Applications created for the Facebook platform can now feature live chat, a capability the company foresees will not only make programs more appealing but also boost their usage and rate of adoption.
Facebook plans to overhaul its pages and methods of advertising in an effort to turn the massively popular social networking site into a profitable connection machine.
Facebook now gives its developers the option of submitting their applications for review to obtain a seal of approval, but some developers aren't thrilled with the program.
Facebook said that use of its mobile products has tripled since the beginning of the year and the popularity of some features has surprised the company.
Facebook has grown 153 per cent during the past year, propelled by the soaring growth of new in virtually every market outside North America, according to a report on social networking released Tuesday by ComScore.
Facebook rolled out a major redesign of its social networking site late Sunday that features a cleaner interface that links feed technology with user forums. Company officials said the updated site will give users more control and ownership over their profiles.
A blog entry in on the Facebook Developers blog has let on that the social networking site will start rolling out the redesign of user's profile pages at some point next week.
Facebook's major overhaul of its core member profile pages is a risky but necessary move for the world's second-largest online social network, according to several developers of popular applications for the site.
Facebook will roll out a dramatic redesign of its member profile interface next month. Digital Arts talked with Mark Slee, the Facebook product manager in charge of this.
Facebook has discussed its planned redesign for its core member profile pages, as it attempts to regain the layout's orderly, streamlined look.
In the wake of collapsed talks with Yahoo, Microsoft reportedly is sniffing around social-networking site Facebook as a possible acquisition target, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal. Neither company would comment on the rumor, and the Journal reported there are no active talks between the two.
As more professionals sign up for Facebook, the site's earliest users are finding they must reevaluate how they manage their profiles and the information posted to them, according to experts in online identity and reputation management.
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Facebook has announced plans for its own new advertising system aimed at allowing brands to target users of the popular social networking site virally.
College parties met business email on Wednesday as Facebook said it is adding its social-networking platform to Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices.
Facebook will sell a $240 million minority stake to Microsoft, which as part of the deal will also expand the advertising services it provides to the social networking phenom, the companies said Wednesday in a statement.
Dustin Moskovitz took centre stage at the CTIA conference in San Francisco and marveled at how Facebook, which he co-founded only four years ago, has grown to 49 million active online users.
Creating a Facebook application can be an integral part of producing a Web presence for a client. We tell you how to make the most of the social networking site.
Facebook engineers have made it easier for developers to embed PHP by developing a PHPEmbed library.