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Best and worst Facebook applications
Best and worst Facebook applications
Which camp are you in: Get your Twitter out of my Facebook, or bring on the social integration? Has civilization been improved by the wanton throwing of sheep, or is the world clearly at its end? Check out our picks below, and we want to hear from you about your best and worst Facebook apps.
Facebook's 5th Birthday
blog.facebook.com — Tomorrow is Facebook's 5th birthday. This is a happy occasion for Facebook, but much more significant to... the Facebook team is the fact that over 150 million people around the world are using Facebook to connect with the people in their lives. (more) Facebook's 5th Birthday
Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
allfacebook.com — Tonight Facebook has made a number of updates to the Facebok platform one of which is the... opening of status updates. In order to get Facebook statuses, you no longer need to use a session ID to access statuses. This is a huge update and one that I ... (more) Facebook Opens Status API, Say Goodbye to Twitter
Next Steps in Openness
developers.facebook.com — Enabling social information to flow through the Web is one of the core goals of Facebook. In... the tw... (more) Next Steps in Openness
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