8 FaceBook Applications for enjoying Social Media awesomeness

by Aditya on January 31, 2010 · 20 comments

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FaceBook applications are rakish little add-ons that you can add to your account to add a bit of fun and utility. If you’re willing to enhance your FaceBook experience by using proper applications, then here are some of the apps you should definitely give a try.

Pieces of Flair – A nice and neat FaceBook application that allows you to find or create buttons/flairs that you can put on your FaceBook profile. This application can be well-used for expressing your political views, social ideas or anything else that you support. You can add it as a box on your profile or display it all in a tab. [Link]

Farmville - If there can be some other name for this application, “ADDICTIVE” would have been the most suitable. With over 75 million monthly active users, this is the most popular game for FaceBook enthusiasts. It is essentially a game where you act as a farmer does in real life – you till your land, grow crops, sell crops, meet goals and earn ribbons. Besides, you also get to help your friends, find hidden items and decorate your farms. It is indeed a great way to pass your time on FaceBook and learn how food grains are cultivated. [Link]

Geo Challenge – This is an interesting FaceBook application that helps you learn while you try to pass your time. There are four levels of this game – Suitcase Shuffle, Map Mayhem, City Blitz and Landmark Loco. The game begins with ‘Suitcase Shuffle’ which requires you to match flags with their respective countries. In the next level –‘Map Mayhem’, you are required to recognise the shape of countries before the time runs out. In ‘City Blitz’, you are asked to find major cities across the globe. In the final level – ‘Landmark Loco’, you are required to locate landmarks on a world map. [Link]

YoVille – It a virtual world where you can create an Avatar and control its life by making it work, buy, sell, decorate, socialise, play and much more. It’s like living a life in the digital world. You can earn coins by working at the factory or by playing from variety of games. You may even go to parties to meet new people from all over the world. [Link]

Weather – How can weather create awesomeness? Well, weather does create awesomeness and you know it well. A bad weather will ruin your picnic and a good one may help setting up plans for a picnic. With this weather application, you will be able to view five-day weather forecast and even your current weather conditions right from the FaceBook account. [Link]

MSN Messenger Button – This is another pretty useful FaceBook application. It allows you to add your FaceBook friends to your MSN messenger list and also allows you to communicate with your MSN friends right from your FaceBook account. If you prefer the convenience of keeping communication simple, it is a must-have FaceBook application. [Link]

iLike – This is a FaceBook application for music lovers. This application allows you to share with your friends your favourite music, artists, videos and also allows you to play the Music Challenge game. Further, it also provides you with convenience to get notified when your favourite band goes out on a performance tour. [Link]

Twitter: Twitter is one of the most happening things of Web 2.0. If you have an account on Twitter as well as one on FaceBook, then linking your Twitter account with your FaceBook account is definitely a good idea. This application allows you to connect your Twitter account to your FaceBook account and provides you with the ability to view your Twitter feeds right from your FaceBook account. Further, if you grant the permission to update your Twitter status to this application, your tweets on twitter will automatically be published on FaceBook as status message. [Link]

About Aditya: Aditya is a 16 year old online entrepreneur living in India. He is the founder and editor of Tech Ravings, a blog sharing latest apps and services from the tech world.Get more from Aditya on Twitter.