Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
Why Facebook Shut Down the Only Useful App it Ever Had
webmonkey.com - 5/16/2009
Why Facebook Shut Down the Only Useful App it Ever Had
—
It was inevitable, but we’re still disappointed. Facebook has shut down the single most useful application ever to grace its tightly restricted platform. The Newsfeed RSS app was built using the recently unveiled Open Stream API , a set of tools developers can use to build apps that let ...
venturebeat.com - 5/16/2009
Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees
— venturebeat.com — Facebook has almost finished raising $150 million in capital, in an extraordinary move by the company to... buy out shares of hundreds of regular employees. Hundreds of the Palo Alto, Calif.’s employees have now toiled at the company for more ... (more) Facebook raises $150 million more to cash out employees

Comments vote down Silicon Alley Insider found this 5/16/2009found this
Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
allfacebook.com - 5/15/2009
Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product
— allfacebook.com — Want to call your Facebook friends via video chat? Soon enough you’ll be able to. Earlier today... one of our readers sent us a link to one of Facebook’s cached JavaScript files which reveals a number of clues as to a soon to be released ... (more) Facebook Prepares To Launch Live Video Chat Product

Comments vote down Mashable! found this 5/15/2009found this
Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in Platform Applications Soon
insidefacebook.com - 5/14/2009
Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in Platform Applications Soon
— insidefacebook.com — Over the last couple of days, rumors have been swirling about a possible Facebook Platform payments system... launching over the course of the next few weeks. Tonight, we have confirmation from Facebook that while it isn’t planning on launching a ... (more) Confirmed: Facebook to Launch Virtual Currency Test in ...

Comments vote down Inside Facebook found this 5/14/2009found this

Blog Reactions

SitePoint:  SitePoint Podcast #15: This Way Up

Comments
Blog Reactions

SitePoint Podcast #15: This Way Up
SitePoint — ... feed directly. Episode Summary Here are the topics covered in this episode: Google’s New CAPTCHA Google’s New CAPTCHA: The Only Way Is Up! (SitePoint) Mozilla Prism 1.0 Beta Mozilla Brings Webapps to the Desktop, Challenges AIR, Silverlight (Webmonkey) Prism (Mozilla) Facebook Shuts Down Newsfeed RSS Application Why Facebook Shut Down the Only Useful App it Ever Had (Webmonkey) Facebook Shuts ...

Related Content
Face.com Scans 13 Million Facebook Photos Every Day
allfacebook.com 5/15/2009 — There’s well over 10 billion photos on Facebook, making it the largest photo-sharing site on the web. Now that’s a lot of people tagging each other. Face.com’s Facebook app, called Photo Finder, has taken on the task of tagging ...
Facebook: Over 3 Million Usernames Claimed
mashable.com 6/13/2009 — Last night, were were live at Facebook headquarters when they launched Facebook usernames to the public. The numbers were astounding, and so was the celebration over the successful launch. What numbers am I talking about? In the first three ...
Facebook Vote Results In!
marketingpilgrim.com 4/24/2009 — Based on a post for the General Counsel for Facebook , Ted Ullyot, the results for the Facebook vote are in and the new rules / terms of service are in. Or are they? As I read the post my greatest question was did they actually get 30% of their ...
Facebook Finally Gives Apps Some Love
bits.blogs.nytimes.com 5/20/2009 — Attempting to impose order on the chaos among programs designed for the social network, Facebook is introducing a new applications directory.
Facebook, please close the data stream to prevent being like Twitter!
joshchandlerblog.com 7/6/2009 — Statistics released recently at the Facebook Press Centre report that “30 million users update their statuses at least once each day” according to news coming out from InsideFacebook.com on Thursday. This comes as Facebook’s overall user base grew to more then 200 ...
Is Facebook a Cult?
readwriteweb.com 4/9/2009 — Facebook announced that it hit 200 million users today and Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Sandberg made a blog post describing some of the data mining that the company is doing of those connections. It's going to be great for advertisers, she says, ...
Facebook Democracy At Work: The First Step
mashable.com 4/24/2009 — Facebook today announced the preliminary results of the site governance vote; an important step in the history of Facebook in which the users were called to vote on the site’s future terms of use . The results aren’t fully processed yet, ...
Facebook Hit with Another Phishing Scam
eweek.com 5/15/2009 — For the third time in two weeks social networking powerhouse Facebook is the target of a phishing scam designed to fool Facebook users into visiting unsafe Web pages. - The popular social networking site Facebook has been targeted with yet another ...
Why Are Baby Boomers Coming Back to Facebook Less?
insidefacebook.com 6/2/2009 — Last week, we reported that although Facebook’s active US audience continues to grow by over 4% a week and has now reached over 60 million active US users per month, one age group is actually coming back to Facebook less: users over 55 , who ...
Facebook’s Real-Time Homepage Goes Live Today
techcrunch.com 3/12/2009 — Today Facebook is rolling out the update to user homepages that brings a new look, enhanced filter system, and most importantly, realtime updating. Real-time updates are Facebook’s response to Twitter, which has been able to thrive on offering ...
Facebook Slammed with Another Phishing Attack — Today @ PC World 5/15/2009
The latest poorly-presented phishing scam steals passwords and possibly identities -- avoid with common sense.
Facebook users warned over renewed phishing assault — The Register 5/15/2009
As Gray Lady's fashion blog gets pwned Facebook users are facing a new wave of phishing attacks following a previous barrage in April.…
Facebook Missing Out On Profits — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 5/15/2009
Analyst says social networking site may need to change business model to remain viable.
Spreading Panic On Social Media — InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs 5/15/2009
Do social media sites like Twitter fuel panic during public emergencies like the swine flu outbreak? I don't see it myself; quite the contrary, I find Twitter to be a good source of pointers to information about breaking news of any kind. However, ...
Facebook's purge of fake names locks out some real poeple — Technology 5/16/2009
As Facebook becomes a bigger part of the lives of its more than 200 million users, the Palo Alto-based company is finding that the huge diversity and vast size of its audience is making it increasingly difficult to enforce rules it set when its ...