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Are you Appy with Facebook?

Mahafreed Irani | February 18, 2012

GAME ON: Angry Birds, the most downloaded mobile app of 2011, made its Facebook debut as an app last week. Rovio, the Finnish creators of the game, organised a special launch in Jakarta

If you've activated the new Facebook Timeline, you're obviously staring at a neat chronological scrapbook of your virtual history on the site. And while the feature looks pretty comprehensive, it may still not represent who you are completely without nuggets about your hobbies and passions. Now, having tied up with over 60 lifestyle websites - besides 'like' - Facebook even lets you 'want, ' 'buy, ' 'taste, ' 'love, ' and 'spot' with the help of apps that can be found at www. facebook. com/about/timeline/apps. All you have to do is select the apps you want - neatly categorised to fall under entertainment, fitness, food, giving, music, news, shopping and fashion, travel, etc - and give them permission to publish your appy activity onto your Timeline;making it easier for you to display your hobbies in an appealing format...

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Beenit BhagatMar 12th, 2012 at 15:11 PM

Couldnt agree more with neha (above) bt I hv one prob with her..
Dis is defntly not just for young app users...its for every 1 esp for ppl who had some reservations abt using app s..this could very well b d game changer for fb....nd once again fb comes with something new...kep up

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Neha Feb 21st, 2012 at 13:20 PM

an informative creatively written article on a topic really close to the hearts of young app-loving facebook users..i was unaware of such customized apps of this social network site...deserves a SUPERLIKE !!!!

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