TECH CRUNCH -- July 7 -- Last summer Facebook announced two new programs designed to help surface some of the best apps on Facebook Platform. The first, called Verified Apps, the second step was a program dubbed “Great Apps”, which was meant to reward the very best apps. Facebook has now killed off Great Apps or rather combined it with Verified Apps. Facebook decided to simply give the benefits to the Verified Apps instead. Verified Apps are currently being more prominently displayed than their unverified brethren, and Facebook has recently been testing out some new features, like its payment platform, with a handful of them. FULL ARTICLE @ TECH CRUNCH