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iPhone Apps Can Now Plug Into Facebook
Silicon Alley Insider —
Today's big news at South by Southwest: Facebook has launched Facebook Connect for iPhone apps.
What does this mean? Apple (AAPL) iPhone app developers will be able to plug into Facebook the same way Web sites have been able to for months. This means that instead of having to develop their own "social" features themselves -- and force you to reconstruct all your "friend" relationships on an umpteenth service -- they can plug right into Facebook.
Some early participants include Tapulous, whose new "Tap Tap Revenge 2" game has been the no. 1 iPhone app for more than a week.
Will this take off? We can't see why developers would bother ...
Facebook Connect Launches for the iPhone
Alice Hill's Real Tech News - Independent Tech —
facebookconnectiphone.jpg By Michael Santo Editor-in-Chief, RealTechNews Facebook Connect for iPhone was announced last July, and on Saturday at the South by Southwest Interactive (SXSWi) conference in Austin, TX, they finally launched it. It only took eight months and nearly enough time to launch a new iPhone . Facebook Connect for iPhone does for iPhone apps what Facebook Connect does for Web sites, which allows Facebook users to login to affiliated sites using their Facebook account and share information from those sites with their Facebook friends. Here’s what users of such iPhone apps can do: Dave Morin, senior platform manager for Facebook, said:“”We ...
Facebook Connect for iPhone will Make iPhone Apps More Social
iPhone Hacks —
Facebook's Dave Morin announced the launch of Facebook Connect for iPhone at SXSW Interactive session. With today's announcement, the iPhone is the first mobile platform to get full Facebook Connect support . Facebook Connect will help iPhone developers to easily integrate their iPhone apps with Facebook and will allow iPhone users to connect with their friends on Facebook while using or playing their favorite iPhone apps ...
Facebook Connect goes iPhone; Social games and apps are here!
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
Facebook unveiled Facebook Connect for iPhone, enabling developers to easily make their apps more social with “just a few lines of Objective-C code.” As a result, we’ll see iPhone apps that allow users to login to Facebook from within an app, find their friends, and then share what they do.
Developers using Facebook Connect for iPhone will be able to:
Make API calls to access users’ profiles and share information on Facebook.
Publish to Facebook via Feed forms.
Ask users for extended permissions, like offline access, for interacting with the data even while there’s no Internet connection around. ...
Facebook Connects Users with iPhone Apps
WebProNews Feed —
Over the weekend, Facebook launched Facebook Connect for the iPhone and iPod Touch at SXSW. Developers area already taking advantage of Facebook Platform APIs to add social features to many iPhone applications.
"Facebook Connect for the iPhone provides the first live social experience for iPhone and iPod Touch applications, as users can now connect with their Facebook friends to play games (whether their friends are at home on a computer, or on their iPhone), and share restaurant reviews on the go, location-based status updates, and more," a Facebook spokesperson tells WebProNews.
Users can download any app featuring Facebook Connect ...
iPhone Apps at SXSW
dailywireless.org —
Facebook announced their new Facebook Connect for iPhone service at the SXSW. Users can link their apps with their Facebook profile to share their data with friends. Facebook taking the power of its 175 million user base outside its walled garden. ...
