While not a very useful application, Food Fight does demonstrate the intrinsic power of playful social interaction over glitzy effects.  Food Fight, developed by David Gentzel of Virginia Tech (Go Hokies!), extends the psychology behind the poke.  As in MMORPGs like Warcraft or with virtual roses in Hotornot, users of the application spend a virtual currency on [...]

Sifting through the trove of ever accumulating Facebook Apps I came across one of particular interest:  Sneaky Crush.  I thought Secret Admirer would be a natural idea to implement on Facebook and now I found that someone has done it — but not by some random college kid, but by a member of the Google network [...]

Here’s a ironic twist on a long running story.  MySpace has been at times passive and aggressive on the embedding of applications and widgets on its profiles.  Of particular interest are the music players so important to the monetization of online music.  Recall when MySpace reminded Tila Tequila about the ToS when she supported Hoooka [...]

Facebook is adding new features at a breakneck pace.  MySpace is looking like your older brother’s social network more and more everyday.  Not only are they introducing high order features like F8 applications, they are also refining basic usability.  If you thought Facebook’s slick threaded email messaging was great, look at the options now available above the [...]