If you’re not into buying virtual add-ons for Facebook games, chances are you won’t have used Facebook Credits. But the social network’s virtual currency has today made its first tentative steps towards becoming the way to pay for everything on the internet. For the first time, the currency is available outside of the confines of Zuckerberg’s walled garden, with Facebook announcing a tie-up with casual gaming site GameHouse.com.
At first, this might look like a piffling event in the wider picture of Facebook’s ever-growing dominance of over 800 million peoples lives. But be under no illusion, this marks the start of something huge.
