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The Games Facebook Went Crazy Over This Year

AP | By The Associated Press | Posted 02.04.2013 | Technology

Games can be both a welcome and an annoying diversion on Facebook, the world's most popular online social network. This year, Facebook crossed a big m...

Jason Gilbert

The Next Big Game On Facebook Is All About ... Yoga?

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Gilbert | Posted 08.02.2012 | Technology

There is a new game on Facebook -- a real, actual game that you can play right now on your computer -- called "Yoga Retreat." In the game (which is re...

13 Unlucky Reasons Why Facebook Is Rapidly Approaching Peak Hype

John F. Ince | Posted 07.02.2012 | Technology
John F. Ince

Facebook may be rapidly approaching a phenomenon we might call peak hype -- the moment when both usage and investor interest Facebook reach their zenith and rapidly start to decline and spiral downward.

Users Can 'Catch' STDs In New Facebook Game

Posted 04.25.2012 | Gay Voices

A new Facebook game is taking a socially-conscious look at the sex lives of gay and bisexual men, promoting the idea that the more men you have sex wi...

The 10 Most Annoying Facebook Status Updates

Andy McDonald | Posted 04.24.2012 | Comedy
Andy McDonald

Facebook isn't a "thing" anymore. It's so ingrained, it just is. Before the Internet, if you didn't have a television, people automatically assumed you were weird. Now, if you don't have a Facebook page, you're either old, weird, or old and weird.

STUDY: Facebook Is Good For The Economy

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 11.19.2011 | Technology

On Monday, researchers at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business released a report confirming that Facebook is good for the...

App Lets You Sell Pot Legally--On Facebook

The Huffington Post | Amy Lee | Posted 08.27.2011 | Technology

Forget about watering the zucchini: A new game for Facebook will let you tend your marijuana plants instead. Launched on June 27 to coincide with t...

FarmVille Creator Launches New Facebook Game

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 08.01.2011 | Technology

Social gaming giant Zynga has a new Facebook game that goes live on Wednesday. If you're a fan of Zynga's "FarmVille" or "CityVille," then you may...

Mom Gets 10 Years For Playing On Facebook While Son Drowned

AP | Posted 06.15.2011 | Denver

GREELEY, Colo. -- A northern Colorado woman who was playing a game on Facebook while her 13-month-old baby drowned in a bathtub was sentenced Friday t...

Facebook Makes Its Own Digital Currency Mandatory

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Starting July 1, Facebook will require all social game developers to process real-world payments using Facebook Credits, the social network's propriet...

Facebook Revamps Game Updates

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

NEW YORK — More than 200 million people play games on Facebook each month. This means about 300 million members of the world's largest online social...

Political Facebook Game Encourages Users To Get Engaged

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology

Campaigns, a new "virtual election" game, aims to connect players with real-world politics through a familiar environment: Facebook. The game launches...

Xbox, FarmVille and the Need to Play and Socialize With Others

Jenny Darroch | Posted 05.25.2011 | Technology
Jenny Darroch

It might be that sales of video games have taken a dip because of the recession or because consumers are finding other means to relax and have fun, either alone or with others.

Hasbro Tries To Shut Down "Scrabulous"

Fortune | Josh Quittner | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business

I can't tell if Hasbro (HAS), the maker of Scrabble, is the smartest company in the world or the dumbest. Over 100 million sets of the game have been ...