Today Facebook will be announcing a number of new products and services at the company’s f8 developer event. While there are numerous rumors and speculation about what will be announced, we’ll start to find out what’s being announced in the next few minutes as Mark Zuckerberg and Bret Taylor take the stage. If [...]
Among other widgets and embeddable services being announced at today’s f8, Facebook will be releasing a recommendation engine that website owners can place on their site. It will be a service that’s similar to the “similar articles” feature used on many Wordpress blogs. There are a number of people who have been discussing [...]
All attendees of the f8 developer conference are receiving special RFID tags that enable them to check-in to various locations throughout the conference venue. The service lets you tag yourself in photos, become a fan of various Facebook Pages, and share activity to your Facebook profile. While it’s still a concept service, it’s [...]
Want to know what Facebook will be announcing at f8 tomorrow? We’ve got the definitive guide straight from Facebook. In addition to announcing a number of new tools during a keynote at f8 tomorrow, Facebook will be hosting a “New Tools” track for developers focused on four key topics: “Open Graph and Social [...]
Last night’s story from the Financial Times about a behavioral ad network being powered by Facebook’s new Like button turned out to be completely false and the article was quickly changed to reveal nothing new. However with all the discussion around Facebook’s new “Like” button and speculation about its implications, we’ve come to our [...]
While f8 is less than a week away, the company did not announced the speakers of next week’s event until this afternoon. This year’s event will involve a one and a half hour welcome and keynote from Mark Zuckerberg followed by Bret Taylor, who’s the Director of Product Management at Facebook (previously a co-founder [...]
Get ready for the battle of the social web titans to take place over the next week and half. Following a crazy weekend in which Twitter announced the acquisition of Tweetie, leaving many developers feeling betrayed, Facebook has a massive opportunity to steal the spotlight. With both companies holding their developer conferences in [...]
Following in the footsteps of other popular events that have shifted to providing a free version of their event, Facebook has decided to stream all f8 talks later this month for free via the f8 Facebook Page. Facebook has also decided to partner with Livestream, instead of uStream, to stream the entire event. [...]
More details are emerging about Facebook’s plans to develop a Like button for the entire web, and part of that involves moving away from “Become A Fan” for Facebook Pages to “Like”. This message was sent to advertisers via a confidential document (which was subsequently leaked to multiple outlets) and highlights initial rumors of [...]
While you may never have signed up for a specific site, Facebook may begin giving away some of your data without your permission according to a new privacy policy change the company is considering. While it may not be a Beacon fiasco yet, it’s a similar idea. As the company writes, “In the [...]
