More Facebook Evolution – Timeline And News Feeds Getting A New Look

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We knew changes were coming to Facebook. On March 1st Mafia Spirit shared a ReadWrite.com article that was titled ‘Facebook Tests Timeline Redesign In New Zealand.’

  The news today from acebook is there will be a new look for feeds. The new feed are designed with the intent of reducing clutter and to focus more on the stories that you care about (Like all our posts here at Mafia Spirit). In addition to having a brighter and more beautiful look and feel the types of feeds that interest you will be easier to locate and separate from those that don’t interest you.

A New Look for News Feed

March 07, 2013

To make sure you're seeing all the stories you want to see, we're introducing several new feeds to explore in addition to the same News Feed you have today:

News Feed Most Recent All Friends Photos Music Following Games Groups

- All Friends - a feed that shows you everything your friends are sharing
- Photos - a feed with nothing but photos from your friends and the Pages you like
- Music - a feed with posts about the music you listen to
- Following - a feed with the latest news from the Pages you like and the people you follow.

With the new design, now Facebook has the same look and feel on mobile, tablet and web. For example, the left-hand menu is accessible anywhere you go on Facebook. You also have a way to jump right to the top of News Feed whenever new stories come in.

Facebook will be rolling out the new design slowly over the coming weeks on the web and mobile devices. Facebook is offering you to get it early. Simply visit www.facebook.com/newsfeed and add yourself to the waiting list.

If you have an iPhone or iPad these design updates will be available in the coming weeks and soon after for Android users.

Behind the redesign

Learn more about the thinking behind the new look.

 

Get to Know the New Design for News Feed

By Greg Marra - Today at 2:00pm

Today we announced a fresh, new look for News Feed on web, tablet and mobile. This design aims to make it easier for people to access the things they care about. For developers, this new design improves how the content appears in News Feed and how people can use bookmarks to reengage with apps.

In the new design, the things people share through apps are larger and more engaging in News Feed. We're also making it easier for people to access their game and music feeds, now accessible from the top right area. To take advantage of this new design, we encourage you to optimize for high-resolution feed stories on both web and mobile by providing 600X600 pixel images (minimum 200X200 px).

Bookmarks are now more relevant for people and appear on every page. Bookmarks are an important way for people to reengage with apps, and we've made improvements so people can quickly access the games and apps they use the most. These ever-present bookmarks will also display the notification counter from the most recent game requests to help drive re-engagement with players.

We are beginning a slow rollout of this new design today. We will be testing and closely monitoring key metrics to optimize this experience for both users and developers.

 

Goodbye Clutter

Hello bright, beautiful stories.

Search for people, places and things

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Give it a try

Join the waitlist to get the new homepage for the web. Look for it on your iPhone, iPad and Android soon!

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Nevada Legalizes On-Line Poker – ZNGA On The Rise

You may get to play a real-money Zynga Poker game soon. News from Nevada is the states Republican Governor Brian Sandoval signed a bill into law that authorizes the state of Nevada to enter into agreements with other states and permitting Nevada-based companies to host interactive gambling for residents of other states.

Nevada legalizes first interstate online poker

By Ian Simpson

(Reuters) Republican Governor Brian Sandoval signed the landmark bipartisan bill into law on Thursday, authorizing his office to enter into agreements with other states that will in effect allow Nevada-based companies to host interactive gambling for residents of other states.

A number of companies have already been granted Nevada licenses for online poker, but were prepared to be limited to serving Nevada residents. Applicants include social gaming leader Zynga Inc. Shares in Zynga leapt as much as 7.4 percent on Friday.

With the bill, Nevada - home to Las Vegas, the world's second-largest gambling hub - wants to pave the way for national Internet wagering even though efforts at federal regulation have stalled. Established companies including MGM Resorts and Wynn Resorts hope they can add new customers and pitch online players to come to Vegas.

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Nevada's legislation comes as New Jersey - home to Atlantic City - considers a similar move to legalize online gambling. Republican Governor Chris Christie rejected a measure earlier this month that would have allowed Internet gambling, but has said he would consider approving such a law if it was framed properly.

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The bills follow a 2011 declaration by the U.S. Justice Department that only online betting on sporting contests broke federal law. That opened the door for states to legalize some forms of online gambling.

Although widespread legalization appears years away at the minimum, obtaining a license in Nevada would be a meaningful start for the nationwide aspirations of entrants such as Zynga, especially if they can offer games to those in other states.

Zynga, which runs one of the world's largest online communities of poker players, is hoping that a lucrative real-money market could make up for a steep slide in revenue from games like "FarmVille" that are losing players but still generate the bulk of its sales.

It is well-known that Zynga has interest in exploring the on-line gambling arena. Upon the news of Nevada legalizing on-line poker ZNGA gained momentum and interest in it’s shares.

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Currently ZNGA is up 7.77% for the day. The ZNGA still has a long way to go to reach it’s 52 week high (52wk Range: 2.09 - 15.91).

The question remains…Is it time to buy in? What do you think?

Mafia Wars Updates – 2 Out Of 3 Ain’t Bad

Within the Mafia Wars Forums News And Announcements Section an update from the Mafia Wars Team has been posted by Super Moderator Dassem Ultor. A duplicate copy has also been posted on the Official Mafia Wars Blog.

Within these announcement postings Zynga is informing us of some features that we will soon see in the Mafia Wars game. They include a well over-due new destination (name not announced yet) and more Operations that will be similar to the Italian Jobs Operations.

Here is a viewing of those original Mafia Wars announcements;

 

Updates From Mafia Wars Team

Dear Mafia Wars players,
As 2013 gets underway, the entire Mafia Wars team here is excited about the new features we are working on to make your favorite game even more fun, engaging and rewarding. Today, we wanted to share some of our upcoming new features and events that will be launching over the next few months in Mafia Wars:

1. Mafia Wars players have been requesting a new city for a while now. We recently published the survey for the next Mafia Wars city. Based on your feedback, we’ll be releasing a brand new city for all of you to enjoy soon. Vote now http://zynga.tm/p1h if you haven’t already.

2. Given the positive response from our player community to the Arena, we will be adding a number of social features: Families will now be able to battle each other and amongst themselves in private rooms and you will be able to challenge rivals or create an instant rematch after finishing an arena. In addition, we will be adding multiple new PvP (Player vs Player) modes and events.

3. The Operation: Italian Files was very well received by our players and you have asked us for more events like these. Look out for more Operations - coming soon!

Stay tuned! We will be sharing more of our plans for Mafia Wars regularly on this blog.
Please feel free to leave your suggestions and feedback about the game in this link: http://zynga.tm/iXa

Zynga did throw us a doobie when they stated “Given the positive response from our player community to the Arena, we will be adding a number of social features.” Really? Which community are you referring to that has given you the idea that we want more to do with the Arena? You seemingly took our original idea and concept of a Fighting Arena and turned it into a jumbled, confusing, annoying, aggravating mess. Too many players, from my perspective, want nothing to do with the Arena.

I guess 2 Out Of Three Ain’t Bad.