Facebook is in the final stages of selecting five winners of $225,000 FBfund grants and has just put up a Facebook application that lets members vote for their favorite apps out of the 25 finalists. (See my earlier post for details). There is a video for each app, and you can vote once per day.
I took a quick look at the applicants, and the ones that get my vote are BottleRocket (wine recommendation app based on your taste, ratings and preferences), MouseHunt (social game) NewsBrane (personalized news recommendation feed), Pongr (social price comparison app with a mobile component), Teach the People (social education app that just launched). Which is your favorite?
The winners might get additional funding from the FbFund, which is a $10 million fund run by Facebook, Accel, and the Founders Fund.
Here is a list of the 25 finalists:
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Teach the People is very promising, but most apps are really not useful.
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nice video.
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What the association between TEACH THE PEOPLE and UBUNTU? If none, they at least stole the logo idea…
Mouse Hunt’s looks like a piece in Chessmaster 2000.
Social Arcade’s looks like a…well you know.
And VDream’s looks like a Reason plugin icon.
…So get off it. Their logo is fine.
in terms of abilities, this teach the people app seems to be the most realistic, and arguably the smartest. i like wine, but i’d also like my kid to use facebook productively.
Teach The People gets my vote. Rest are just very complicated spams!
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Don’t forget to take a look at the original batch of fbFund apps, including mine: LuckyCal
I like how they’ve included a wide array of applications, targeting various demographics and specialties (religion, automotive, etc).
My fave so far is vDream, built by some college guys who want to turn it into a racing enthusiast community. Not many community-based apps on fb, they’re all just games and ads right now.
I really like Daikon. Great app that lets you make your own applications w/out needing programming knowledge — something I thought was unique to facebook applications. Just thought that it was cool…you can check it out here: http://apps.facebook.com/daikonapps/