People like to have fun

Who would have thunk?


Technology trends and news by Jeremy Liew
July 18, 2008 | last edited July 18, 2008 8:45 AM | Comments (0)

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There has been much handwringing about how silly facebook apps are, and how it would be so much better if they were more useful. But Facebook users have voted with their mouse buttons, as the O’Reilly report in May showed:

According to a Medialets survey, it seems that iPhone users have voted in exactly the same way, with almost half iPhone apps being games or entertainment:

Girls (and boys) just want to have fun.

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