonymity of a search engine.”
The research did not include other Google services such as Gmail and YouTube.
Know your Facebook Better or Have a Facebook Addiction Disorder
We must confess to the fact that Facebook is not just a social network but has become a way of life for most of us. Logging on to the site seems to be an integral part of our daily life.
Here are a few fun facts you didn’t know about your favourite social adda: Facebook deletes accounts with strange sounding names like ‘Leboe’, ‘Allien’ etc. These names could be genuine but Facebook will delete them without any further explanation!
Scientists have introduced a new diagnosis which they call ‘FAD’ or Facebook Addiction Disorder according to which people actually suffer from an addiction to Facebook and this must be treated in a certain way.
Were you aware that Syria has banned Facebook? This has apparently been done due to the government’s fear of people creating virtual societies which may result in an uprising of sorts.
Facebook has more than 300 million active users. It has had a growth rate of 250% in 5 years! It is interesting to find that more than 60% men and women have used Facebook to stalk their ex! Facebook is the perfect place to find out what your ex has been up to since your break-up and it seems that people around the world make the most of the information provided by this site!
Did you know that the number of pictures uploaded daily on Facebook is over 14 million? Also, this social network officially became Facebook.com in August 2005 when it purchased the web address for a sum of $200,000! The original founder and CEO of Facebook is 24 year old Mark Zuckerburg who has been named the world’s youngest billionaire worth $1.5 billion. Mark, along with three of his roommates, created Facebook while attending Harvard University and launched the site on February 4, 2004.
Facebook is used so regularly that more then 40 million status’s are updated daily! Around 70% of college students on Facebook log in every single day. Although Facebook is popular amongst all age groups, it is estimated that 85% of college students have Facebook profiles.
Facebook Ties up With PayPal to Collect Ad Revenue
Facebook and PayPal Thursday announced a tie-up to use PayPal as the way to pay for Facebook’s advertising and developer systems.
Facebook has currently over 400 million users worldwide, including 120 million in the US alone. Owned by eBay, PayPal is the online mode to pay for e-commerce transactions worldwide. It has 81 million accounts in 24 currencies around the world.
Under the tie-up, advertisers around the world will be able to use PayPal to pay for Facebook advertisements, PayPal said in a press release.
For businesses in areas where the payment process can be difficult and expensive, PayPal said its services will make it easier for advertisers to run campaigns on Facebook.
PayPal can also be used for the newly started Facebook Credits which aims to give (Facebook) users a fast and easy way
to buy virtual goods on Facebook, including items from the Facebook Gift Shop, the statement said.
“We want to give the people who use Facebook, as well as advertisers and developers, a fast and trusted way to pay across our service,” the statement quoted Dan Levy, director of payment operations at Facebook.
“As our business has grown, offering local methods of payment has become increasingly important for advertisers who
want to buy Facebook Ads. Teaming with PayPal, a global leader in online payments, makes this possible,” he said.
Osama Bedier, PayPal vice president (emerging technologies), added, “Put simply, PayPal’s business is payments. We make
it easier for customers to send and receive money online in 24 currencies and 190 markets around the world.
Facebook Board Member Hacked, Friends Phished
Facebook seems to be growing less secure by the month.
Is the Facebook mammoth finally toppling over? Recent news points to a crippling stance in reputation, including a flaw that allows users to view one of their friend’s live chat window, and an analysis reporting that Facebook users are actually looking for ways to delete their account. Now a Facebook board member is coming under fire after a hacker gained access to his account and spammed friends with phishing scams.
The phishing event, a scam called FBDigits that has targeted Facebook users since April 20, took place Saturday evening and involved over 2,300 friends on Jim Breyer’s list. A message was sent from his account, asking “Would you like a Facebook phone number?” The scam claims to be an app that offers “revolutionary phone software that integrates into Facebook Chat.” It supposedly allows users to make free phone calls and text messages from within Facebook.
Naturally, that’s not the case. “This was a phishing scam and Jim’s account appears to have been compromised,” said Larry Yu, a Facebook spokesman, late Sunday. “The issue has since been resolved and we’re actively trying to block this activity.” The company also released a formal statement Monday morning, saying that Facebook needs the help of its users to combat the growing threats. But as fears of privacy and security issues grow, Facebook may find itself spiraling downhill as users flock to other social networking solutions.
“We take security very seriously and have devoted significant resources towards helping our users protect their accounts,” Facebook said. Breyer, who is a partner at Accel Partners, has not made a formal statement, nor has he answered questions regarding the breach.