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Facebook suffered a partial outage this morning effecting both its online site and mobile applications. Users were reported to be unable to post status updates, photos, or like random stuff. Trying to post status updates was a challenge, as FB users received a message explaining that there was a problem, and to try again later.…
About 2 months ago, embattled social gaming company Zynga sued the creators of the Bang with Friends app in federal court. The suit alleged that the casual sex app’s name was an intentional play on Zynga’s trademarked “with friends” properties such as Words with Friends and Hanging with Friends. Today the suit was dropped and…
One of the most frustrating aspects of Facebook is finally being remedied. The social network is rolling out the ability to edit posts after the fact, saving us all from auto correct nightmares! We’ve all been there, laboriously composing a long-winded rant or poignant observation, only to get a barrage of LOLs at the word…
King proved it could effectively bring a Facebook game to mobile with its wildly successful Candy Crush Saga. Now another Saga from King is making the leap to a smart phone near you! Papa Pear Saga aims to repeat Candy Crush’s success and its coming out for Android and iOS devices this fall. Papa Pear…
Facebook is rumored to be working on joining mega-tech companies like Amazon, Google, and PayPal, with launching its own mobile purchasing program. Supposedly, FB is now in the limited test phase of providing their pay platform to the hundreds of millions of its users on their smartphones. Of course, if this mobile payment solution exists,…
Zynga filed suit against the maker of Bang with Friends today in a San Francisco federal court. Zynga has many titles that end in “with friends” such as Words with Friends, Chess with Friends, and Hanging with Friends. The suit alleges the defendant “selected the name ‘Bang With Friends’ for its casual sex matchmaking app…