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Facebook Games More Likely to Please a Woman than Sex
Kotaku
Doritos, of all fuckin' things, surveyed girl gamers and found that they're more likely to get off on video games—worse yet, Facebook video games—than doing it with you. A survey of 2052 lady gamers, commissioned to promote something called (adjusts ...
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Reflections on GamesBeat 2011 and the road ahead in mobile games
VentureBeat
The company, which is backed by Kleiner Perkins, has decided to double down on mobile, shifting out of Facebook games and back into iPhone games such as its upcoming MyTown 2. That game is going to be launching soon and it will have new features like ...
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Women: Gaming in, Sex Out
International Business Times
By IB Times Staff Reporter | July 16, 2011 7:41 AM EDT A research conducted by Doritos prior to the launch of its new Doritos Dip Desperado Facebook game found that women who play online games prefer their gaming sessions over shopping, taking bath and ...
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International Business Times
Google+: The Complete Guide
Mashable
... the add-on games and apps on FB that clutter up your stream), that I never use, attract me to Google+. This, combined with the Circles feature, choosing who you share with, are the primary draws." ~ Scott Davis "If Facebook and Twitter had a baby, ...
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Games, internet and match
Express Buzz
Zynga, named after an American bulldog, which is also its symbol, was started in 2007 by Mark Pincus, and piggybacked on Facebook's success. Four of the most famous games on Facebook, CityVille, FarmVille, Zynga Poker and FrontierVille are owned by ...
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Applifier Hits 100 Million Installs, Brings Social Game Discovery Bar To Mobile
TechCrunch
You can reach him at rip[at]techcrunch[dot]com → Learn More Applifier, the cross-promotional network of social game publishers, announced today that it has delivered over 100 million game installs for free on Facebook. Launched in 2010, Applifier set ...
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Report: Facebook working on news-reading tools
CNET
by Josh Lowensohn You talk to friends on Facebook. You play games on Facebook. You even watch movies on Facebook. And according to a new report, you could soon be catching up on your news reading from within the social network as well. ...
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Greed comes home to Facebook?
eTurboNews
The group said Facebook's revised terms "still require developers to use Facebook Credits exclusively to sell virtual goods in their games and to pay an exorbitant 30% fee for redeeming credits so they can be paid." "Faced with an antitrust complaint, ...
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eTurboNews
In-Game Social Media Client Overwolf Seeks Publishing Partners
Gamasutra
by Frank Cifaldi [Console/PC, Social/Online, Business] Hoping to attract publisher attention, a new in-game social media client that brings Twitter, Facebook, Gmail and more to online games has begun its public beta. Called Overwolf, the client ...
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Gamasutra
When Atlanta (and UGA) grabbed the rings
Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Fifteen years ago Tuesday I began probably the most intense 17 days I've ever known as the Centennial Olympic Games finally got under way. Recently a friend on Facebook was soliciting memories of the Atlanta Games and a flood of them came back to me: ...
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Atlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Pet Tales: Adopt fluffy animals and give them a place to play on Facebook
Games.com News (blog)
by Brandy Shaul, Posted Jul 15th 2011 9:07PM If you're a pet lover, looking for a more realistic pet simulation game on Facebook (that is, as opposed to something altogether cartoon-y like Pet Society), you might be interested in Rivet Games' Pet Tales ...
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JCC Rockland Wins $25000 Grant Through Bank's Facebook Contest
Patch.com
... to enter a bank's Facebook contest has paid off big. JCC Rockland has won a $25000 grant from Chase Bank's Coummunity Giving contest and has earmarked the money to support the organization's hosting of the 2012 Maccabi Games in Rockland County. ...
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HTC Status (AT&T)
CNET
... to rotate the phone 90 degrees to play the game, and turn it back if you want to type out a quick message. Other tweaks to the HTC Sense interface include a large and prominent Facebook widget taking center stage underneath HTC's iconic flip clock. ...
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Can you regain control of your online identity?
San Jose Mercury News
Set your Facebook privacy settings to Friends Only; recheck your privacy settings regularly, as defaults can change when Facebook introduces new features. Don't answer "get-to-know-you" question games on Facebook or elsewhere; your answers can provide ...
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PFT: Steelers' Ward lets attorney handle DUI
msnbc.com
"Fans – I appreciate all the love and support," Ward wrote on Facebook. "Thank you! It means a lot to me. I have a great respect for the legal system and am leaving things in the hands of my attorney." With that brief statement aside, Ward said his ...
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Digital Chocolate Launches Millionaire Boss on Facebook
Business Wire (press release)
(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Chocolate, a leader in cross-platform social games, today announced the launch of Millionaire Boss™ on Facebook, a fun and competitive experience managing a startup and growing it to become a successful company. ...
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YouWeb, CrowdStar Start Mobile Developers Fund with $10 Million
Techzone360
CrowdStar has 25 million monthly active users on Facebook. CrowdStar started its first mobile game, Top Girl, aimed at younger females following a modeling career, according to VentureBeat. The game saw more than 1 million downloads in 10 days. ...
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Social Gaming Roundup: Acquisitions, Game Updates, Zynga Japan, & More
Inside Social Games
Kontagent Expands Analytics Platform — Earlier this week, Kontagent expanded its social analytics platform beyond games and apps on the Facebook platform with kSuite. Now, game developers for both the web and mobile platforms will be able utilize ...
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Inside Social Games
Popular Children's Games as Seen by a 3-Year-Old
Patch.com
End of the day, our kids don't care one way or another, as long as they get to spend time playing with us, the rules of the game are secondary. 'Brad the Dad' is a parent columnist and can be reached at bradmarmo@gmail.com. Follow him on Facebook or ...
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How Ravenous Games satisfies the hunger for simple titles on the iPhone
Appolicious
DD: Being an indie lets you have total control over your marketing. We've approached the standard Twitter and Facebook fan pages. We've ran promo code and t-shirt giveaway contests. We were positively reviewed in major game review sites. ...
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Kershaw has Dodgers feeling good
Press-Enterprise
"We just have to take one game at a time." Guidelines: You must register with a social media account such as Facebook, Twitter, Yahoo, etc. to comment on this story. Click on the "Login" button below to choose your login account of choice. ...
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Francisco Rodriguez and Brewers Renegotiate Deal
Call to the Pen
As the deadline approached it was well known that Rodriguez's deal included an option that would have vested if the closer finished 55 games this year. If that would happen, Rodriguez would earn a mind blowing $17.5 million in 2012. ...
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So Much Potential, So Far to Go for Young Basketball Prospect
New York Times
... made time for Xbox, Facebook and movies with his friends. Bhullar is quiet and humble, with a dry sense of humor. When gawkers ask what sport he plays, he flashes a mischievous smile and says, "Hockey." If Bhullar slims down and broadens his game, ...
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Respectable research firm Doritos finds women like games more than sex
Games.com News (blog)
found during a survey of 2052 people for its upcoming Facebook game, Doritos Dip Desperado, that women like video games more than sex. Well, at least that's how we're (and everyone else is) spinning it, because crazy statistics like this are fun ...
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Missoula County Sheriff's Office gets social on Facebook, Twitter
The Missoulian
Johnson, armed with a copy of "Facebook for Dummies," said he's a reluctant convert to social networking. But his recent experience on the final torch run for the Special Oympics World Summer Games in Greece underscored the need on two fronts: He ...
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All-time Mariners field quite the lineup
The Columbian
A marginal hitter and a decent fielder, Wilson caught 1237 games for Seattle. Dave Valle is next on the list with 798 games caught. The franchise's first real player of note, Davis ranks fourth in team history in RBI. John Olerud was a better player at ...
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What to do about video game violence
MiamiHerald.com
Chief Justice Roberts admitted that, "I don't think any of us have a Facebook page or a tweet—whatever that is. But technology is making inroads." The high court held forth on technology whose power they don't understand, as indicated by this ...
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Video Game Sales Decline in June
Top Tech Reviews
Digital channels such as Apple's iTunes, Facebook, and Microsoft's Xbox Live online marketplace have increased their profits in the past months. These sales are not recorded by the monthly NPD sales reports. Traditional games sold at retail stores as ...
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Top Tech Reviews
World Cup final: Former Cal star Alex Morgan creates a buzz
San Jose Mercury News
Morgan, 22, has picked up some 50000 Twitter followers and almost 20000 Facebook fan page "likes" since the beginning of the tournament. The reserve forward, who has entered four of the five US games as a second-half sub, has soccer followers clamoring ...
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CRC updates its children's curriculum for the first time since 2004
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
With myriad things competing for a child's attention — video games, Facebook, sports, television, school — what if church wasn't one of them? Then again, what if church becomes a place for creativity, imagination and listening? ...
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The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
Gaming Special: TheGadgets.net Live From GenCon Indy 2011, August 4-7
The Gadgets
This is IT! Get ready to get there. We'll hit you guys up with the latest on this, as soon as there's an update. All you have to do is to join us on facebook or follow us on twitter. Well, we can also send the updates straight to your inbox if you like.
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Editorial: Violence, Video Games, and What We're Not Playing
GamePro.com
Browser games are generally free and can be played on host websites like addictinggames.com, candystand.com, and even Facebook. Casual games can be browser games, but not all browser games are casual games. Neither are the culturally degrading medium ...
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SwiftKey X for Tablets: Good, but not quite ready
ZDNet (blog)
I like that it can learn from Twitter, Gmail and Facebook as well. The text prediction is almost scary; it guesses the next word you're going to type based on your previous history of language usage. That alone impressed me to no end. ...
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What Bugs Are Good For Your Garden? Find Out at the Library
Patch.com
Learn about bugs, Facebook and enjoy a fair. All coming up at the Avon Lake Public Library By Lori E. Switaj For the entrepreneur and small business owner, join other small business promoters on Thursday, July 21 from 9 am – 11 am to learn about using ...
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Facebook Worth $100 Billion?
NBC Bay Area (blog)
How else can you explain Zynga, which makes really kind of crappy, knock-off social games for Facebook and MySpace, being valued at $1 billion? Or anyone suggesting with a straight face that daily deals site Groupon -- which has never made a profit ...
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Author's Notes: Alison Stokes
WalesOnline
... them and their loved ones to imagine a life beyond Locked-in Syndrome. It may be the place to post your funny photos or play Farmville games with your friend, but Facebook has also proved to be a powerful motivator-communicator for those with no voice.
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CrowdStar, YouWeb team on $10M fund for mobile social games
Bizjournals.com
... is an incubator that started social gaming company CrowdStar, which raised $23 million in May from from Intel Capital and Time Warner investments. Also based in Burlingame, CrowdStar develops its games on Facebook and mobile platforms. ...
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Sixthsense Technology: The Next Best Thing For Your Smartphone
Business Insider
Need to check your teenage kid's Facebook activity for any suspicious behavior? Never fear, mobile internet is here! The internet is now omnipresent, thanks in large part to smartphones. "By 2014 smart phone ownership will have doubled from 2010 and ...
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HTC Thunderbolt 4G on the Verizon LTE network still the fastest phone around ...
Video Gaming Pros
Facebook, Twitter and YouTube integration and Android Market access to 200000 apps offer you plenty of social and gaming options, and at only $99, you are getting the bottom of the 4G retail pricing point. For speed, power and multimedia, you can't get ...
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G-Braves to Celebrate, Reward 1 Millionth Fan
Boxscore News
The G-Braves currently sit at 984021 fans in the team's attendance history, and will cross the 1 million mark during the next few games of this current homestand, which began on Thursday, July 14th and runs until Thursday, July 21st. ...
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Samsung shows off new 2011 monitors
CNET
Smart Hub provides streaming video, games, and apps, including Facebook and Twitter. Also, you can stream video from any AllShare-enabled device, like a Samsung smartphone, directly to the T27A950. Thanks to the monitor's Ethernet port and built-in CPU ...
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Join the Conversation During Every Red Sox Game With All-New NESN Nation
NESN.com
(Hint: Roger Clemens and his lawyers might be involved.) But NESN Nation is much more than a one-way conversation. We want to hear from you, so join the dialogue on Facebook and Twitter to let us know what you think.
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area sports briefs
Salisbury Post
If a third game is needed, it will be at Newman Park on Monday. The teams will be playing for pride, a championship and seeding in the upcoming state tournament. Opening ceremonies in Morehead City are set for July 21, with games starting the morning ...
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RBNY Fan Reaction: Red Bulls, Greg Sutton Appear to Part Ways
Yahoo! Sports
Less than 24 hours after being noticeably absent from a team practice, Sutton's wife posted on Facebook that her husband was headed to Montreal. Frank Rost's arrival to the club on Friday meant that either Sutton or Bouna Coundoul was going to be shown ...
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Photo Friday: Hockey team's first conference
UND Fighting Sioux
Share your favorite photos on the UND athletics Facebook page. Historic news highlighted the news this week, as the University of North Dakota announced it would be a founding member of a new hockey conference in 2013-14. Reflect back to 1951-52, ...
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What Makes An App A Popular? ...
The Next Web
However, the addition of options to buy, listen or share a track via Twitter or Facebook increases app interaction time, increasing the likelihood of bringing the user back to the app to grab the name of the track many days/weeks/months after it was ...
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World Cup, Stanley Cup, America's Cup: What's with all the dishware trophies?
Slate Magazine
Sometime before the eighth century BC In Homer's Iliad, the Achaean hero Achilles marked the death of his beloved companion Patroclus with a lavish round of funeral games. To the participants in various competitions, he distributed prizes ranging from ...
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