The online world's biggest time-waster isn’t so pointless after all. The World Food Program (WFP) has publicly thanked the virtual farmers on the wildly popular Facebook game FarmVille after they ...

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Kyra Wilson, an artist living in rural Vermont, had just joined Facebook in summer 2009 when she began seeing posts from friends about their activities in some farming game. Harvesting crops. Asking ...

It started out as a simple concept. Let people virtually grow gardens, raise farm animals and become farmers. It soon became a social media and gaming phenomenon. “FarmVille” celebrates its fifth ...

Everybody has played or heard of Farmville at some point in their life. Now a part of a distant memory for most, Farmville was once ruling the gaming market. Farmville was an agriculture-simulation ...

If you need proof that social gaming is seeping into every corner of the world's daily life, look no further than Zynga's FarmVille, which passed the 80 million monthly user mark as of today.

The launch of FarmVille 2 was one of the big highlights of Zynga’s past year, but CEO Mark Pincus said its predecessor FarmVille crossed major milestone too, having reached $1 billion in total player ...

Virtual farms on Facebook are raising real food for the needy this holiday season, with "FarmVille " charity drive. Players looking to light up their imaginary homestead with seasonal decorations by ...

Ever dreamed of building your own farm? Well, you might not have, but it's obviously something a few million people enjoy doing virtually. Zynga's social game, Farmville, which launched June 19th has ...