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developers.facebook.com - 27 days ago
Facebook Developer Blog
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As part of an ongoing effort we've had underway to address the quality of third-party ads running inside applications, we wanted to offer some clarifications, reminders, and information on our actions. First, deceptive ads are a widespread issue on the Web and one we fight aggressively. This ...
process-one.net - 28 days ago
Facebook chat supports XMPP, with ejabberd
— process-one.net — Facebook is preparing the launch of their XMPP connection interface. It means that users will be able... to use Facebook with any type of XMPP clients, ranging from desktop to mobile clients. This is a huge news for XMPP because it consolidates the ... (more) Facebook chat supports XMPP, with ejabberd

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developers.facebook.com - 27 days ago
Continued Action Against Deceptive Ads
— developers.facebook.com — As part of an ongoing effort we've had underway to address the quality of third-party ads running... i... (more) Continued Action Against Deceptive Ads

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NBC Prepares For The Winter Olympics With Silverlight, HD Video, And Facebook Connect
techcrunch.com - 30 days ago
NBC Prepares For The Winter Olympics With Silverlight, HD Video, And Facebook Connect
— techcrunch.com — NBC is gearing up for the 2010 Winter Olympics with some changes to its mainstay site, NBCOlympics.com,... scheduled to go live tomorrow. (See screenshots below). Once again, just as it did with the 2008 Summer Olympics , NBC will be using a video ... (more) NBC Prepares For The Winter Olympics With Silverlight, ...

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Facebook To Increase Enforcement Of Anti-Scam Rules
TechCrunch — Facebook published a long blog post today about their enforcement efforts around app advertising and offer scams. And while they didn’t mention all the negative press that has hit them this week, that’s the reason for the new communication. Facebook says that deceptive ads are a widespread problem on the Web (which is true), and they say they’ve been fighting these scams for some time (which is also true, albeit a little slowly sometimes). They point to their updated policies on third party ads on the Facebook platform from July ...

Facebook Cracks Down on Deceptive Ads
Mashable! — Scammy, deceptive ads have been in the hotseat this week, as earlier MySpace and now Facebook have made commitments to track down and eradicate misleading offers and survey-related ad scams. Social gaming applications in particular are being targeted for permitting certain types of scammy ads, that typically persuade users into contracting for services without disclosing costs up front. In a social game like virtual farming sim Farmville, for example, users can either spend real money to buy virtual goods, or ...

Which Ad Networks Did Facebook Shut Down?
All Facebook — ... Last night Facebook restated their commitment to fighting off aggressive advertisers and as part of that commitment they have shut down two more ad networks which continue to violate the platform terms. Unfortunately we have no idea which ad networks they shut down and even after talking to multiple sources we have yet to uncover who those networks are. Perhaps the people who were shut down are irrelevant, but as I wrote at the beginning of the week, ...

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