Category: Facebook Applications
RealNetworks spurns Scrabulous, brings legal Scrabble to Facebook
Last time we checked, RealNetworks – the body that owns legit Scrabble licenses from Hasbro and Mattel – was negotiating to buy the absurdly popular Scrabulous Facebook minigame. Despite having the potential for offering RealNetworks a serious leg up in the world of social network gaming, it seems the deal fell through (some say the creators, Rajat and Jayant Agarwalla, wanted a bit too much dosh for it). So RealNetworks has abandoned the idea and launched a whole new version of Scrabble instead…
Biggest Brain game hits top 10 of Facebook
While some might argue that spending a lot of time playing games on Facebook is a sure-fire way to shrink your brain, it seems that the “Who has the biggest brain?” game is causing quite a stir on Facebook…
Yahoo, Google and MySpace teaming up to create OpenSocial Foundation
We know all about Google’s charity work – now deadly rival Yahoo and the still-going social network MySpace have all joined together to create a non-profit social networking development tool.
The OpenSocial Foundation is designed to give the community a neutral (ie, DEFINITELY NOT MICROSOFT) social networking standard. Based around Google’s existing…
Student accused of cheating on Facebook keeps college place, gets a zero
Chris Avenir, who was accused of cheating by setting up a study group on Facebook, has not been expelled from Ryerson University. However, his assignment will be marked with a big fat zero…
Facebook set to launch instant messaging service?
Bad news for third-party providers – Facebook is set to launch its own instant messaging service, possibly as soon as this week…
Amazon launches Giver and Grapevine Facebook apps
Yes, I realise most Facebook users have applications coming out of their ears, but Amazon’s rather late entry into the social networking scene has delivered two decent — dare I say useful — apps.
They won’t help you turn your friends in vampires, or tell everyone what your bodily functions say about your personality, or help you win virtual poker, but they might just give your friends a clue as to what you want for your birthday…
VooZoo brings Paramount movie clips to Facebook
Paramount has become the first movie studio to offer up an extensive collection of clips from its movies on Facebook.
Using the VooZoo service, Facebook users can send “Voohoo” messages to their friends, containing video snippets from famous films, ranging in length from a few seconds to entire scenes…
RealNetworks may buy Scrabulous, legal online Scrabble-esque gameplay for all
Scrabulous is definitely popular, as a recent Facebook petition testifies, so anything which brings hope to its survival has to be a good thing.
GigaOm speculates that such a deal would be great for RealNetworks, as it could give them a foot in the door of casual gaming on Facebook. Although Facebook users may not really care who saves Scrabulous, so long as they can still play it, they may well win a few fans along the way.
Guesss Whooo is the newest cool Facebook game?
Having torn myself away from Gridrunner++ on Facebook, here’s another game that takes less of a retro spin. It’s called Guesss Whooo, but no, it’s not a clone of the famous board game.
Classic Jeff Minter game Gridrunner++ goes live on Facebook
Great news for retro gamers with a penchant for llamas. Classic PC game Gridrunner++ has been released as a Facebook application. The original was developed by legendary game designer Jeff Minter, and the new version seemingly has Jeff’s blessing.
