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Controversial Facebook App Lets Users Become Members of Al-Qaeda
Just days after a controversial poll about killing the president ran on Facebook, and attracted an investigation from the secret service, an interesting press release has hit the wires. The release is about a new game, which comes in the form of a Facebook app, and will no doubt draw additional controversy.
Using Google Maps for a Giant Game of Monopoly
Update: The day came for the big game, but apparnetly too much interest had been generated because the game's site has been down most of the day.
Original Article: Tomorrow (September 9), a giant worldwide game of Monopoly will commence, using the real world. That is, the real world on Google Maps. Hasbro, the creators of the classic board game, are launching the game called, "Monopoly City Streets," in which players will fight for the largest empire in the world.
NFL Looking To Tighten Up Social Media Rules
By Frank Reed
While it’s probably not fair to attach the “No Fun League” tag to the NFL in this instance it certainly makes for a better headline, so there. The league, which earlier this year linked itself to the US Marine Corps and others by limiting social media use by its ‘employees’ has expanded those terms before the start of the regular season.
A Twitter App Just for the World Series of Poker
The World Series of Poker is now underway, and Twitter is pointing out a Twitter app called PokerRoad Nation, which aggregates tweets from professional players.
With PokerRoad Nation, users can filter the tweets to see updates from specific WSOP players or from specific events. There are over 50 events, and thousands of players (pros and amateurs).
Blockbuster Gets Ready to Test Online Game Rental
As Blockbuster.com continues its struggle to compete with the much more popular Netflix movie rental service, the company is starting an online video game rental offering to compliment its movie offering.
This was announced a while back, but today's announcement puts a date to its launch - June 30. It will start in Cleveland, but is planned to go nationwide by the end of the year. The Cleveland pilot test will be open to all Blockbuster Total Access and Blockbuster By Mail subscribers.
Popular Game Themes Come To iGoogle
By Doug Caverly
Never mind money, search, and advertising for a minute. Whether you go home every evening and power up a PS3 or just have fond memories of early arcade and Nintendo games, Google's got something to bring a smile to your face as gaming themes for iGoogle have been unveiled.
Google Putting AdSense in Your Games
It was only a matter of time, but Google is beginning beta testing for in-game advertising, or "AdSense for Games". On Google's Inside AdSense Blog, Ryan Hayward writes:
Popular Facebook App (fluff)Friends Purchased by SGN
While some Facebook gaming apps are causing users to have their Facebook accounts revoked, others are making their owners some money.
Apple Takes the "Tris" Out of iPhone Tetris
It's not been a good week for developers of well-established game knock-offs. Facebook favorite Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game developed by two brothers in India was just removed in the UK and Australia, after already being forced down from the social network in North America last month.
Popular Facebook App Shut Down
About a month ago, one of the most popular applications on Facebook was yanked in North America. That application would be Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like game developed by the Agarwalla brothers from India who were met with a lawsuit by Hasbro.
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