Friendster announced today that it is now supporting both Facebook and Opensocial apps. Integration with these has now become part of the Friendster Developer Program, though they’ve been supporting OpenSocial since August.
Facebook Shares to Be Sold in Less Than a Month
Back in August, information surfaced indicating that Facebook would begin allowing its employees to sell some of their shares in the company this fall. Now, a date has been set for this to begin, and that date is the 1st of November.
Facebook Finds a Home for International Affairs
Tanáiste and Minister for Enterprise Trade & Employment, Mary Coughlan TD announced today that Facebook is making Dublin the location of its international headquarters.From there, they will run all of their international operations and provide support to Facebook users in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Facebook Redesign, Not Bad
Last night, my husband was logging in to Facebook when he noticed something was different.
SocialText Brings Facebook & Twitter Into Wikis
Socialtext is making big news all over the Web this morning. Here’s a rundown, later in the post I’ll talk about why.
Narcissists Have More Friends On Facebook
Researchers at the University of Georgia have concluded there are lots of narcissists on Facebook, and you probably know one—or several. How do you know if your friend is a narcissist? According to the study, count the number of contacts he maintains, as well as the number of wall posts. Are there a lot of them? While you’re at it, check for palm hair and sudden episodes of blindness. This person loves himself. A lot.
Facebook Brings Home the Beacon
Facebook had its share of controversy late last year as a result of its Beacon advertising model. Basically what Beacon did was show you when your Facebook friends made a transaction on one of its partners’ websites. For example, if I bought a copy of "Mom and Dad Save the World" on Blu-Ray (if there is such a thing) on eBay, all of my Facebook Friends would know about it.
Report: Facebook Making Gains On MySpace
Nielsen Online has released some new numbers concerning social networks, and things aren’t looking too great for MySpace. While the News Corp property is still ahead of Facebook in terms of unique audiences and the length of users’ sessions, the one stat has leveled off and the other has fallen.
You Can’t Just Make New Friends on Facebook!
Facebook is not a social network. Who knew? That’s what they have told their users anyway. TechCrunch shares an email that a user was sent when their account was deleted. In that email, Lauren of User Operations for Facebook says:
Accepting The New Facebook Design