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Archive for April, 2009

30 Apr 2009

How Facebook Serves Up Its 15 Billion Photos

FacebookFacebook reviews might be known as the world’s biggest social network, but it’s also an enormous photo sharing site. The latest numbers the company.

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29 Apr 2009

WARNING: Facebook Scam On the Loose, Steals Passwords

Update: Facebook has blocked the problem URL, which should have stopped this particular issue. To avoid future attacks, you should never log into a site.

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28 Apr 2009

Facebook Has Twitter Envy - But Why? - ReadWriteWeb

It is no secret that Facebook has Twitter envy. The number one social networking site is not content to win over rival MySpace. It is not satisfied …

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28 Apr 2009

Facebook Takes Leadership Position, Announces OpenID Support

Yesterday, during their Technology Tasting event, Facebook formally announced support for OpenID. For the past two and a half years I have been following the evolution of OpenID as it has emerged to become the leading standard for digital identity. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing for the standard as one company after [...]

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27 Apr 2009

Facebook’s Privacy Settings Present Intrinsic Limitations To The Platform

I’ve written countless times about Facebook’s “privacy facade” and how it could develop potential problems in their global expansion. Today, some developers and bloggers were disappointed that Facebook did not open up unrestricted global access to users’ streams. This means that developers cannot develop tools to analyze the information being shared on Facebook [...]

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26 Apr 2009

What Is Facebook Opening Up To Developers On Monday?

We’ve been saying that Facebook is expected to open up access to the feed for a while now and it appears that tomorrow is the day. Last week we were invited to a Monday afternoon developer cocktail hour at Facebook during which the announcement is expected to take place. This evening Jessica Vascellaro [...]

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26 Apr 2009

Facebook To Open Your Status Updates to Developers

In another targeted shot at Twitter, Facebook is expected to announce on Monday that developers can take the streams of Facebook status updates on user profiles.

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25 Apr 2009

Results of the Inaugural Facebook Site Governance Vote | Facebook

UPDATE on Friday, April 24: The auditors have just confirmed the official vote results. There were 665654 votes cast and users supported the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities and Principles by an overwhelming margin — 74.37

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24 Apr 2009

Facebook Duplicates Twitter, Launches Status Text Updates

Earlier today Facebook turned on a feature to let users receive text updates from public profiles, the same way that Twitter users can receive mobile updates from specified profiles. It’s a small change but for brands it adds a lot of potential. Mobile broadcasting is a huge feature for companies that are looking [...]

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24 Apr 2009

Facebook Enables SMS Updates for Facebook Pages

You can already become a fan of Facebook Pages with a text message (for example, text “fan mashable” to FBOOK). Now, you can also subscribe to a Pages’

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