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Facebook is partnering with a Malaysian company to sell credits at retail outlets across Asia for the first time, aiming to make it easier for millions of people to purchase virtual goods and play games on the social networking site while boosting revenue for developers.

Electronic payments company MOL _ part of the business empire of tycoon Vincent Tan _ will offer the online currency from Aug. 1 at more than 500,000 outlets including 7-Eleven stores, Internet cafes and online banks in five Southeast Asian countries, India, Australia and New Zealand, company spokesman Nor Badron said Friday.

The move is targeting people who don’t have a credit card, particularly younger Facebook users, and those who don’t want to take the risk of making electronic payments online.

“Asia has a huge gaming community, and it’s typically young people,” Nor said. “The penetration for credit cards is very low… so the developers are not making money and missing this opportunity.”

Nor said MOL already sells prepaid credits for other online games at its established network of stores, but it will be the first time that consumers can buy credits for Facebook’s applications, including such popular games as Mob Wars and FarmVille, without credit cards.

MOL, which last year bought social networking site Friendster, announced the partnership with Facebook in a press release Thursday.

“We view this agreement as a major opportunity to broaden the availability of a simple, unified currency that can be used in games and applications across Facebook,” said Vaughan Smith, director of business and corporate development at Facebook, in the press release.

“Working with MOL means we can offer the benefits of Facebook Credits to millions of people in Asia using a payment system that is already widely used and trusted,” he said.

In Southeast Asia, the credits will be sold in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines.

More than 70 percent of Facebook members use applications, and payment transactions and volume have seen a double-digit increase over the last few quarters, according to MOL.

FIFA World Cup 2010 is in final 16 knock out phase and today onwards every match of this tournament is going to be a big match. If you are a big fan of this awesome game but don’t get time to watch it on TV or to watch live game online, you can get the details on your Chrome browser. There is an extension for FIFA World Cup created by people from Google only thru which you can get details about all teams or your favorite team.

FIFA.com Chrome Extension is a tool for Chrome browser to stay up to date about the tournament. Google is already sharing summary of the game on search result page and now thru this extension. Once you will install the extension on your Chrome browser, you can see an icon appearing beside the address bar. Icon is same as the favicon of FIFA.com. Once you will click on the extension icon, you can see a small window opened with lot many details like Latest News, Next scheduled match, Last match, Live details etc.

FIFA.com Chrome Extension window

FIFA World Cup 2010 is in final 16 knock out phase and today onwards every match of this tournament is going to be a big match. If you are a big fan of this awesome game but don’t get time to watch it on TV or to watch live game online, you can get the details on your Chrome browser. There is an extension for FIFA World Cup created by people from Google only thru which you can get details about all teams or your favorite team.

FIFA.com Chrome Extension is a tool for Chrome browser to stay up to date about the tournament. Google is already sharing summary of the game on search result page and now thru this extension. Once you will install the extension on your Chrome browser, you can see an icon appearing beside the address bar. Icon is same as the favicon of FIFA.com. Once you will click on the extension icon, you can see a small window opened with lot many details like Latest News, Next scheduled match, Last match, Live details etc.

FIFA World Cup 2010 is throwing so much traffic on ESPN3.com and other live streaming sites. If your heart is already signing “Waka Waka – This Time for Africa”, then you can enjoy the game updates on Chrome browser thru this extension.

Download Tweetdeck and manage Twitter on the new fully loaded Twitter desktop client, which promises some amazing new features and social functionality.

Tweetdeck is the best way to stay connected with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, Foursquare, Google Buzz and more. A quick look at Twitstat reveals that Tweetdeck is undoubtedly the most popular and best Twitter client out there with nearly 10.6% Twitter users using Tweetdeck (only second to the original web Twitter used by 17.27% users). We have also been using Tweedeck for the past year.

So what is loaded up in the new ‘monster update‘ as they like to call it.

It’s got Buzz. It’s got Foursquare. It’s got maps. It’s got scheduled updates. It’s got video uploading. It’s got webcam recording. It’s got custom URL shorteners. It’s got custom Twitter APIs. It’s got global filters. It’s got swanky new designs.

Don’t take my word for it, you can watch this video and get amazed.

Today I have bumped into yet another cute little startup from the category “cute but what for?” but I could not resist covering it here because even though it will hardly solve any problem for you, it will at least make a few people around you smile – which probably is exactly the goal.

The startup is LiveTyping and it does exactly what the name suggests: it turns the boring written text into a real process of typing for absolutely anyone to see all the typos you make in the process of typing (and correct later). So the boring static texts turns into a small video showing anyone willing to read how exactly you wrote this or that piece.

When you first enter LiveTyping, it offers you a text field where you are invited to type whatever you want and it will record the text (along with all the typos, deleted letters, new versions, etc.) to display the entire process of typing later. You can choose the text to be displayed at a fast or low speed or exactly with the speed you typed it initially to make it look more realistic.

Blogger has just added a new feature on the dashboard. We can now upload videos to our blogs the same way we upload pictures. We no longer need to embed the codes from YouTube. Though I have not tried this yet, I think it is a nifty feature to use. Maybe one of these days, I might just upload my own videos of a stage performance taken in China that comes with the delicious Mongolian food buffet. Blogger only allows video uploads of not more than 100mb each time. Most formats are accepted. Have fun with your videos.

Above is a YouTube video tutorial on how to start a blog in Blogger.com. If you are new to blogging and would like to start your own Free blog, check out this video tutorial and get your very own blog in a moment. There are so many pay to blog programs that you can leverage on and it is a good idea to start blogging begining from a Free blog at Google’s Blogger.com. All you need is to sign in, fill in your password and the rest are self-explanatory as you are guided along step by step.

There is a company that produces software for agency level pay-per-click management. The software allows PPC management across google adwords, yahoo search marketing and microsoft adcenter from a unified interface. This Pay Per Click management software includes reporting and collaboration tools, saving time and money for agencies who manage multiple pay per click accounts.

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PiXPO is a Canadian company that offers video, photo and audio sharing. Users can choose the files to be public or private and to share those special memories with just their friends and families. It can also be used to create YouTV to broadcast your own selection of personal videos spread the word such as make a channel around an event or a product. You can also build an audience of artists, videographers, podcasters, musicians and like-minded people. In the long run, PiXPO saves your money as it runs directly from your PC, so there are no bandwidth or storage costs.

PiXPO makes it easy to get all your videos online. Sure, it’s not too hard to get one or two clips online, but PiXPO is the only solution available that lets you broadcast ALL your personal video. Plus, with music and photo capability, you can broadcast all your media. It is just like a version of YouTube and Flickr combined for your video and photo uploads respectively.

You can download it free here. If you are just back from the party with a digital camera full of videos and photos, then you might like to try PiXPO. Get showing them off! With PiXPO, just dump your files onto your PC, then create a channel. In under 3 minutes you’re broadcasting to the world – right from your own PC. PiXPO makes it easy to create a full-on broadcast of all your media. It’s virtually instant to launch new channels. Plus, it’s super-easy for your friends to see them – just send them a channel link and they’re watching right now.

An online pal sent me an invitation link to join StumbleUpon, a place where you can discover new sites based on your interests. After clicking on the link, decided to check it out. There are a few features; you can channel surf the internet for great websites, videos, pictures, games and more. To begin, I entered the necessary details and then it led me to a page to download the free StumbleUpon toolbar. After downloading the exe file, I ran it on my PC and it was automatically installed on my IE browser but I could not use the tool. Later, I recalled reading that it will operate on Firefox browsers.

Anyway, here’s what you get when you used it on your Firefox browsers. By choosing personalized recommendations according to your interests, you get to rate, review and share what you find; you can also keep an online history of the things you’ve Stumbled and more importantly, there is no adware or spyware secretly installed with this toolbar.

The requirement is that you must be at least 14 years old to join and Stumbling is personalized for you. By telling them your interests, they can bring great websites to you. You may select popular topics out of the over 500 that they have. And if you’d like a few more now, you can click Show More, or you can always make changes later. Do not fret as your information is safe and protected. They have a privacy policy linked up.