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Facebook Embraces Data Portability

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Facebook has launched Facebook Connect, a system that enables members to connect their profile data and authentication credentials to external Web sites. You can expect the technology to be available over the next few weeks.

Now you can take your Facebook identity with you as you cruise the Web, sharing photos, profile information and friend data.

After the Beacon advertising debacle, Facebook will be extra cautious with security, ensuring that their members’ stuff stays safe.

According to Dave Morin, Facebook developer:

“These are just a few steps Facebook is taking to make the vision of data portability a reality for users worldwide.  We believe the next evolution of data portability is about much more than data. It’s about giving users the ability to take their identity and friends with them around the Web, while being able to trust that their information is always up to date and always protected by their privacy settings.”

No word yet on who will partner with Facebook, but some believe Digg will be part of the effort out of the gate.

Read more here.

Originally posted on May 12, 2008 @ 6:51 am

The iOS Facebook App 5.0 is Now Faster

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The Facebook app for iOS has been used begrudglingly by Facebook users for two reasons. It’s a completely free app (other apps that access Facebook are paid apps or ad-supported), and it’s the official app of Facebook. Unfortunately, the Facebook app is largely considered a broken app. It takes a long time for things to appear on the display – not just the photos but sometimes even the text. Scrolling through the news feed is also molasses slow. [Read more…]

Originally posted on August 25, 2012 @ 6:00 am

Facebook Releases its own App Center

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Facebook has announced that it is putting up an App Center that will be accessed first in the United States. The people behind Facebook are hoping that the new App Center will encourage people to look at the current applications available in the center and also be informed of new apps.

The new App Center has been designed to help push users to install more applications. The apps in the Center will also list down which of the user’s friends have installed it on their Facebook page or on their mobile device. [Read more…]

Originally posted on June 8, 2012 @ 9:30 pm

Facebook Testing Facebook Highlight in NZ, Other Markets

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Social network giant Facebook is currently testing a new scheme that where you pay to have your status update promoted. With the new system you pay Facebook a small fee to have a status update you’ve chosen appear on Facebook more prominently.

The pay to promote system is already being tested in New Zealand although some people have claimed that it is also running concurrently in a few other countries. At this point, Facebook has not released any statements on whether it plans to expand it to its other markets or even to continue with this new payment system. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 15, 2012 @ 9:42 pm

Facebook releases Facebook Camera App; No, This is Not Instagram

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A few weeks ago, Facebook made waves when it announced that it has bought the hugely popular photo taking app Instagram for $1 billion. According to the press statement, Instagram will be developed independent of Facebook. With Facebook recently announcing its own photo taking feature that promise may have been kept but it also creates a lot of questions about the future of both Facebook and Instagram.

The new Facebook Camera is a new app that the leading social networking company will be releasing on the iTunes App Store. [Read more…]

Originally posted on May 25, 2012 @ 1:09 pm