Archive for the 'Facebook' Category
Happy Birthday Facebook Platform
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford June 4th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook Applications, Facebook f8 platform, facebook Business.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 opportunity […]
Facebook Stream Breaks Out of the Walled Dam
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 27th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook News.Facebook has frequently been criticized for not allowing info out of the facebook eco-system for developers. Well it now looks like Facebook is going to change that starting today. You can see what they are saying below in 2 different blog posts from the facebook team. It will be interesting to see how websites & […]
Facebook Bill of Rights
2 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford February 18th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook News.There has been quite a stir in the past few days about facebook changing their terms and conditions. Many facebook users, bloggers and the media have hopped on the bandwagon and decided to give facebook some push back on their new restrictive terms and conditions that effectively gave facebook ownership of all content uploaded to […]
Facebook Turns 5: Happy Birthday Facebook
4 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford February 3rd, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook News.Ahhh. Facebook is such a baby; it is just 5 years old and continues on it’s path for world domination. It is hard to believe that the site is only 5 years old tomorrow. In internet years that make it in its mid 20’s. The evolution of facebook and the rate of innovation and […]
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 […]
Facebook and DAVOS Partner to Poll Users on Several Topics
1 Comment Published by Rodney Rumford January 29th, 2009 in Facebook, Facebook News, business.The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, brings together the world’s political, business, and thought leaders to discuss the most pressing issues of our time. Of course, conversations such as those that are happening at the World Economic Forum are also happening in everyday life: in people’s living rooms, in local communities, over a […]
New Legal Legislation: When You Renew Your Drivers License You Are Issued a Facebook Account
4 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford December 18th, 2008 in Facebook, Facebook News.New Legal Legislation: When You Get Your Drivers License You Are Issued a Facebook Account: This is a bit of a tongue in cheek joke aimed at this just released statistic from facebook. The fastest growing demographic on facebook is those users 25 years old and older.
The reason for this post is to bring to […]
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 […]
Top iPhone Social Applications
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford December 3rd, 2008 in Facebook, iphone, social networks.Top iPhone Social Applications: We test a lot of iPhone applications in the social space and try to determine which are the most useful for people that want to stay connected to social networks while living a mobile lifestyle. What is important is application reliability, ease of navigation, functionality and user experience. Trying to replicate […]
Facebook Chooses Oodle to Power Marketplace Classifieds
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford December 2nd, 2008 in Facebook.Oodle announced today that it has been chosen to power Marketplace, an application for online classifieds on Facebook. Oodle was chosen because of its track record of innovation with online classifieds and will be developing an enhanced version of Marketplace scheduled for release in Q1 of 2009.
Facebook first introduced the Marketplace application in early May […]
