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Facebook Continues To Make Timelines More Interesting

Facebook Continues To Make Timelines More Interesting

By Chris Crum April 8, 2013

Last month, Facebook launched the new Timeline look with more focus on interests, and let users showcase stories from apps in dedicated collections (this is all still in the process of rolling out). Today, the company announced that it is …

Facebook's Mobile Presence Is Getting Stronger Facebook's Mobile Presence Is Getting Stronger
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In just a few short years, Facebook has dominated the Web. The site has over 1 billion users, and millions of people use the Web site for everything from playing games to connecting with friends. Now, the social network is …

Facebook Launches Shared Activity Social Plugin Facebook Launches Shared Activity Social Plugin

Facebook announced today that it is launching a new social plugin called Shared Activity. With the plugin, developers can give people a way to control the activity they share to Facebook from their web apps. “The plugin provides a simple …

Facebook Makes Feedback Crucial To An App's Success Facebook Makes Feedback Crucial To An App's Success

Facebook likes to run a pretty tight ship. You’re in their world, and they make the rules. They do, however, take user feedback very seriously. Enough users giving an app bad feedback can force it off of Facebook until the …

Bing Launches Bing News App For Facebook Bing Launches Bing News App For Facebook
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Bing announced the launch of a new Facebook app called My Bing News. The app lets you browse top stories and subscribe to categories you’re interested in. You can select from selected topics (Entertainment, Business, Health, Politics, Sports, etc.) or …

Facebook Improves The App Dashbaord Facebook Improves The App Dashbaord

Any Facebook developer is no doubt well acquainted with the app dashboard. Long time developers know the ins and outs like the back of their hand. On the other hand, new developers may feel intimidated by all the options. To …

Facebook Launches Mention Tagging In Apps Facebook Launches Mention Tagging In Apps
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Facebook announced a new Open Graph feature today, which lets users mention-tag friends in messages within apps. “With this frequently requested feature, companies like foursquare can implement user mentions that work like they do in posts on Facebook,” explains Facebook’s …

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Facebook App Dashboard Gets Moved Around Facebook App Dashboard Gets Moved Around

Facebook has been on a roll lately with their Operation Developer Love updates. There have been weeks where nothing of note has happened, but now Facebook is just pushing out update after update. Developers must be feeling the love or …

Facebook Brings Sample Apps To GitHub Facebook Brings Sample Apps To GitHub
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It seems like every app these days has some kind of Facebook connectivity. You can share status updates, high scores, open graph stories and much more through simple Facebook integration. For some, however, that integration isn’t so easy. That’s why …

Explicit Actions Come To Facebook Open Graph Explicit Actions Come To Facebook Open Graph
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Ever since its introduction, Open Graph has slowly changed the Internet in Facebook’s favor. The social network is now the default and preferred method for signing in on various apps and Web sites. It’s easy for the consumer and the …

Facebook Announces New Mobile Ads For Apps Facebook Announces New Mobile Ads For Apps

After a disappointing second quarter report, and the first since their IPO, Facebook is pushing mobile harder than ever. It’s the new frontier of profitability and they need to take advantage of it before it leaves them in the dust. …

Socialcam Sells For $60 Million To Autodesk Socialcam Sells For $60 Million To Autodesk
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There is no better time than the present to build an app. If it can get popular, some larger company is going to buy it for a lot more than you ever invested in it. Instagram may be the biggest …

Facebook Ditches Credits In Favor Of Real Money Facebook Ditches Credits In Favor Of Real Money
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Facebook is launching subscription payments and local currency support for in-app payments, while getting rid of Facebook Credits. According to Facebook’s Credits page (pictured above), only 852 people liked Credits anyway. “With subscriptions, you can establish a recurring revenue stream …

Facebook App Economy [Infographic] Facebook App Economy [Infographic]

Yes, Facebook may be a great place to socialize and reconnect with old friends, but they’ve also sent over 160 million users to mobile apps in the month of February alone. In May, those numbers began to increase as they …

Facebook Brings Gaming To The News Feed Facebook Brings Gaming To The News Feed
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Facebook just announced that it’s launching the ability for people to play games directly in the news feed. “With feed gaming, you can include a short sample of your game in the stories people share from your game that friends …

Facebook Camera App Launches For iOS Facebook Camera App Launches For iOS

Facebook has announced that its new Camera app will be launching later today. The app is a social photo-sharing app similar to Instagram. Facebook Product Manager Dirk Stoop outlined briefly what functionality the app will have. When users first download …

Games Make Up Most Of Facebook's Top Apps During IPO Games Make Up Most Of Facebook's Top Apps During IPO

Hey, did you hear? Facebook launched its IPO today. It’s pretty big news. What’s that? You’re too busy playing Facebook games to care? You should care because the IPO will most assuredly have an effect on the Facebook app ecosystem …