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MTA Subway Status — the Facebook app
1 Comment Published by Blake Robinson January 17th, 2008 in Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, Facebook Software, facebook Business, facebook developer, facebook widgets.MTA: Subway Status
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Don’t believe Facebook Platform is gaining traction? Last fall New York City’s Metropolitan Transit Authority (MTA) released a Subway Status application that allows Facebook-savvy rail-riders to share their commute stats with others of similar ilk.
Subway Status creates a sort of sub-Facebook social network based around which trains one rides. For instance, […]
Dopplr makes blip on Facebook
0 Comments Published by Blake Robinson January 16th, 2008 in Facebook Applications, facebook widgets.Dopplr: Where Next?
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I have a confession to make: I’m fascinated by geographically oriented Web apps. When Flickr came out with photo maps, I spent hours and hours browsing aimlessly. For awhile, I was wasting almost as much time there as I do on Wikipedia.
Now there is no shortage of locational services available. Some are […]
Google, Yahoo and MSN Search are on Facebook: TWERQ Search Rocks Facebook
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford August 7th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, Facebook Software, facebook widgets. Rating:
Disclaimer: TWERQ is a Sponsor of our blog.
So as most of our readers know, I spend hours per day on facebook looking at applications and dissecting them. I also spend a great deal of time conducting business and communicating online within facebook. The one thing that most facebook users will agree on is […]
Networking Plus Job Search Equals Jobster
5 Comments Published by Tinu July 30th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, facebook widgets. Rating:
The Jobster Facebook Application combines career changes with networking on Facebook. When I first added it to my profile, the initial screen was prompting me to do something that I thought was weird.
As you can see in the first screenshot below, it asks “What companies would you like to connect with?”
And I, in […]
Introducing FB Review, Facereviews.com’s very own facebook application
8 Comments Published by Michael Vu July 26th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, Facebook Software, facebook widgets. Rating:
As my first post here, it’s my pleasure to review Facereview.com’s very own Facebook application, FB Review. In case you’re wondering why the application is called FB Reviews and not Facebook Reviews, someone beat them to the punch in getting the name (plus no applications can have the word “face” in them). […]
The Future Trends of Facebook Applications: Quit Biting Me
14 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford July 23rd, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Software, Facebook Trends, facebook widgets.I was speaking with some of my business associates in London and Silicon Valley this weekend and we were discussing the future of facebook applications. We have been inundated with lightweight applications that are great diversions, time killers and have some social component bordering on the mundane.
Crappy application design, development, invites and engagement threaten […]
eBay To Go Facebook Application - SOLD
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford July 20th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, Facebook Software, facebook widgets. Rating:
eBay has launched an official application for facebook that is quite amazing. The eBay To Go Facebook Application lets you choose from several different application looks for your profile page.
This ebay application let’s you search for any keyword and returns thumbnails of items for sale on ebay. You can mouse over these images […]
Mark Cuban on Facebook with IceRocket Blog Search Engine
7 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford July 19th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Review, Facebook Software, facebook widgets. Rating:
Renowned Entreprenuer & Blogger Mark Cuban’s Company IceRocket has just launched a facebook application. Ice Rocket is a great blog search engine that I have used since they launched in back in 2005.
Several years ago Cuban sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo for $5.7 billion and is now president of HDNet, a provider of […]
Facebook Get’s Some Brain Power From Firefox
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford July 19th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Software, Facebook f8 platform, facebook developer, facebook widgets.Facebook announced today that it has acquired Parakey, the startup created by Firefox co-founders Blake Ross and Joe Hewitt. These are some really sharp guys that created a product that has been downloaded over 300 million times.
Financial terms of the acquisition were not released (and are not important). What is important is that they got […]
Wordpress Blog Posts on Facebook
13 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford July 18th, 2007 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook Software, facebook widgets. Rating:
This is an official application from the smart guys over at wordpress.com If you have a hosted wordpress blog at wordpress.com this application might prove interesting. Wordpress.com has added the ability to easily share your blog content onto facebook. When you post an item it can show up on your profile page. It […]
