Facebook is expanding the ways developers can have their apps engage with users. The latest addition is dubbed "action links" and, as the name suggests, it enables apps to add custom links to the timeline entries, next to the default ones such as "like"or "comment."
"Starting today, there’s a new way for peopl... |
3 May 2012
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Facebook is working on bringing full support for HTTPS connections on the site. It's enabled HTTPS for its own pages, but is also asking app makers to do the same. Currently, launching a Facebook app usually switches users to an insecure HTTP connection.
Developers had until October 1st to implement support f... |
30 September 2011
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Along with the big new feature, the revamped Facebook groups, the social network also unveiled a couple of new things that should really come in handy. One is the new Application Settings dashboard which enables you to view all the apps that have access to your data and their activity. "Today, we announced several ch... |
7 October 2010
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Facebook apps and especially games have become an integral part of the social network's ecosystem but their success has taken even Facebook by surprise. The so-called social games on the site are bringing in hundreds of millions of dollars in yearly revenue and the market is expanding rapidly. But one of the rea... |
29 October 2009
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Facebook's success and continued growth are the result of several factors. But a very important one has been its developer platform as Facebook apps are now an integral part of the experience. The social network has catered well to its developers but at the same time it can't forget about its users either a... |
27 October 2009
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As we reported, Facebook was recently hit by numerous malware infected apps. Since then, this week's total has risen to eleven new applications altered by third parties to illicitly acquire login information. Facebook managed to shut down six of them, but not long after the apps had been taken down, five mo... |
22 August 2009
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Last year Facebook announced two programs, Verified Apps and Great Apps, to offer users an easier way to find quality apps and developers a great way to get exposure, something increasingly important in a market inundated with new apps every week. The programs however didn't quite work out like Facebook intended... |
8 July 2009
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