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BigFamilyVacation LLC Brings Facebook App For RV Campgrounds

January 22, 2011

Colorado-based BigFamilyVacation LLC has launched a Facebook application called “Campgrounds” to help RV Travelers who use Facebook, to find campgrounds.

The campgrounds are displayed as map-pins within each state, which can be viewed by clicking on state maps. The listings are sorted by pin codes. Users can now easily have a list of campgrounds to any regions they plan to travel, and get more information or make reservation.

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Facebook Campgrounds App

“We know that there are now many thousands of people who are enthusiastic RV travelers, who regularly use Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family, such as kids and grandkids, while on the road. We think this application will provide a great resource to help them plan where to stay at their next destination,” said Don Sumner, of BigFamilyVacation LLC.

The Facebook application is tied to the website www.greatrvspaces.com. Users can get a Basic listing that includes the Campground Name, Address and phone number for free. The site also offers premium listing which includes up to 7 images, a full description, list of amenities and area features, detailed location map, and links to webpage, e-mail, and social network pages. Users can subscribe to Premium Listing for$9.95 per year.

Interested users can check out the Campground application and become fans at:  http://apps.facebook.com/rvcampgrounds/

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Facebook Launch App For Smartphone-Like Usabilities On Feature Phones

January 21, 2011

Facebook and mobile software maker Snaptu launched a new mobile application that will offer smartphone-like usability on more than 2,500 different types of feature phones.

The new Facebook mobile app is built on the Snaptu mobile app platform. The app will provide a better Facebook experience for popular features, including an easier-to-navigate home screen, contact synchronization, and fast scrolling of photos and updates.

“The Facebook for Feature Phones app works on more than 2,500 devices from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, LG and other manufacturers, and it was built in close cooperation with Snaptu,” wrote Mark Heynen on Facebook blog.

The app has been launched and is available on the following carriers in the following countries:

fb featurephone app Facebook Launch App For Smartphone Like Usabilities On Feature PhonesDialog (Sri Lanka)
Life (Ukraine)
Play (Poland)
StarHub (Singapore)
STC (Saudi Arabia)
Three (Hong Kong)
Tunisiana (Tunisia)
Viva (Dominican Republic)
Vodafone (Romania)

Following are the other carriers and countries where the app will be launching soon:

Mobilicity (Canada)
Reliance (India)
Telcel (Mexico)
TIM (Brazil)
Vivacom (Bulgaria)

The Facebook for Feature Phone app will be gradually rolled out across the globe.

To download the app, go to m.fb.snaptu.com from a mobile device.

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Facebook Application That Keep Tracks Of Who Defriends You

December 13, 2010

fb whodeletedme Facebook Application That Keep Tracks Of Who Defriends YouIt is no doubt Facebook users always wanted to know who have been visiting their profile, but it is not possible, and applications that offers this service does not/cannot exists. But, have you ever wondered or wanted to know who has defriended you?

A new Facebook app called “Who Deleted Me” enables users to keep track of people who has unfriend them on Facebook. The application is accompanied by a website.

The app offering the free service was developed by Nikolay Dimitrov. He works as a developer for New Brand Vision Group – a creative design and web marketing agency, the brains behind the new Davis Cup website for the International Tennis Federation.

“I got the idea from my own curiosity of wanting to know who had de-friended me on Facebook,” bizcommunity quotes Dimitirov.

“One day I woke up and my friend count had dropped from 280 to 278 and I just couldn’t figure out who had deleted me! While there seemed to have been a lot of attempts made in the past to leverage this kind of data, none felt straightforward enough to make me want to use them, which is why I created my own. Who Deleted Me is designed to keep an automated track on Facebook de-friends, and delivers an update directly to your inbox – but only if activity has actually taken place, we don’t want to spam users unnecessarily.”

The service has been officially approved by Facebook and is listed in the application directory.

(Go To Who Deleted Me app)

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LSBF Launch MBA Degree Program Through Facebook

December 2, 2010

fb LSBF globalMBA 300x251 LSBF Launch MBA Degree Program Through FacebookThe London School of Business and Finance (LSBF) is offering a unique Global MBA program through a Facebook Application.

According to a LSBF press release, the course is awarded by the University of Wales.

Students will have access to high quality MBA course material such as online video lectures as well as participate in online study sessions.

An interesting add-on to this course is, unlike all other online MBA course, the LSBF’s MBA  program is offered free and students will only be required to pay if they decide to take the exam.

Like any other Facebook application, the LSBF’s MBA course app will access the profile and profile data of prospective students in order to help each other and organizing study groups.

The total cost of this unique MBA course is £14,400 ($23,000 approx) which is equal to LSBF’s traditional distance-learning MBA degree. The program offers various courses that include Corporate Finance, Accounting, Strategic Planning, Organizational Behavior, Market Management etc. Each course is broken down into 10 modules and each module has video lecture, Facebook discussion, and also includes documents and case study materials.

The course was launched in the last week of Oct and has already enrolled 30,000 users.

Looking at the popularity of Facebook and the amount of time one people around the world spend on Facebook, it is very likely for other educational institutions to embrace this unique and bold step in the near future.

Moreover, if one has the enthusiasm and the dough, it would be nice to spend time on Facebook and earn an MBA degree simultaneously.

(Go To The LSBF Global MBA Application)

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OfficeMax’s ElfYourself And Elfmas Town Ushers In Holiday Moods

November 14, 2010

fb ElfmasTown logo OfficeMaxs ElfYourself And Elfmas Town Ushers In Holiday MoodsOfficeMax launch two holiday campaigns, Elfyourself.com and Elfmastown.com, to spread more holiday cheer this season.

At Elfyourself.com, you can upload up to 5 photos of friends and family and have them dance to a holiday tune, which is bound to get a chuckle or two out of you. You can also purchase keepsake mugs and photos that can be used as souvenirs or Christmas gifts.

Elfmastown.com features an embedded Facebook app called Elfmas Town. This app contains a collection of fun holiday games and users can win exciting gifts by playing the games.

Elfmas Town features the following games:

Reindeer On Ice – An Ice figure skating game. Just be sure not to break your antlers.

fb elfmastown gbreadman OfficeMaxs ElfYourself And Elfmas Town Ushers In Holiday MoodsBouncing Thru The Snow – Bounce  through the snow while avoiding obstacles.

G-Bread –  Yes! “Why wish someone happy holidays when you can rap?”

Time to play with some holiday rhymes. G-Bread Man lends his voice to rap out some cool rhymes.

Kittens in Mittens – Round up all the wayward kittens before the snowman have his way.

Players earn and accumulate Rubber Bands by playing the games. The Rubber Bands can be exchanged for real coupons that can be used to shop at Office Max stores. They can also win you daily prizes of ranging from desk accessories to electronics and furniture.

Apart from the games, Elfmas Town also features:

Holiday Grab Bag – Players can pick a present and get a chance to win OfficeMax gifts like gift cards, digital cameras and more.

Holiday Fairy Tale – This section is yet to come.

So, I guess it high time to head out to Elfmas Town and get yourself pampered with some fun and gifts.

(Go To Elfmas Town)

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SafetyWeb Launches App On Facebook To Tackle Cyber Bullying

November 7, 2010

In a bid to tackle the growing cases of high-profile cyber bullying, and many cases leading to teen suicides, leading web-based online monitoring software SafetyWeb.com introduce a new “Find Help” application on Facebook.

The application allows users to quickly report any violation to Facebook officials while also connecting to leading safety and crisis support organizations related to cyber bullying, child exploitation, suicide and depression, child abuse, runaways, drug abuse, hate issues, alcohol abuse and LGBT issues.

Clicking on the app brings up links for Facebook Abuse Reporting process and useful numbers of Organizations including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children’s CyberTipline, the National Suicide Prevention Hotline.

Only a few out of thousand bully victims usually find the strength to self-report incidents, while many don’t know where to turn to.

Putting such apps in the hand of tweens and teens will hopefully make it easier for them to report abusive incidents and also seek help and guidance earlier and in more numbers.

Parents can do they part in encouraging their children to add a bookmark of the application and explaining more about its use.

(Go to Find Help application)

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BitDefender Launches Facebook Security Application

October 26, 2010

BitDefender, one of the top-rated security solution companies, launched a Facebook application to keep your Facebook’s account secure from virus, worms and other types of risks that are spread mainly through shared links on Facebook. The application called SafeGo is currently in free public beta.

The app displays your account’s privacy meter and recent activities, infected items, and other statistics.

On clicking the “Scan Now” button, the app will scan and report infectious items within your account. The bad thing is, the app doesn’t have the ability to flag dangerous items when you are browsing other’s profile, which is something not possible to incorporate within an app with the Facebook’s API on which apps are built.

The app also features a section for “Latest Threats,” which is currently not working, but will most probably feature threats found by the apps on other Facebook users.

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I tried the app as I found it pretty alluring to know how my account is doing in terms of security, sadly the results turned up “Squeaky Clean. Check back soon!” But it was fun waiting for the result. The app also features a 5-question quiz called “Who is your evil twin” that displays your evil alter ego – worm, keylogger, virus, trojan or so on.

The good thing about this app is, you can know about potential infected links on your news feed posted by friends and delete them, as well as warn your friends about it.

The bad thing is the app accesses too much information of your account. Before installing the app, it will ask your permission for the following:

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If you don’t feel threatened by the amount of information the app is going to access, you can check it out.

So, we finally have some security helps on Facebook to help us take care of potential threats from shared links and know your true self (evil net ego icon smile BitDefender Launches Facebook Security Application ). It is also worth mentioning that Norton also has similar product for Facebook called Norton SafeWeb that is installed as part of Norton AntiVirus 2011 and Norton Internet Security 2011. It can also be downloaded separately for free.

(Check out SafeGo Application)

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LOLApps Back And Running Again On Facebook

October 18, 2010

Facebook disabled many applications over this weekend. Apps developed by LOLapps, including its popular title “Critter Island” were shutdown by Facebook.

According to a blog on the develper site, all the LOLapps games are now up and running. The blog says:

“It has been a big weekend in the news for privacy and Facebook applications. As tonight’s Facebook developer blog post states, ‘In most cases, developers did not intend to pass this information, but did so because of the technical details of how browsers work.” This statement applies to Lolapps.

When we were informed of the issue the relationship that put us into this category was immediately dissolved. Since Lolapps was founded in 2008, we have always been committed to Facebook’s platform policies and will continue to be as we grow.”

It is surprising though, leading games like FarmVille or other Zynga’s apps didn’t receive such disruptions, even though WSJ listed them.

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Starbucks Brings “Give A Gift” Feature

October 14, 2010

Leading coffeehouse chain company Starbucks updated its Facebook app, Starbucks Coffee Starbucks Brings Give A Gift FeatureStarbucks Card Facebook app, with a new Give a Gift feature.

Through this new feature, users will be able to load the friend’s registered Starbucks card with cash from $5 to $500 directly. The process is relatively easy – select a friend, specify the amount, choose a theme, add a personal note if you want, pay, and share about it (if you want).

The idea is said to be the 100th launched idea from the Starbucks’ community site, My Starbucks Idea.

Now, you can easily treat your friends to Starbucks coffee or better still, If you find it difficult to keep your promise to meet up with friends for a cup of coffee, use the Starbucks way to show your apology in style icon smile Starbucks Brings Give A Gift Feature

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Study: Popularity Influences App Adoption On Facebook

October 12, 2010

A study on the behavior of Facebook users indicated that users influence each other when it comes to adding applications.

The study was reportedly carried out on the data collected over two months in 2007, when Facebook had 2720 applications and 50 million users. Over the two months, a computer was set to monitor Facebook on an hourly basis and record how many of the 50 million users had signed up for each app.

Analysis of the data showed two distinct results. Users did not seem to influence each other’s when installing applications which are below a certain threshold of popularity (55 installations a day). But, once an app crosses the 55-installation-a-day mark, social influence come into play at large, driving the popularity of the app further.

The study concludes that social influence plays a key role in the adoption of an app once it reaches a certain level of popularity.

Reading about this study made me realized one thing. There’s got to be some cool apps and games on Facebook that I haven’t checked out yet icon smile Study: Popularity Influences App Adoption On Facebook . Let us know how true the findings are in regard to your app adoption on Facebook.

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