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New Facebook Design: Running the Numbers on Applications
New Facebook Design: Running the Numbers on Applications
Over the past few weeks there has been some debate going on about the overall impact of the new Facebook design. Scott Rafer declared the Facebook platform dead earlier this week. I had previously posted numbers suggesting that Facebook widgets were most likely dead as well. Prior to the ...
Facebook’s Growing Problem
Facebook’s Growing Problem
techcrunch.com — When Facebook raised $240 million from Microsoft in 2007, and another $235 million in debt and equity... in 2008, everyone thought they had plenty of cash to get through their big growth phase. With that kind of cash, the company could hire as many ... (more) Facebook’s Growing Problem
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OpenID usability is not an oxymoron | FactoryCity
OpenID usability is not an oxymoron | FactoryCity
factoryjoe.com — Julie Zhou of Facebook discusses usability findings from Facebook Connect. Julie Zhou of Facebook discusses usability findings... from Facebook Connect. Photo John McCrea. All rights reserved. See? We're working on this! Monday last week marked the first ... (more) OpenID usability is not an oxymoron | FactoryCity
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Post-redesign, Facebook’s platform working well for some applications
VentureBeat — ... like the number of invites and notifications a user of an app can send to friends per day. Maybe Facebook upped these limits for SocialCalendar and some of the others? Of course, as Developer Analytics’ presentation shows, many other apps have been hit hard. Other third-party data sources have also been showing mixed results from the redesign. See this earlier report by Facebook-focused blog Inside Facebook and another by rival AllFacebook. To be clear, I mean “mixed results” for the apps ...

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