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Adopt A Fish Today!

One of the newer applications that can be found and used on Facebook is Sam’s Fish Bowl, a game that allows you to create a virtual pet fish and take care of it. Let’s take a deeper look inside this game and see what it has to offer. My 8 year old nephew simply loves [...]

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Facebook Under Siege by Rogue Application

MALICIOUS FACEBOOK APPLICATION – Take Notice I just wanted to let everyone know that there is a nasty malicious Facebook Application going around out there.   For the second time in less than a week, Facebook users have to deal with a widespread attack due to malicious third-party applications. The latest attack is sending out notifications [...]

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Its a Party and I’ll Play Minigolf if I Want to

Finally a game that combines 2 things I really like Golf and Partying, although, not a good combination at the same time, unless you want to get kicked off the Green.  Minigolf Party, is the latest title from Playfish games. Minigolf Party has been introduced fairly recently by Playfish and already has about 2.5 million [...]

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Facebook Applications and Customer Service

The recent article on the YoVille monetization debacle has led me to write a follow up article on the state of Facebook applications and customer service offered by their developers. As a result of monetization efforts by developers a key aspect has been overlooked, namely customer service to application users. There are currently two popular [...]

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YoVille – Got Cash?

Yo Yo, why go to the gym in reality when you get all the exercise you want with your virtual avatar.  This approach perfectly suits a massive couch potato such as myself. YoVille is the Sims meet Facebook. A virtual world on Facebook where you can do pretty much anything, go to the virtual casino, [...]

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I like iLike

Bust out your boombox (yes, I still own a tape powered boombox – I know its sad).  Today’s review is about a great application called iLike from iLike.com. I like (no pun intended) this application because of what it offers.  A surprisingly simple application it enhances the way to organize your music tastes on Facebook.  [...]

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Stock Wars – The Force is Strong With This Broker

Long long ago, in a galaxy far far away, a stock market is actually going up, unlike here on Earth, where the stock market has been on a downward spiral.  A new application on Facebook aims to change the way people invest their money.  The application is called Stock Wars from Black Swan Games.  It [...]

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Mob Wars

Say hello to muh little friend.  Mob Wars is a text based social gangster game.  The goal of the game is to create your own powerful mob and become the top mobster on Facebook.  Being a big fan of the Sopranos I had high hopes when I first joined the application.  You start the game [...]

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This is My City

I live in Toronto, and if only the Maple Leafs would start winning hockey games all would be well.  Unfortunately the Maple Leafs stink worse than a used jock strap, but I digress.  Fed up with your city like me?  Just build your own city using the My City application, Developed by Flavien Charlon, a [...]

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SuperWall

I thought it would appropriate the rate the most used application on Facebook, so here goes.  SuperWall by RockYou is by far the most popular application on Facebook today.  According to AppData, it has almost 16 million monthly active users.  Despite shedding about 5 million active users in December-January, it still holds the top spot [...]

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