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FarmVille Is Being Made Into A Television Series

FarmVille and FarmVille 2 are among the most popular games on the Internet, with millions of users planting, growing, and harvesting crops on a daily basis. Now, the FarmVille concept is being turned into a television show, the Wall Street Journal reports. Details about what a FarmVille series would look like aren’t available yet, although [...]

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A FarmVille American Express Rewards Card? Say It Ain’t So

Zynga, the incarnation of all that is wrong with tech companies, has reached a partnership with American Express to provide prepaid debit cards with virtual credit rewards. Yes, that means you can now give the gift of FarmVille. The card is limited to giving FarmVille’s currency Farm Cash for now, but Zynga plans to roll [...]

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Will a Video Game Influence the 2012 Presidential Election?

Yes, the title of this blog is a question. It’s a question because MTV (Music Television) has actually made an online game that they hope will make young people excited for the next election. It’s a question because I’m wondering if it will actually work. The game is designed a lot like Fantasy Football or [...]

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Facebook Can’t Afford To Charge For Use

By now you’ve likely heard the rumor that Facebook was going to start charging its users fees.  And, if you’re like me, you lol’d.  I had a couple friends who posted the mass message that read something like this: “IT IS OFFICIAL.  IT WAS EVEN ON THE NEWS.  FACEBOOK WILL START CHARGING DUE TO THE [...]

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Everloop- Facebook for Ages 8-13; Step in the Wrong Direction?

Everloop, a social networking site for ages 8-13 has plans to launch in a huge number of schools. The site is like a more “age appropriate” version of Facebook. It uses the same format, with a few important differences. The first is that kids have to have parental approval to sign up for the site. [...]