Facebook has addressed the monetization of Facebook Platform for people building applications into businesses. They’ve set up some new pages to help people share ideas with other developers on how to get the most out of their apps. Among the pages are:
Facebook’s Terms Of Service
Yielding to pressure from it seems like just about everyone, Facebook is saying that it will make changes to the recent changes in its Terms of Service (TOS) (in other words going back to how it was). The WSJ covers the ‘event’ in their online edition.
Facebook Changes Its Terms Back
Facebook recently changed its terms of service and sparked a bit of controversy.
Friday the 13th Sees Facebook Hit 175M Active Users
Some of us measure our popularity in the number of Facebook friends we have. Facebook measures its popularity in the number of “active users” it has—and that number hit 175,000,000 on Friday the 13th, according to a Tweet from Dave Morin of Facebook.
Facebook Now Owns All The Content You Put On…Facebook
As I was sitting down to a nice comfortable night at home I was alerted via Twitter about a change in the Terms of Service (TOS) at Facebook that could be pretty significant. Since I am not totally aware of the protocol for referencing tweets as sources, I will simply give you the whole deal here so the right people can get their Twitter props:
The Next Two Years Belong To Facebook, According To MySpace Founder
It appears that even the co-founder of MySpace is placing his money on Facebook to win the social networking wars–if only for the next couple of years.
Speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald, Brett Brewer co-founder of MySpace who sold the social site to News Corp, said:
Do You Like What Your Facebook Friends Post?
Last night Facebook announced a new feature for users who share content on the social network. Now when you post content, your friends will be able to let you know if they like what you’re posting by simply clicking a button.
Facebook, MySpace Too Popular For Own Good
Social networks can be used to waste time, and members have also been known to encounter a virus or two. Now, decision makers at Apple and the Maryland General Assembly seem to feel these problems outweigh the positives, as new bans on the two most popular social networks have been reported.
Meebo Gets Facebook Back
UPDATE: Meebo has now announced that Facebook is back on. Seth at the Meebo Blog writes:
After some hard work from the folks here at Meebo and help from a whole host of people at Facebook, we now have Facebook back in Meebo.
Plus, Meebo is now the first launch partner of the “alpha” version of the Facebook Connect + Chat integration. That’s pretty cool.
Hitwise Sums Up Facebook At Five
Today marks Independence Day in Sri Lanka, Across the Universe Day for NASA buffs, and, as you’ve surely heard by now, Facebook’s fifth birthday. To celebrate, Hitwise took a look at the social network’s state of being and some of its more recent achievements.