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1 Lesser-Known Feature of Frontierville: Same-Sex Marriage
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2 The Best Internet Meme Ever Makes Its Way to FrontierVille
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3 Facebook App Makers Get Called Out Regarding Privacy
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4 Zynga Goes Gaga, Releasing Lady Gaga Singles in Farmville
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5 Facebook's Multi-Billion Stock Market Debut & 5 Mammoth Tech IPOs
Facebook's day in the stock market arrived today as the company debuted on the NASDAQ to a valuation over $100 billion. The $38 a share IPO price makes Facebook the biggest company in U.S. history to go public, yet other tech companies have also raised massive amounts (yet relatively modest sums compared to Facebook) of cash with their own initial public offerings. Take a look back at tech's Read more
Lady Gaga is already big on Facebook, and now for the first time ever, she's about to get down on the farm. A unique partnership between Lady Gaga and Farmville creator Zynga will allow fans to complete tasks within the Facebook game to earn listens to previously unreleased tracks from "Born This Way," set to be released on May 23. Starting on May 17, you can visit "Gagaville," a neighboring Read more
Facebook's privacy practices have been a constant source of fodder for a while now, and although the company has put new security features in place, it seems that still may not be enough to keep your information private from advertisers. We've told you before that your personal data could be collected by the applications you and your friends use if you aren't careful with your privacy settings, Read more
Facebook's FrontierVille, the new game from FarmVille creator Zynga, has a new decoration inspired by one of the best viral videos of all time. Now, for 25 horseshoes, FrontierVille players can purchase a double rainbow as a decoration. The description of the item reads, "Double rainbow, full on, all the way! So intense! What does it mean?!” mimicking the viral video. The double rainbow was Read more
Shortly after Farmville was announced for the iPhone, Zynga's Frontierville hit the scene, promising the same plot-building fun but with an Oregon Trail twist. Another lesser-known twist to the Western-style game? You can actually marry a partner of the same sex. It goes like this — setting up Frontierville requires you to customize your character and settings, including gender. Later, after Read more
One Kings Lane cofounder Alison Pincus and her husband, Zynga CEO and founder Marc Pincus (you may recognize him if you're a Farmville fan), are selling their absolutely lovely home in San Francisco's Presidio Heights neighborhood for $8.9 million. As you may expect from a cofounder of One Kings Lane, the home is dressed impeccably in the real estate photos. According to Trulia: The grand, Read more
ICYMI, Lady Gaga's latest release, Born This Way is dropping this Monday, May 23. But you don't have to wait to get in on the Gaga action — she's been taking over the Internet in the weeks leading up to the album release by partnering with digitally savvy companies in unexpected ways. Want to get your hands on some free tickets to her show, Gaga-inspired clothes, and swag? Read on to find out Read more
There's been a lot of news recently about Internet scams and viruses, some of which target social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook, while others just want to sucker you into giving them your email passwords in exchange for a gadget. I don't need to tell you how important it is to be vigilant — scammers and hackers are becoming increasingly sneaky, and it's a pain in the rear to gain Read more
