TweetFacebook will be adding two new security features that will allow users to regain control of their account if it gets hijacked and to use a unique password for different third party applications that require logging in with Facebook credentials. The first feature can be compared to giving a copy of your house key to a set of friends, except that you have to gather all the keys in order to enter the house. In Facebook’s case,...

Tweet  Social gaming company and makers of popular game Farmville, Zynga, has announced a new range of games that users would soon be able to play on the developer”s own platform rather than on Facebook.   The company has announced new products aimed at diversifying its business beyond Facebook, the platform upon which the majority of its products are currently played. The new titles include CastleVille, a medieval...

TweetThe same Australian who blew the whistle on Facebook tracking logged out users last week discovered yesterday that although Facebook had “fixed” the problem, the tracking cookie has been re-enabled. According to Nic Cubrilovic, it was active on every third-party site he tested. Contrary to their position that they only track user data to keep users safe and prevent abuse, Facebook’s lengthy new patent document shows they’ve...

Tweet Zynga’s profit fell from $27.2 million in Q2 2010 to $1.3 million in Q2 2011, a 95 percent decrease, an IPO filing with the SEC revealed Wednesday. Zynga’s profit measures how much money the company is truly retaining, while revenue measures how much it is making, before expenses. To that end, Zynga’s revenue grew over 100 percent year-on-year, to $279.1 million; however, this growth is slowing, rising 15 percent...

TweetZynga will be bringing Indiana Jones to social gaming, the company announced today. In a statement released on its blog, Zynga announced a “very special integration with Indiana Jones.” The character will be incorporated into Adventure World, Zynga’s newest adventure franchise that we coincidentally compared to Indiana Jones earlier this month. “Zynga is proud to announce that we’re teaming up with...

TweetAccording to users of ProSportsDaily, online play has been patchy at best since the game’s release on Tuesday. The complaints are echoed on the Gamespot Madden forums, with some users reporting they can’t even activate their Online Franchise codes – the equivalent of an online pass – let alone initiate multiplayer and online features. A post on the EA Sports forums offers network troubleshooting with mixed response – some...

TweetNancy Grace might be the most surprising star to join season thirteen’s cast of “Dancing With The Stars,” but don’t think for one second that she isn’t in it to win it. “I’m the oldest and the fattest and I can’t dance. Oops,” Grace tells me. But she does have a strategy for winning — making sure everyone is too scared not to vote for her. “I pray!” Nancy said...