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Teh Facebook M0n3i$ -FB Prepares Credits Rollout

pay-with-facebookWill Facebook users feel more comfortable trusting their credit card information with the company instead of social game developers and other payment providers when they go to buy virtual goods? If the answer is yes, we may see a new surge in revenue for developers, and for Facebook.

The question is closer than ever to being answered, too. Facebook is planning to more fully release its virtual currency, Credits, on third-party apps in the coming weeks. In the meantime, here’s a look at which games are already running Credits, and how they’re going about doing it.

Here are the games integrating Credits that have been announced so far, sorted by developer and noting the Daily Active Users (DAU) for each game:

There are two basic implementations seen to date:

  1. Buying in-game currency with “Pay with Facebook” as an alternative payment method along with credit card, pay pal, mobile and offers
  2. Buying in-game items directly with Facebook credits

Most of the developers opted for a simple implementation, just adding Facebook credits as another in a laundry list of purchase options for users:

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Once users select Facebook Credits, they are presented with the option of using their existing credits if they have enough. Otherwise they are presented with options to buy with the credit card on file (if there is one), their mobile phone, or to select a new card.

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Hat Tip The R. Hoov-diggity

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Really Cool Videos Highlighting Chrome Features

Get Chrome and try it out. So far – it’s the fastest browser on my machine…

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Román Cortés » CSS 3D Meninas

Ok – you must click through the link below to see this CSS 3D awesomeness. It’s worth it.

(versión en castellano abajo)

I’ve took the classic paint The Maids of Honour (Las Meninas) and made this CSS pseudo-3D/parallax effect. It is pure CSS, so no javascript or flash involved: only CSS and HTML code.

It has been tested and it is working on Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3, Opera 9, Safari 3, Chrome 4 and Konqueror 3.5, and it validates.

Funciona en las últimas versiones de los navegadores más usados y valida.

Hat tip: Noonat

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ERROR: could not find [gem] locally or in a repository

gem install –system

I ran into this issue the other day and the above code worked. You may or may not need to run “sudo gem update –system” of course if you get a permissions problem.

Also – if you need to get a little info about your installation and/or version of gems:

“gem env”

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Google Chrome (Beta) – Now Available for Mac

So far – it seems really well integrated and fast. I recommend it. Of course – until it has a tool on par or better than FireBug, FF will still dominate as the web development browser.

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New Posterous feature: Choose your autopost sites through bookmarklet

Win. Yet another reason to use Posterous. They deliver the features people want.

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Oregon Wins Civil War 2009 – To the Rose Bowl!

106 Decibels at one point!! GO DUCKS!!!!

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arcade expressionism

Really cool concept. Be sure to click through and check out some of this guy’s other works.

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Mac OSX Snow Leopard Tip – Launch Apps in 32-bit mode

Apparently there are benefits. In Safari’s case – bigger battery life.

ht: S. Sullivan

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The Mike Stoops Convulsive Spasm Jump of Rage

haha! Found it. A good summary of the game.

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