Over the holidays I received a new country Facebook song in my inbox. The song is written and produced by Carter Hamric, an unsigned country musician based out of Huntsville, Alabama. I have to admit, this song is pretty catchy. The last Facebook song to come along had close to 4 million views and doesn’t have as good of a singer in my own opinion. Enough of what I think though, check out the song below and let us know what you think in the comments.
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RockYou, one of the largest Facebook application developers, has spent the past few months shifting its focus to social gaming. One of the company’s latest games, Zoo World, has more than tripled in the past month, growing from 3.1 million to over 9.9 million monthly active users. With the rapid growth, one would imagine that Zynga will quickly follow suit with ZooVille, however another company currently holds the trademark.
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Back in September, Zynga made a controversial decision to replace YoVille users’ primary source of virtual income, the Widget Factory, with a new Sweets Factory. The result was that thousands of users protested the application and while the impact was not seen immediately, monthly active users over the past month are down around 10 percent. The result is that protestors got what they wanted and now Zynga is bringing back the Widget Factory to YoVille.
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If you’re looking to delete your Facebook account, you are better off using Facebook’s account deletion form than Seppukoo which has now been blocked from Facebook. That’s why the Seppukoo website now has a tutorial on how to manually delete your account posted on their homepage (which we’ve embedded below). Not only has Seppukoo been blocked but they were also sent a Cease and Desist from Facebook’s D.C.-based law firm: Perkins Coie.
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The best thing to do after you break out of jail is to set up a Facebook profile to taunt the police. That’s exactly what “Craig ‘Lazie’ Lynch” has become infamous for over the past three months. Craig broke out of jail in early September and has been taunting cops since then. Now Craig is even doing interviews with journalists and his popularity has hit a new level with numerous media outlets covering the story. One would assume that cops are getting even more aggressive in tracking down the criminal.
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There have been numerous rumors over the past few years about Facebook charging for their site. None of them have been true so far and none of them will be true. Yes, Facebook could theoretically charge for specific features, but the $4.99 a month fee that some groups are claiming are flat out inaccurate. The largest group which grew to over 100,000 users was quickly removed by Facebook, however new versions of the group are beginning to sprout up.
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According to analytics firm Hitwise, Facebook was the “most visited site in the United States on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day.” This is a huge milestone for Facebook as it was the first time the company was the most visited site in the U.S. ever, beating out the search behemoth: Google. Facebook continues to surge in popularity and this latest statistic is a testament to the company’s ongoing growth.
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Over the weekend I noticed a small tweak to Facebook’s Notes application for blog feeds that are automatically imported: images are now included in the feed stories. It’s a small upgrade and it may have been added more than a week ago, however this weekend was the first time that I noticed it. Previously, all automatically imported blog posts did not get an image included in the post.
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This evening Facebook announced a redesigned help center which aims to make it easier for Facebook users to find the answers to the problems they are having. Personally, I don’t use the help center too often, however I know that Facebook has been steadily improving the help area over the past couple years. Today, Facebook has announced a number of additional features.
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There’s no better way to tell your friend you love them than smacking them in the face with a pillow. Alright, maybe hitting them with a pillow isn’t the best way to express your affection, however over the past week, millions of Facebook users have been spreading love with the Pillow Fight application. Personally I find the application to be horrendously annoying as my profile gets spammed with multiple pillow fight wall posts daily.
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