Facebook has open sourced Ringmark, its browser test suite for building apps on the mobile web, according to a post on the company’s HTML5 blog today. The effort is part of Facebook’s push to promote HTML5 development. One of the … Continue reading →
Social marketing platform Involver today introduced a visual tool for building Facebook applications and other customizable experiences. The Visual SML is an addition to Involver’s Social Markup Language, a system that enables front-end developers to code apps more efficiently. Now … Continue reading →
New platform policy more mindful of developer schedules – Facebook updated its policy to make any breaking changes to the API on the first Wednesday of every month. Previously, changes were pushed on the first of the month, which sometimes … Continue reading →
Facebook developers can now display Facebook-sponsored promotions in their games to encourage players to make a first-time purchase, according to a post on Facebook’s developer blog. “New payer promotions,” which the social network created in February, give users who haven’t … Continue reading →
NPR plans to develop an application called GeoGraph, which will expand upon its efforts to improve Facebook engagement and media consumption by geotargeting posts. The public radio organization says Facebook has committed to support the endeavor. NPR found success with an … Continue reading →
Facebook added a mobile referrals dashboard so developers can track and analyze traffic from mobile devices, the company announced in a blog post Friday. Developers can now view mobile app clicks by day, device and source. The insights also provide … Continue reading →
Facebook shared a number of updates on its developer blog today, including new features, API changes and bug fixes. New link makes apps easier to add – Tab application pages now include an “Add App to Page” option to make … Continue reading →
Facebook announced a number of changes and initiatives this week, including a program to reward developers who drive sales using Credits among European users. European incentive program begins – Facebook will give developers who drive more than US$100,000 in sales to … Continue reading →
Facebook plans to soon change the way it structures its API partner program, assigning “preferred” status to developers in four verticals: page management, ads, insights and custom app development, according to TechCrunch sources. Currently, Facebook has two tiers, an Ads API partner … Continue reading →
One of the bits of news hidden in this week’s flood of Facebook marketing and HTML5 announcements is that viral channels for native Android apps are coming to the platform in a few weeks. That will finally bring the mobile … Continue reading →
