farmvillebuzz » internet http://farmvillebuzz.com Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:54:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 MySpace founder looks to social games http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-founder-looks-to-social-games/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-founder-looks-to-social-games/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 14:51:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-founder-looks-to-social-games/ Chris DeWolfe, best known for his founding role in MySpace participated in an on-stage conversation with veteran journalist Dean Takahashi at Casual Connect in Seattle. Takahashi began by asking DeWolfe what got him interested in social games. He describes the process of having a start-up, and then working for a giant corporation. ]]>

Chris DeWolfe, best known for his founding role in MySpace participated in an on-stage conversation with veteran journalist Dean Takahashi at Casual Connect in Seattle. Takahashi began by asking DeWolfe what got him interested in social games. He describes the process of having a start-up, and then working for a giant corporation.

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Chris DeWolfe, best known for his founding role in MySpace participated in an on-stage conversation with veteran journalist Dean Takahashi at Casual Connect in Seattle.

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-founder-looks-to-social-games/feed/ 0 Mafia Wars movie update: It ain’t happening http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/mafia-wars-movie-update-it-aint-happening/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/mafia-wars-movie-update-it-aint-happening/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 10:00:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/mafia-wars-movie-update-it-aint-happening/ Filed under: Mafia Wars You know the saying, "Don't believe everything you read"? We're thinking of changing it slightly to go, "Don't believe anything you read... on the Internet, at least." Our current cynicism is based on the fallout from a recent rumor regarding development of a movie version of Facebook's Mafia Wars game. ]]> Filed under: Mafia Wars You know the saying, “Don’t believe everything you read”? We’re thinking of changing it slightly to go, “Don’t believe anything you read… on the Internet, at least.” Our current cynicism is based on the fallout from a recent rumor regarding development of a movie version of Facebook’s Mafia Wars game.

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/mafia-wars-movie-update-it-aint-happening/feed/ 0 FarmVille: Mozilla Developers Thank Zynga for Firefox Fix http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/farmville-mozilla-developers-thank-zynga-for-firefox-fix/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/farmville-mozilla-developers-thank-zynga-for-firefox-fix/#comments Tue, 29 Jun 2010 15:30:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/farmville-mozilla-developers-thank-zynga-for-firefox-fix/ Filed under: Farmville Mozilla's Firefox 3.6.4 came out last week on June 25th, with the team excited about a new crash protection feature meant to "reduce the number of Firefox crashes experienced by users who are watching online videos or playing games." Ironically, this crash protection ended up crashing most of Zynga's games (including FrontierVille ), leaving a gray error screen, and the message, " The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed ." FarmVille Freak published a help guide for its community yesterday, shortly after the problem was officially recognized by Zynga . Players who hadn't updated their Firefox browsers, or who use Internet Explorer were unaffected and unaware of the issue. But the multitudes who had to deal with the downtime made their voices heard, and Mozilla itself has recognized Zynga's help in getting the Firefox browser speedily updated]]> Filed under: Farmville Mozilla’s Firefox 3.6.4 came out last week on June 25th, with the team excited about a new crash protection feature meant to “reduce the number of Firefox crashes experienced by users who are watching online videos or playing games.” Ironically, this crash protection ended up crashing most of Zynga’s games (including FrontierVille ), leaving a gray error screen, and the message, ” The Adobe Flash plugin has crashed .” FarmVille Freak published a help guide for its community yesterday, shortly after the problem was officially recognized by Zynga . Players who hadn’t updated their Firefox browsers, or who use Internet Explorer were unaffected and unaware of the issue. But the multitudes who had to deal with the downtime made their voices heard, and Mozilla itself has recognized Zynga’s help in getting the Firefox browser speedily updated

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/farmville-mozilla-developers-thank-zynga-for-firefox-fix/feed/ 0 PSA: Farmville used as bait in new "likejacking" scams http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/psa-farmville-used-as-bait-in-new-likejacking-scams/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/psa-farmville-used-as-bait-in-new-likejacking-scams/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 09:20:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/psa-farmville-used-as-bait-in-new-likejacking-scams/ Filed under: Farmville It seems some internet ne'er-do-wells are trying to capitalize on the popularity of Farmville to spread spam and unsolicited messages through unwary users' Facebook profiles. The new Internet attack, referred to as "likejacking" in the security trade, takes advantage of a security hole in Facebook's relatively new ability to "like" any page on the web . Basically, the scam uses hidden Javascript code to turn a harmless looking link into an automatic, unsolicited post of HTML code to the clicker's Facebook News Feed. ]]> Filed under: Farmville It seems some internet ne’er-do-wells are trying to capitalize on the popularity of Farmville to spread spam and unsolicited messages through unwary users’ Facebook profiles. The new Internet attack, referred to as “likejacking” in the security trade, takes advantage of a security hole in Facebook’s relatively new ability to “like” any page on the web . Basically, the scam uses hidden Javascript code to turn a harmless looking link into an automatic, unsolicited post of HTML code to the clicker’s Facebook News Feed.

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/psa-farmville-used-as-bait-in-new-likejacking-scams/feed/ 0 Pete Cashmore lists 10 Web trends, social gaming one of them http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/pete-cashmore-lists-10-web-trends-social-gaming-one-of-them/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/pete-cashmore-lists-10-web-trends-social-gaming-one-of-them/#comments Fri, 14 May 2010 00:00:02 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/pete-cashmore-lists-10-web-trends-social-gaming-one-of-them/ Pete Cashmore is probably best known for his work on Mashable , where he is the founder and CEO. He knows quite a bit about the social media scene, and in a column for CNN , predicted the top ten trends on the internet to watch out for in 2010. They range from real-time applications (Twitter being an example) to cloud computing, but one of the more interesting is that social gaming will continue to be a trending topic come the new year. ]]> Pete Cashmore is probably best known for his work on Mashable , where he is the founder and CEO. He knows quite a bit about the social media scene, and in a column for CNN , predicted the top ten trends on the internet to watch out for in 2010. They range from real-time applications (Twitter being an example) to cloud computing, but one of the more interesting is that social gaming will continue to be a trending topic come the new year.

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Originally posted 2009-12-04 15:00:00. Republished by Old Post Promoter

]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/pete-cashmore-lists-10-web-trends-social-gaming-one-of-them/feed/ 0 De-motivational posters designed to curb FarmVille addiction http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/de-motivational-posters-designed-to-curb-farmville-addiction/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/de-motivational-posters-designed-to-curb-farmville-addiction/#comments Thu, 29 Apr 2010 21:30:01 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/de-motivational-posters-designed-to-curb-farmville-addiction/ Like anything that goes from zero to awesome overnight, FarmVille is starting to experience a bit of a backlash. We've seen people do everything from starting Not Playing FarmVille fan sites on Facebook to threatening to cut off friends who are constantly spamming them with updates that say stuff like "Libe just leveled up in Pet Society" or "Libe found a clumsy reindeer on their farm. Oh no!" (I am obviously guilty as charged). ]]> Like anything that goes from zero to awesome overnight, FarmVille is starting to experience a bit of a backlash. We’ve seen people do everything from starting Not Playing FarmVille fan sites on Facebook to threatening to cut off friends who are constantly spamming them with updates that say stuff like “Libe just leveled up in Pet Society” or “Libe found a clumsy reindeer on their farm. Oh no!” (I am obviously guilty as charged).

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Originally posted 2009-12-11 14:00:00. Republished by Old Post Promoter

]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/de-motivational-posters-designed-to-curb-farmville-addiction/feed/ 0 Facebook game loading troubleshooting guide http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/facebook-game-loading-troubleshooting-guide/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/facebook-game-loading-troubleshooting-guide/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 20:00:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/facebook-game-loading-troubleshooting-guide/ In a perfect world, everything would work all the time. But since that isn't always the case, we have a guide to help you out. Are you struggling to load into your favorite Facebook game]]> In a perfect world, everything would work all the time. But since that isn’t always the case, we have a guide to help you out. Are you struggling to load into your favorite Facebook game

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/facebook-game-loading-troubleshooting-guide/feed/ 0 Happy Aquarium offers 10 Free Pearls for "Super Users" of new toolbar http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/happy-aquarium-offers-10-free-pearls-for-super-users-of-new-toolbar/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/happy-aquarium-offers-10-free-pearls-for-super-users-of-new-toolbar/#comments Tue, 27 Apr 2010 16:05:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/happy-aquarium-offers-10-free-pearls-for-super-users-of-new-toolbar/ Load up Happy Aquarium and you might get a prompt (see above image) to download a new "personal gamebar" in exchange for 10 Free Pearls. You have the option to decline the offer, but I clicked on "Get My Pearls" and after waiting for my game to reload, an icon with the same message is now on the right-hand side of my screen. Also, the free Pearls were now in my account]]> Load up Happy Aquarium and you might get a prompt (see above image) to download a new “personal gamebar” in exchange for 10 Free Pearls. You have the option to decline the offer, but I clicked on “Get My Pearls” and after waiting for my game to reload, an icon with the same message is now on the right-hand side of my screen. Also, the free Pearls were now in my account

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]]> http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/happy-aquarium-offers-10-free-pearls-for-super-users-of-new-toolbar/feed/ 0 MySpace not interested in buying social games companies http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-not-interested-in-buying-social-games-companies/ http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-not-interested-in-buying-social-games-companies/#comments Thu, 22 Apr 2010 15:45:00 +0000 http://farmvillebuzz.com/general/myspace-not-interested-in-buying-social-games-companies/ While parent company News Corp. may be busy acquiring social gaming company Irata Labs , MySpace Co-president Jason Hirschhorn says his social network isn't interested in following their lead]]> While parent company News Corp. may be busy acquiring social gaming company Irata Labs , MySpace Co-president Jason Hirschhorn says his social network isn’t interested in following their lead

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