Kristen Nicole.
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AllFacebook- Zynga’s FishVille Goes Live On Facebook November 7, 2009Less than a month we wrote that Facebook had just trademarked FishVille. Weeks later the company is officially launching FishVille. Happy Aquarium, the application which FishVille is based on, is now the 5th largest application on the Facebook Platform. Given Happy Aquarium’s presence, I’d expect to see FishVille advertisements all over Facebook. […]Nick O'Neill
- ABC Launches Facebook Connect Integration November 6, 2009This afternoon Facebook posted an update about all the television networks that have integrated Facebook Connect, including ABC who has two new exciting integrations. The first is a promotion for the series “FlashForward” which takes advantage of Facebook Connect to integrate your profile data into a promotion. It’s similar to other promoti […]Nick O'Neill
- Facebook Surpasses 325 Million Users November 6, 2009Facebook has continued to grow at an impressive rate throughout the year, most recently announcing the 300 million user milestone. According to Facebook’s own advertising statistics though, the company is now beyond 325 million users and continuing to grow. The story has become relatively repetitive at this point: Facebook is growing like a [...]Nick O'Neill
- Which Ad Networks Did Facebook Shut Down? November 6, 2009Last night Facebook restated their commitment to fighting off aggressive advertisers and as part of that commitment they have shut down two more ad networks which continue to violate the platform terms. Unfortunately we have no idea which ad networks they shut down and even after talking to multiple sources we have yet to [...]Nick O'Neill
- MySpace Dances With The Press As They Try To Avoid The Facebook Comparison November 5, 2009At the Web 2.0 Summit a couple weeks ago, Owen Van Natta, CEO of MySpace, told the audience that “I really don’t view Facebook as a competitor.” It’s funny because absolutely every quote from the company in the press over the past couple weeks involves a differentiation from Facebook, and the more they discuss [...]Nick O'Neill
- Facebook Design Easter Egg In The Upcoming Facebook Homepage Changes? November 5, 2009Facebook is known for leaving subtle easter eggs around the site. Whether it’s the contra easter egg, Facebook photo easter eggs, or any other small quirk, Facebook developers and designers like to make small changes to the site that only the most obsessive users would notice. This morning while checking out images of [...]Nick O'Neill
- Facebook Working On Solution For Re-Engaging Non-Bookmarked App Users November 5, 2009Despite casual public acknowledgement of the impact of Facebook killing off notifications, many developers have been scrambling behind the scenes. The reason is that Facebook’s upcoming changes make it practically impossible for developers to re-engage users after they’ve visited an application for the first time, unless they bookmark the applica […]Nick O'Neill
- Is The Launch Of XMPP Support For Facebook Chat Imminent? November 5, 2009While Facebook announced in May of last year that they would be launching XMPP support for Facebook Chat, the launch hasn’t taken place yet. There have been a few services, including Meebo, that have been working with Facebook to test out external support of Facebook’s chat service however XMPP support is still not live. [...]Nick O'Neill
- New Firefox Plugin Lets Users Dislike Facebook Feed Stories November 5, 2009As we’ve written previously, there are over 2.5 million users that support the addition of a “dislike” button to the Facebook feed. Unfortunately for those users, it’s highly unlikely that Facebook will ever add such a button, however that’s not stopping developers from coming up with creative solutions. One developer has create […]Nick O'Neill
- Facebook Launches New Bookmark Features For Developers Amidst Impending Changes November 4, 2009With the impending removal of notifications, bookmarks have become exponentially more important for developers. With the increased importance for developers, Facebook has announced this afternoon that they are adding an FBML tag for a bookmark button as well as FBJS methods to get users to bookmark your application. The bookmarks will be required [...]Nick O'Neill
- Zynga’s FishVille Goes Live On Facebook November 7, 2009
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