Facebook looks like every other social networking site out there. Not all Facebook apps are created equal. You can find old high school friends or coworkers and chat with them through their personal pages.
The real fun of the site comes when you start to explore Facebook applications. You can keep tabs on your friends in fun ways, list your likes and dislikes, show others your favorite songs and so much more.
I select few “killer” apps which show the Facebook Platform credibility.
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1. Top Friends
Top Friends is one of the most popular of all Facebook apps. Its purpose is very simple — display your favorite friends in a profile box on your profile page. In this way, you can make your best friends happy.
2. iLike
You can add music and videos inside a Facebook profile box. Do you love music? Get personalized concert alerts from your favorite artists in iTunes. Share playlists and recommendations with friends. Join over 50 million music lovers across Facebook, Bebo, Orkut, hi5, and iGoogle.
3. Attack!
Attack! is an online version of the classic board game Risk. It lends itself to a strong community element, playing with friends and getting to know other Facebook members you normally would never interact with.
4. iRead
iRead is the most popular book-focused app available on Facebook. Using iRead you can share reading lists, recommendations, and reviews with your friends.
5. Quizzes
Quizzes could be described as a “social mixer app” — it exists purely as a vehicle for friends and others to interact with each other online.
6. Where I’ve Been
Where I’ve Been is a travel app that allows you to display a map of the world, showing where you have lived (red), visited (blue), or would like to visit (green).
7. Flixster
Flixster is the movie equivalent of iLike. The heart of Flixster is the ability to interact with your friends on movies. You can share movie lists, recommendations, and reviews with your friends.
8. Local Picks
Developed by the popular travel review site Tripadvisor, Local Picks (see Figure 14-1) allows you to write and get personalized recommendations for restaurants — in your area or around the world.
9. Introplay’s Workout Olympiad and Runlicious
Introplay’s Workout Olympiad and Runlicious (see Figure 14-7) are two Facebook apps that enable you to track your athletic workouts on Facebook, compare your progress with others, and monitor the progress of your friends.
10. Appsaholic
For Facebook developers, Appsaholic is a “killer app” simply because it
tracks how users are using applications. You can use it to monitor the usage of your own app or track other third-party apps of interest.
More Resources
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Facebook offers some great application for its users using which you can enhance your productivity while establishing your business online.
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schwabensohn
Hey,
thx for the list – awesome, yu´ll get linked from germany soon ..
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Val
The Tripadvisor App seems like it is really useful. I usually try to read reviews before I check out a new restaurant in town. Another app I just found that I think it really helpful is one from Rent Jungle. It’s an app that makes looking for an apartment a lot easier. Here’s the link if you want to check it out!
http://www.rentjungle.com/facebook/
Val
Facebook Application Developer
I love to iread Facebook App. All others have decent no of active users showing their popularity.
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Those are really nice application for Facebook.Frankly speaking that I did not about all these application.I will definitely find.Thank you very much for giving such a good information.
Facebook Developers
Great list of applications, Attack is good one.
Facebook Application Development
I think there is lot to know about Facebook Applicatios.
Derek
Awesome list of application.
Thanks for sharing this!!!!
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facebook application developers
great to see these all apps