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Facebook Opens Up Its Stream API To Developers
techcrunch.com - 4/27/2009
Facebook Opens Up Its Stream API To Developers
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As we speculated this weekend, Facebook has opened up its activity stream through a new API for developers. Now any developer can create new applications incorporating the real-time stream. One of the first apps to take advantage of this new API is Seesmic Desktop, A Twitter client which is ...
developers.facebook.com - 4/27/2009
The Facebook Open Stream API
— developers.facebook.com — Today we are excited to announce an unprecedented step toward greater openness through Facebook Pla...... (more) The Facebook Open Stream API

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online.wsj.com - 4/26/2009
Facebook Opens Site To Developers Of Services
— online.wsj.com — Facebook Inc. is expected to announce significant plans to open up core parts of its sites --... namely the information that appears in the stream of updates on users' homepages and profiles -- to third-party developers so that they can build new ... (more) Facebook Opens Site To Developers Of Services

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wiki.developers.facebook.com - 4/27/2009
Using the Open Stream API - Facebook Developers Wiki
— wiki.developers.facebook.com — stream.publish -- which lets users publish to their streams from your application or site. FB.Connect.streamPublish -- which... lets users publish to their streams from your Facebook Connect sites and applications using the JavaScript Client Library . ... (more) Using the Open Stream API - Facebook Developers Wiki

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The Next Web:  This is BIG. Facebook officially opens up the news stream.

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This is BIG. Facebook officially opens up the news stream.
The Next Web — ... ) and web based apps like Friendfeed can interact directly with the Facebook news stream (via a single API call apparently). ...

BlogCatalog Pulse: Top Stories and Events
The BlogCatalog Community Blog — ... 100 Days Facebook vs Twitter According to an articel by Eric Schonfeld on techcrunch.com, Facebook has “opened up its activity stream through a new API for developers.”  Schonfeld says this is a “big deal” because certain applications will allow two-way communication and will essentially allow Facebook to “compete head to head with Twitter.” Read the whole article at techcrunch.com. See what BC bloggers are saying about Facebook: ...

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Facebook Follows Twitter Lead, Opens Site To Developers — The Channel Wire
The launch of the company's Open Stream API means third parties can now develop apps that feed users all that status update goodness without ever visiting Facebook.com.
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Don't get confused: Facebook's open stream approach isn't like Twitter's — L.A. Times Tech Blog
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Looks like facebook is the new twitter. That reign didn't last long and the new developer API pushed them over the edge. (via Twitter) — FriendFeed - dancameron
Twitter “Looks like facebook is the new twitter. That reign didn't last long and the new developer API pushed them over the edge.” 1 hour ago - Comment - Like
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Facebook Imitates Twitter Once More — Gawker: valleywag
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