Tag: FACEBOOKAPPS

Facebook app developers will have to pass all their in-app transactions through the Facebook Credits system starting July 1, according to a post on the official Facebook Developer Blog. Right now, Facebook Credits account for 70% of virtual goods transactions on Facebook, In July, it'll be 100%. That doesn't mean that the in-game currency for every game is now Facebook Credits, though. Games ...

TweetDeck for Android has just been updated to 1.0.3. This update, while not a major one, isn't all about fixing bugs either. Some important -- and previously missing -- functionality is now built in. TweetDeck for Android now has support for landscape mode for all update detail views, and gets support for TwitPic and manual URL shortening through Bit.ly. Users can now delete direct messages ...

If sending virtual gifts like hearts, flowers and smiles on Facebook isn't your bag, you can send the real deal via RealGifts, a Facebook app that allows you to purchase real items and send them to your Facebook friends. Real gifts appear in Facebook's Gift shop and can be purchased through the Facebook credit system (10 credits = $1). Some of the real gifts you can buy are chocolates, ...

Finally, beyond the sale of virtual gifts like hugs and angel wings, Facebook has an app that allows you to open an ecommerce storefront via Payvment. Introduced in November 2009, Payvment uses a PayPal shopping cart for its app to work with Facebook Pages. In addition to its Facebook app, Payvment has a shopping cart web service which allows you to add a shopping cart to any website by ...

Well, that's that then. Gone are the days when you actually did stuff. Forget actually getting work done in the office. You've turned your last steak in CafeWorld and milked your last cow in FarmVille -- because ladies and gentlemen, Sid Meier's Civilization will soon be available on the world's largest social network: Facebook. (In fact there's already a Facebook group that you can join ...

Social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook can already be dangerous places. Things like short links and bogus messages from friends with compromised accounts put unsuspecting and under-prepared users at risk. Now, AVG's security researchers have discovered a new threat on Facebook. For the first time, they've found hacked Facebook apps. According to AVG, the apps are being used to ...

Some of you are headed back to school this week, and I want to let you know that we at Download Squad feel your pain. We've all been there at one time or another, and it's not always easy. While I'm not volunteering to do your homework (don't want to get you in trouble, you know), the least I can do is offer some helpful applications for everyone's favorite (formerly) collegiate website, ...

Alana Taylor is probably best known for writing a song about Twitter, but maybe not for long. She's also just released a Facebook app that you might find handy. If you go to a lot of tech-savvy social events, like Alana, or if you just have friends who like to play Facebook paparazzi, you've probably wished you could grab all the tagged pictures of you in one fell swoop. That's what this new app, ...

Facile is a Facebook desktop app for Mac, modestly described by the developer as "like Twitterrific for Facebook, but uglier." We don't think it's particularly ugly, actually, and it's a neat way to track friends' status updates. It even supports Growl notifications. With Facebook Chat being integrated into more desktop apps, there seems to be a demand for access to Facebook features without the ...

Do you have an idea for a widget or Facebook app? Maybe you either don't have the time or the full knowledge to actually make it? You reallllly want to make Wolverines vs. Dracula Part 8 for Facebook, and it frustrates you. Well be frustrated no more, in steps Zembly. As you know, companies have been formed around building Facebook apps, some of them have become wildly successful AND ...

If you've been to college sometime in the past decade, you might have run up against Blackboard. It's an online assignment system that students generally dread logging into, because it usually means new work or more brown-nosing questions from that showoff in your class. That's not Blackboard's fault, though. To show they want to make things easier on their user base, the students, Blackboard is ...

Have you always thought that Hallmark greeting cards are too cheesy? Have you wanted to follow in the steps of Mr. Deeds (at least, the Adam Sandler version of Mr. Deeds) and write your own cards? Well, now is your chance...sort of. Phreetings is a Facebook app that allows you to send a photo and a short greeting to a Facebook friend, a la greeting card style. As far as Facebook apps go, ...

If you feel like you're not putting quite enough information on your Facebook, and want to let everyone see just that much more of the real you, Last.fm's new Facebook application is just the ticket. "What I'm Listening To" shows your friends just that, what you're currently enjoying. You can even add notes of explanation to your tracks, so that everyone knows you really didn't mean to cue up Ace ...

Got a Wordpress blog and a Facebook page? Why not hook the two up for some ultimate Facebook blogging bliss? The official WordPress Facebook plugin has recently been released. Currently it appears to only work with Wordpress blogs hosted at Wordpress.com, but that still covers quite a large number of users. Feedback on the application seems mixed so far, but if you're adventurous and willing to ...