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Facebook Developers | Get Started
Our vision for Facebook Platform is to empower the world's developers to make the Web more social for users. To help you get a better idea of what we mean, we're publishing our Guiding Principles for Social Applications. These principles articulate the potential we think your applications have ...
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developers.facebook.com — Business information: Your name and basic contact information for your business. Corporate status: Status indicating your legal... status, including whether you are a non-profit or a student. Relevant documentation will be required. Payment information: ... (more) Facebook Developers
Facebook Rolls Out Verified App Program, Plus One Hell Of A Revenue Model For Themselves
Facebook Rolls Out Verified App Program, Plus One Hell Of A Revenue Model For Themselves
techcrunch.com — Facebook is launching its “Verified Apps” program today. The program was first announced over the summer at... their F8 Developer Conference - Third party applications will be segmented into “Great Apps” (currently reserved for ... (more) Facebook Rolls Out Verified App Program, Plus One Hell ...
LiveUpload to Facebook - Home
codeplex.com — What is LiveUpload to Facebook? LiveUpload to Facebook is a plug-in for Windows Live Photo Gallery Beta... that makes it easy for anyone to upload their photos to Facebook. The plug-in takes advantage of the new people tagging feature in Windows Live ... (more) LiveUpload to Facebook - Home
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Facebook to Verify Trustworthy Apps - Stupid Ones Still Welcome
ReadWriteWeb — ... Vetting apps for "trustworthiness" is a good idea, but trustworthiness is just one of the criteria listed on the Facebook platform's guidelines page. The first guideline is that the apps should be meaningful and useful! Any time spent in the app directory will show just how meaningless that guideline is. ...

Platform Reloaded: Facebook Launches Application Verification Program
Mashable! — ... So what does it take to get your application verified? Facebook has published 10 “Guiding Principles,” with the central themes being that apps should be “Meaningful,” “Trustworthy,” and “Well-Designed.” It also takes $375 – the application fee that Facebook is charging to developers seeking to get their apps verified. Facebook will begin granting apps the benefits of Verified status early next year. ...

Developers can pay for Facebook 'face time'
Betanews — ... and picked up by users is a difficult task. Similar to the way music discovery site PureVolume lets artists buy premium listings, Facebook is now offering developers an official "verification badge," for a fee of $375 per submitted applications. The project's documentation describes the fee as "intended to cover costs associated with the application review process." The submission process does not guarantee an app will receive the verification badge, as products must meet the site's standards of design, trustworthiness, and usefulness . With the badge, applications will ...

Facebook Feels the Pinch and Decides to Make More Money
Mashable! — ... “So what does it take to get your application verified? Facebook has published 10 “Guiding Principles,” with the central themes being that apps should be “Meaningful,” “Trustworthy,” and “Well-Designed.” It also takes $375…” ...

Facebook developer scam (sorry, scheme)
p2pnet news — ... Badges for verified applications will appear to users early next year, beginning in an application’s About Page and the Application Directory. We’ll do our part to help educate users to recognize the verification badge as a symbol for applications that are respectful, transparent and meet the guiding principles for trustworthiness. In addition, users will see more information from verified applications as we increase their allocations for communication channels such as requests and notifications, and increase visibility of their stories in News Feed. ...

CourseFeed Application Reaches 1 Million Users; Verified App Announcements Soon
Inside Facebook — ... in November, is designed to distinguish applications that meet the guiding principles for trustworthiness from the sea of other apps on the Facebook Platform. If an application passes the program’s evaluation process, it’s given several benefits, including “increased visibility” and a badge that’s placed on the app’s About Me page. Chosen applications are re-evaluated every year. ...

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