Archive for the 'Facebook Applications' Category
7 Tech Trends to Watch for in 2012
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 4th, 2012 in Facebook Applications, Mobile, social media.Whats Next in Tech for 2012? This is a question that I have been kicking around with some of my peers for the past month or so. There are many trends occurring in the mobile space, in the social space and in the commerce space that are fundamentally changing how consumers and users interact, share [...]
Hey Amigo Check Out this Amazing Friend Feed iPhone App
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 11th, 2009 in Facebook Applications, Friendfeed, iphone.Amigo for FriendFeed Rating: I have been working with David Hinson who is an amazingly talented developer and i had the privilege of being one of the beta tester of his latest iPhone creation: Amigo for Friend Feed. I did some of the testing of the app and watched it evolve into an amazingly full [...]
Happy Birthday Facebook Platform
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 4th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, facebook Business, Facebook f8 platform.I can’t believe how fast time flies when you are having fun. It seems like only yesterday when I ran the first Facebook developers garage in San Diego right after the facebook platform launched. Happy Birthday Facebook Platform! The number of applications on the platform is in the tens of thousands. The ROI and engagement [...]
Facebook Gifts: No More Missed Birthdays!
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford January 30th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook News.Don’t you hate being late for friends’ birthdays? Well, as of today (in a limited rollout fashion) facebook is helping to put an end to “belated” birthdays on Facebook. Now, on your friend’s profiles, you’ll be able to schedule the delivery of a gift up to seven days in advance of a birthday. This will [...]
5 Facebook Applications Each Win 250K from Facebook Fund
3 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford December 10th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Facebook has been trying to encourage application developers to create more engaging and useful applications for the platform. Part of that encouragement has come from financial rewards from the facebook fund. Facebook started a contest a few months back. They chose finalists and then let the facebook user community vote for the the apps they [...]
Facebook Fund Applications: Cast Your Vote Now
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford November 11th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook acquisitions, Facebook Applications.Now that the election is over and you are coming down from that high, there is another election for you to participate in. Facebook is in the final stage of the fbFund competition. Help facebook choose the top five teams with the best applications. Each will be awarded $225,000 in addition to the $25,000 they [...]
Adknowledge Announces the Acquisition of Adonomics: Facebook App Analytics Company
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford November 3rd, 2008 in Facebook Applications.Adknowledge Announces the Acquisition of Adonomics: Adknowledge, a leading multi-channel advertising network, today announced the acquisition of Adonomics, a provider of Facebook analytics and developer services. This acquisition extends the position of Adknowledge as the largest social advertising network. Adknowledge has previously acquired Cubics.com. As you may know we have covered adonomics since it’s inception [...]
RockYou Rocks 17 Million More in VC Money
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford November 3rd, 2008 in Facebook Applications, widgets.RockYou is one of the leading companies that creates and distributes widgets on the web and on social networks today announced an additional $17M in investments from Softbank, leading shareholder of Yahoo! Japan, and SK Telecom Ventures, the venture capital arm of SK Telecom. In June of 2008 RockYou announced an initial C Round investment [...]
Twitter Helloween Icons
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford October 31st, 2008 in Facebook Applications, twitter.A quick little trick for all you twitter users. Spruce up your Halloween tweets today with some slick little Halloween icons. just copy and past the characters to the right of the image into the body of your tweet and they will be converted when you tweet. Now go scare someone. Twitter Helloween Icons >o< [...]
Dear Abby Get’s Crowdsourced with Agonymous
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford October 12th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook Applications.Agnonymous: Rating: Dear Abby, You have grown outdated, fuddy, slow and 1 dimensional. I have decided to leave you for a new facebook application called Agonymous. Agonymous allows users to submit personal problems anonymously to their social graph and have their friends compete to give the best advice. Before Agonymous, people would either share a [...]
