The eagerly awaited iPhone 3.0 for Facebook is finally out in the market and is available in iTunes App Stores for iPhone and iTouch. The newer version was submitted to Apple 12 days before its final approval. Earlier, Facebook released snapshots and some details of the most anticipated application. Several new features have been added to application on iPhone for a much easier and simple but d...

The advent of Social Networking Sites (SNS) was meant to help connect people which were not easily reachable. But the advancements in time and technology have enlarged the horizon of SNS and socializing on the Internet has expanded from not just connecting with people but sharing with them as well.

Although other SNS also provide its users with the sharing utility but unlike others,...

I was logged in on my Orkut account one fine day when I found that one of my friends is no more in my friend’s list. Upon inquiring her via mobile message, she told that she has quit Orkut and now uses Facebook because of better privacy policies, in fact I would say because of the existence of privacy policies which were not available on Orkut. That was a year ago. Gradua...

Social games, games that are playable within social websites such as Facebook and MySpace, are on a path to revolutionize the gaming industry, a similar feat attempted by downloadable casual games that seems to be hindered by the aforementioned titan. They spread like pandemics and can actually be fun.

It´s no surprise then that this industry has attracted much investment ...

As marketing continues its shift towards a digital focus, social media marketing occupies approximately 4% of an average marketer’s budget, yet its showing the strongest growth. Why? There’s an old adage that says, fish where the fish are, and that’s what we are seeing happen. Social network site usage continues to climb and clever marketers are finding ways to increase brand aff...

There are 0 monthly active Facebook users showing on all applications. Fear not, it is being resolved. This tends to occur due to bugs in the MAU calculation. This is an issue that comes up from time to time, but it does not mean your traffic has dropped.

One point to note is that Monthly Active Users means Monthly Active Users. A drop in MAU's does not indicate a trend the day t...

In the last post we discussed the emergence of the social gaming industry and its catalysts. In this article, we discuss social game design more in details and how developers can tap into human psychology to increase the fun aspect of the game while taking full advantage of social channels.

Create a Playful Game Quality

Playful, game-like qualities...

Gone are the days when Social-Networking meant only to chat, send messages to friends and peep into each other´s Profile. Fasten your seat belts because now a new, innovative and imaginative feature to hook up with your friends has entered the Social-Networking Arena.

What are Social Games?

Social game is actually a genre of Casual Game with ...

Facebook has announced that its total number of active users has reached to 300 million. This was stated on 15th of September, 2009. Not long ago, on 15th July, 09, Facebook officially revealed that it has crossed 250 million monthly active users (MAU) successfully and was pursuing to surpass 300 million MAU by the end of this year.

But Facebook has unbelievably shown tremendous ...

In our last blog about Social Game Design, we discussed some principles that are prevalent across good proper Social Game Design. Today we will continue defining design drivers, elaborating on each, as devised by Aki Järvinen of mygamestudies.com

Symbolic Physicality Adds Depth to Interactions

Poking, drinking ...