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In an attempt to crack down on spam, Facebook has shut down a number of third-party software applications in the past week. The move could signal that the world's most popular social network plans maintain righter control over the apps that run on its site.

FarmVille, the social networking game that allows players to tend a virtual farm tcomplete with crops and livestock, is a beloved pastime for many Facebook members, but for one fan it turned into a financial fiasco. In just two weeks, a child in England spent $1,375 fixing up his "farm," blowing...

I wanted to talk to Maha Ibrahim because I kept running into Watercooler. Not a real watercooler, but the community-based fan and games network that's generating lots of buzz in social networking. Ibrahim is a general partner at Canaan Partners, a $3 billion venture capital fund that's one of...

A new Facebook app from Facecard.com, a prepaid credit card company that caters mainly to parents of teens, could put the hurt on PayPal and on Facebook's million dollar virtual gift industry! The app, called Facecard, will let you transfer money to other Facebook users just like you could with...

The creator of the Facebook third-party application at the center of a Secret Service investigation is Jesse Farmer, a computer programmer and entrepreneur living in Palo Alto, California, DailyFinance has learned. The Secret Service is investigating after someone posted a poll using an...

The first thing I noticed was the dearth of parking spaces at Facebook world headquarters in Palo Alto, California. I drove to the top lot. Full up. I drove down to the lower lots, where visitors are not really supposed to park. After losing out in stare-off battles with a few FB employees, I...