Archive for juni, 2009

Apparently Hulu launched their implementation of Facebook Connect early last month but few people actually noticed. The Connect implementation enables users to view what videos their friends are watching. One thing that doesn’t appear to be an integral part of the Connect support is the ability to publish stories about what videos you’ve… »

This is a guest post by Bill Grosso, the Chief Technology Officer of Twofish.
As the social application space has started to mature, more and more application developers have adopted a “metrics driven” approach to game design. Driven partially by the availability of data gathering and analysis tools, partially by the distributed nature of the internet,… »

This year, winners of Facebook’s fbFund competition are spending the summer in Palo Alto as part of the REV summer incubator program. Organized by Facebook and Founders Fund investor Dave McClure, participants have gotten the chance to hear from experienced startup and Facebook Platform entrepreneurs, like Jia Shen from RockYou, Keith Rabois from Slide, and… »

oDesk, the web-based tool for workteams, now supports Facebook Connect. This goes for both oDesk registered buyers and service providers, extending oDesk user capabilities to find the right person for the job within their social graph.
The three main aspects of oDesk’s Facebook Connect integration include the ability to share information including job openings, oDesk… »

Grassroots Enterprises, a communications technology firm based in Washington, DC, has developed a new application for Facebook Pages that allows fans to send letters to legislators. The “Take Action” app can be set to send communications to political officials, news agencies, or special commissions.

After using the “Take Action” feature to send a letter, users then… »

Last week, the “King of Pop,” Michael Jackson, died unexpectedly at age 50. Now, the Michael Jackson Facebook Page is the #1 fastest growing Page on Facebook, according to PageData. Over 1.7 million fans have joined the Page in the last week, bringing the total number of fans to nearly 2.5 million.
Fans from around the… »

Members of the online marketplace oDesk now have another means of connecting to potential job contracts with the addition of Facebook Connect to the oDesk web site. One of the largest online marketplaces for freelancers and small businesses, oDesk matches writers, developers, graphic artists, marketing professionals and more from all over the world with buyers… »

Yesterday I was testing out a few features of the Facebook advertising system and noticed a new feature which suggests related keywords based on the ones you enter. Facebook hasn’t provided any details about how the keyword suggestions system works but it appears to work relatively well. I tested it out with the… »

TV.com has just launched Facebook Connect integration, making it easier for Facebook users to share content with their friends. It’s a relatively simple integration – now, any comments you make on the site’s full episodes, clips, news stories, and forums can be published back to your Wall and the News Feed.
Facebook is increasingly working on… »

Sponsoring established Facebook applications with large audiences continues to be a powerful way for brands to market inside Facebook. In fact, we reviewed several such campaigns from BMW, U2, and St. Martin’s Press in our recently released Best and Worst of Facebook Marketing 2009 report.
The latest interesting example comes from Kimberly-Clark, who has teamed up… »