Filed under: apps, press — kevin @ September 4, 2008

Context Optional has received press coverage for a number of the branded Facebook applications we recently launched, including a couple pieces in Inside Facebook and a piece this week in The Social Times:

Inside Facebook: Context Optional Releases New Facebook App-vertisements

Inside Facebook: New App-vertisements from Microsoft, Miller, and Absolut

The Social Times: The Booming Branded Applications Industry

Filed under: apps, facebook, marketing, press — kevin @ July 7, 2008

Over the weekend the San Francisco Chronicle wrote an article on brands moving onto Facebook - and started the article with reference to the Office Poke application we built for Microsoft:

Throw a stapler at a Facebook friend, courtesy of Microsoft Office. Become a fan of Victoria’s Secret Pink to discuss favorite bra colors…

The full article can be found on SFGate.com.

Filed under: facebook, marketing, press — kevin @

Context Optional was featured on this week’s Marketing Voices Podcast with Jennifer Jones. In the interview Jennifer asks about some of the successful social marketing projects we’ve done with Microsoft and Electronic Arts.

Take a listen!

Filed under: press — kevin @ June 21, 2008

The Oregonian recently covered Nike’s most recent Facebook application Ballers Network, which connects people for pick-up basketball games in their area.

The article also mentions Context and some of the Facebook applications and marketing we’ve done for clients:

Microsoft, Samsung, McDonald’s and Ford have Facebook applications recently built by a San Francisco-area developer, Context Optional Inc., company co-founder Kevin Barenblat said.