Tag Archives for Facebook Applications

App of the Week: Flixster

The Flixster app allows users to rate movies and share what they saw or want to see with friends on Facebook. With this app, users can also compare movie tastes with friends and take over 100,000 movie trivia quizzes.  Flixster is one of the largest movie communities on the web and is also available on MySpace, Bebo, iPhone and at Flixster.com.

App of the Week: Carpool by Zimride

Carpool by Zimride makes sharing a ride safer and easier by using Facebook to find people going in the same direction as you. Don’t drive alone again – just Zimride! There are many benefits to carpooling, such as lower gas costs and reduced emissions… so find yourself a rideshare and get your carpool on (safely)!

App of the Week: Buddy Poke

Express yourself with more than just the standard Facebook poke option! With the Buddy Poke App you can send Hugs, kisses, tickles, or punches to your friends with your own personalized 3D avatar.  Getting your friends attention via Facebook just got easier!

App of the Week: Starbucks Card

Get your Starbucks coffee fix 24/7!

The Starbucks Facebook application allows you to manage your Starbucks Cards and Rewards. A new feature soon to be added includes:  the ability to surprise your friends by reloading their cards.  What a great way to keep track of your Starbucks cards and keep an eye out for up and coming coffee rewards!

App of the Week: PeKay’s Little Author

The PeKay’s Little Author App allows Facebook users to create their own original storybook.  Users tell their story or message though PeKay the piglet and friends illustrations, making the experience more personal.  Share your original storybook with people around the world in the Storybook Exhibit, share among friends, or E-mail a link to your on-line storybook for someone special.  The app allows you to print your storybook as a keepsake as well.  Personalized story book’s are truly something special and can be passed down from generation to generation.  All the more reason to get this app!

App of the Week: Citizen Sports

Citizen Sports is a Facebook application for the world’s sport community.

The app was built for millions of loyal sports fans to give their feedback/suggestions on specific sport topics.  Citizen Sports features: News from the best sources on the web, live scores and results, live play-by-play, communities for over 1,000 teams: including football, baseball, basketball, soccer, cricket, rugby and more, simple ways to interact with friends who are sports fans, free fantasy games with free live scoring, the best sports trivia, syncs with Sportacular iPhone app via Facebook Connect so you can chat about the game with your Facebook friends on your computer or phone and it allows you to follow your country in the 2010 Winter Olympics as they go for gold!

Go ‘Like’ Crazy With the New Greasemonkey Facebook Script!

Borat approves, do you?

A Facebook ‘Like’ Greasemonkey script was rolled out to the masses yesterday.  This script was developed by Matt Kelly, who works at Facebook, so you should know it works pretty darn well.  This script enables you to ‘like’ any page on the web by placing a thin toolbar at the top of every site you visit. It’s a simple script that has been downloaded over 1,000 times since yesterday.  Greasemonkey scripts require Firefox but users of other browsers can also use – Greasemetal for Google Chrome and Greasekit for Safari.  If you want to get your universal ‘like’ on, download the Facebook Greasemonkey script here.

App of the Week: Status Shuffle

The Status Shuffle App has the world’s largest collection of funny Facebook status messages.  The statuses are submitted by the Facebook community and will only change your status update with permission.  You can select any status from the supplied list or share your own suggestions.

What a perfect solution to your Facebook status writer’s block!

App of the Week: My LinkedIn

Some of us Facebook purely for socializing and being silly.  But there are some folks who manage to keep things professional on Facebook and may want to further cement that reputation.  My LinkedIn allows you to do that by connecting  your LinkedIn profile to your Facebook profile.  This is especially handy if you’re looking for a new job!

Try it and see how you like it!  Got to MyLinkedIn to connect your profiles!

App of the Week: 2010 World Cup Jersey

The 2010 FIFA World Cup is in full swing!  And if your team is advancing you should celebrate by adding your teams World Cup Jersey to your Facebook profile!  What better way to show your team spirit?  And if your team isn’t advancing… well we’re sorry about that.  But pick a favorite and run with it!

Get your 2010 World Cup Jersey here!