Archive for the ‘ Facebook Application Development’ Category

Facebook has launched timeline apps. Timeline apps are meant for the activities you want to share with friends and allow a much broader range of functions. Once users sign up for the timeline apps, their activities on Facebook will be automatically shared through Facebook. Where the activities would be shared: It would appear on the [...]

F8 has generated a huge amount of interest among users, web developers and business owners alike. And quite understandably so, as it brings about some sweeping changes in Facebook’s strategy in how it plays with the web. Additionally, there are some very logical ‘enhancements’ to the Facebook API, which we are sure developers are going to love.

We did a talk at the Facebook Developers Garage, Delhi on why deferring a call to require_login() can be good for your Facebook application.

We did a talk in Barcamp Delhi on Facebook Application Monetization Case studies, which generated a very good response from the attendees. We had a lively discussion that ended up taking quite a while longer than the allotted time. Here’s the presentation.

Facebook recently announced its Connect program, and we at Mobicules are really excited about the possibilities. There is already a good amount of buzz about Facebook Connect, and we’re talking to a few of our clients about how this can fit into their scheme of things, and can make their web applications more useful and more “sticky”. What Facebook Connect does is, it allows users to connect their Facebook profiles, friends and privacy rules to any site.

We think Dialog Boxes are the most underused among features provided to developers by the Facebook Developers Platform. We find that Dialog Boxes, if used, are used mainly for issuing alert messages on User Actions. While it is very reasonable to use Dialog Boxes that way, there’s a lot more Dialog Boxes can do.

We haven’t found anything with the Facebook Developer’s platform to be as intriguing as Templatized Feeds. Templatized Feeds were released by Facebook with an assurance that Feeds which are properly constructed would also land up in the News Feed of those friends of the user who sent out the feed who haven’t installed the application.

We’re back with some cool new features with iAspire. We have been listening to our users, and have just put in a few of the most wanted features. Here’s a quick overview:

The number of Applications on Facebook has risen continuously since Facebook announced its Developer API in mid 2007. While there has been a slew of applications, it is very easy to see a clear trend. As much as 50% of the applications on Facebook are identity definition applications like Characteristics and Compare People, where people characterize their friends, and get characterized in various ways.

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