Archive for the 'Facebook' Category
facebook f8 live event
0 Comments Published by Rodney Rumford April 21st, 2010 in Facebook, Facebook f8 platform.I have been at every facebook f8 event and lots of the early developer garages; unfortunately my startup work at TweetPhoto has me buried and I cant attend. you will see tons of new product announcements. my thoughts are “like” and “geo places” and checkin with iphones are my predictions. Looks like keychain tokens as [...]
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 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 velocity [...]
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 business, Facebook, Facebook News.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 family [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
