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Facebook Flips The Switch On Real-Time Search, Goes After Twitter Where It Hurts
By Jason Kincaid, Tech crunch
Just hours after we broke the news that Facebook had acquired FriendFeed comes Facebook’s announcement that it’s deploying its improved search product to everyone. This improved search functionality, which has been in testing since June, gives users the ability to search through shared media and status updates from their friends and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Facebook iPhone App “Pretty Much Done”
By MG Siegler, Tech crunch
As one of the most popular applications on Apple’s popular iPhone platform, a lot of users are eagerly awaiting the next version of the app. And that wait is almost over.
“The app is pretty much done – we’re just working on translating it into a bunch of languages,” Facebook developer [...]
iTunes 9: Blu-ray And App Organization And Twitter
By MG Siegler, Tech crunch
This is completely a rumor, but an awesome one. Citing a “pretty reliable” source, Boy Genius Report is saying that the next version of iTunes will add a bunch of new, highly requested features. Specificially, BGR’s source says iTunes 9 features Blu-ray support, a new way to organize iPhone apps within [...]
TweetDeck beats Twhirl to the punch, adds Facebook support
By Lee Mathews
If you’ve been using TweetDeck without a dual-display setup, it’s just about time for you to make a purchase. With newly-announced support for Facebook, you’re going to need some more real estate. The release comes two short days after Twhirl frontman Loic Le Meur announced that Seesmic had released a standalone Facebook app [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Facebook’s Real-Time Homepage Goes Live Today
By Jason Kincaid
Today Facebook is rolling out the update to user homepages that brings a new look, enhanced filter system, and most importantly, realtime updating. Real-time updates are Facebook’s response to Twitter, which has been able to thrive on offering users immediate updates from their friends and favorite celebrities (Facebook’s original News Feed took hours [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Facebook Developers Getting Antsy Over Verified Apps Program
By Michael Arrington, Techcrunch
Facebook’s Verified Apps program, first announced in Summer 2008, is a way for trusted application developers to be separated from the pack. But the program is yet to launch, and perceived delays and a lack of communication by Facebook is making some developers who signed up for the program a little antsy.
The [...]
Facebook Apps Can Now Use Chat To Go Viral
By Jason Kincaid, Techcrunch.com
Facebook has just announced that applications on Facebook Platform can now be able to take advantage of the site’s built-in chat functionality, which launched last spring. Developers will now be able to present users with a list of their Facebook Chat buddies, tailoring the list to best suit their application (for example, [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Facebook’s Response To Twitter
By Erick Schonfeld – Techcrunch.com
Facebook made a number of announcements today about changes to its home page, profile pages, and activity streams. Taken together, these represent a concerted response to the rise of Twitter as a real-time message broadcasting system that goes beyond members’ personal circle of friends.
One of the biggest changes is that Facebook [...]
Screen Shots: The New Facebook Home Page
By Michael Arrington – Techcrunch.com
Here’s a clean look at the upcoming Facebook homepage redesign that will go live next week. The new design will give users the ability to easily feed the news stream by friend type and network, and gives users a much easier way to post links, photos and videos. The news feed [...]
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