Driving on ice in Paignton, England

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Facebook Testing Reply by E-mail Feature

Finally, all of those e-mail notifications you get from Facebook might become useful, as it appears that the social network is testing functionality that lets you reply to status updates (and conversations you’re involved with via others’ updates) via e-mail.

The feature’s not enabled for everyone yet, but DownloadSquad has seen it and says “it works seamlessly and it’s fast.” We’ve contacted FacebookFacebook

to try and get some more details on when it’s being rolled out to more users, and also if it might apply to Facebook messages (we can dream, right?).

In addition to being a useful functionality, this is actually a fairly significant strategic move by Facebook, as essentially they’ve decided to sacrifice pageviews (by not forcing you to log in to comment) for conversation. In the long-term, that’s probably a smart decision, as it makes the Facebook social graph even stickier and alternatives (like TwitterTwitter

) less necessary.

Update: A Facebook spokesperson tells us: “We are testing this feature and hope to roll it out to all users soon.”

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The Muppets Cover (Another) Song [VIDEO]

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Compare the Meerkat

Meerkat toy sells for £920 on eBay

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A limited edition Aleksandr Orlov Meerkat toy has been snapped up on eBay for £920, with proceeds going to charity.

One of the first Aleksandr Orlov meerkat toys to be auctioned off on eBay has been sold for a staggering £920.

The item had 46 bids and the proceeds from this auction listing will go to The Shooting Star Children's Charity.

A limited edition run of the toys, based on the star of the Compare the Meerkat adverts, were due to be sold exclusively in Harrods in the run up to Christmas.

A reservation list on the department stores website had to be closed the day after the announcement because all 1,500 talking Aleksandr Orlov toys had been sold.

But, because demand was so high, Harrods released a statement earlier this week saying that chairman Mohammed Al Fayed had decided to give all the toys to a select number of children's charities.

These charities have since put a number of the donated toy meerkats on eBay. Other similar listings will be ending this weekend.

 

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PetVille Launches on Facebook: Like FarmVille for Cute Pets

Just a couple of weeks ago, popular Facebook games maker Zynga trademarked the name PetVille, hinting at the theme for their next wildly popular casual game on the social network and other platforms (Myspace, iPhone, etc.). Today, Games.com reports that PetVille has launched.

Zynga is also the maker of FarmVille, which just yesterday was touted by a FacebookFacebook

spokesperson as being bigger than Twitter in terms of an active userbase. The company followed up on the formula early last month with an aquatic-themed title dubbed FishVille, and now PetVille joins the ranks of of other popular pet simulation games like PlayFish’s Pet Society, which borrow mechanics from popular casual Nintendo titles like Nintendogs and Animal Crossing.

In PetVille, you create and customize your own sugary cute animals, feed and care for them, and earn through gameplay (or buy) the resources to decorate your home, buy better food, give gifts to other players and so on. In the tradition of other Zynga titles and other casual social games on Facebook, MySpaceMySpace

and elsewhere, the game mechanics are relatively simple to learn and the titles are easy to pick up and play for short stretches of time — leading to that addictive quality of reinforcement and reward that characterizes frequent revisitation of your virtual domain.

Check out a demo video of PetVille below and let us know your thoughts. Are you hopelessly drawn to any of these casual titles? It’s okay to admit it: You’re among friends here. Friends who may help you on your FarmVille farm.

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