Archive for June, 2008
Facebook Mini-Feed Commenting Rolls Comments Up
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford June 26th, 2008 in Facebook.Facebook Mini-Feed Commenting just launched a few hours ago. Now when you are looking at someones mini-feed on their profile page you can leave a comment. Much in the same way that you can write on a users wall, you can now write/comment on their mini-feed activity. In the past, you’ve been able to comment [...]
Top Friends Application Vanishes?
4 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 26th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Tech Crunch just reported that they noticed the Top Friends Application has disappeared from users profile pages. We also noticed that the application is no longer in the application directory. Something is up for sure and more details will follow soon enough I am sure. Top friends was one of the worst offenders of the [...]
Visa Joins Facebook
9 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 24th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, facebook Business.Visa Business Network Rating: Visa Joins forces with facebook. This is great news for small businesses. We have been saying for a long time that doing business on facebook makes sense. Now it just got a lot easier for small business owners to connect, interact and advertise on facebook with the Visa Small Business Network [...]
New Metrics For Facebook Applications
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford June 18th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Facebooks application metrics have always left a lot to be desired. They have continually improved in the past year from non existent to just minimal. They have just announced that they will be rolling forward in the near future some new metrics for facebook application developers. Facebook has already started recording 7-day and 30-day metrics, [...]
Facebook Has Your Friends Mobile Number
5 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 14th, 2008 in Facebook, Mobile.Facebook Has Everyone’s Mobile Number… well almost everyones mobile number. If you have added the facebook mobile application you have an automatically created phonebook of all of your friends mobile numbers and possibly their land line phone nuumbers as well. Millions of users have added the facebook mobile application. Adding the facebook mobile application allows [...]
Facebook on Palm Centro and Treo
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 12th, 2008 in Facebook, Mobile.Facebook for Palm Rating: Smart phones like the Palm Centro just keep getting smarter. We learned about this development from the official palm blog. You can now access a version of facebook that is optimized for the Palm Centro. The one feature that I really like is being able to record video on the Centro [...]
Facebook Recommends Applications
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 11th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Facebook Recommends Applications: Facebook is adding a new feature to the application directory. They are adding a tab called “Apps you may like” in the application directory. This is a welcome change to be sure. The facebook application directory has been virtually unchanged for nearly 9 months. The facebook application directory leaves a lot to [...]
My Keys, My Wallet and My Cell Phone
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 11th, 2008 in Branding, Mobile, social networks.What are the 3 things you never leave the house without? Your Keys, Your Wallet and Your Cell Phone. The cell phone has become an extension of who we are, how we communicate, consume content and how we share. It is only natural to evolve and have the smart phone become a social device. Mobile [...]
Some Facebook Applications Thrive…
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 10th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Some Facebook Applications Thrive, While Others Flop is an Article that is in the Wall Street Journal today. This is a nice article with some great observations that touches near the one year anniversary of the facebook f8 platform. I happened to be quoted in the WSJ Facebook article. Digital Darwinism kicks into overdrive on [...]
Brands Need to Be On The iPhone
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 10th, 2008 in business, Mobile, social media.Steve Jobs Announced the new iPhone yesterday at Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco yesterday. The new iPhone now offers ways to reach your customers in a way never before possible. Imagine all of the opportunities that await companies that can create and execute a unique and compelling experience for the iPhone. The possibilities [...]
