A couple of weeks ago, FedEx and Facebook teamed up offering the shipping company’s “Launch a Package” application, which allows Facebook friends to send each other packages of trinkets and photos.
Now, I’m a Facebook user, and sometimes my friends do send me gifts, but I have to admit, I’m not completely sold on this virtual gift giving practice. Is this just the poor man’s way of saying, “Hey I do love you, but since I can’t afford a real gift, I’m giving you a non-existent, zero-dollar virtual gift instead”?
Apparently these types of applications are providing a way for companies to…
