Facebook-Based Applications Can Now Run on Other Sites
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The social networkâs new JavaScript client library ends the restriction that prevented developers from running Facebook applications on other Web sites, the company announced.
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BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd has launched Facebook software designed especially for its smartphones to make it easier for users to browse the popular social networking Web site.
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Facebook wants to make its members' profiles portable, get a handle on software developers, launch ad platform.
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Facebook.com took the wraps off  on Thursday of its highly anticipated makeover from a  members-only club into what it hopes can become a kind of  software operating system for Internet media of all sorts.
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Internet startup Meebo is urging developers to create applications around its Web-based IM (instant-messaging) site, an attempt to create Facebook-like momentum.Using the Meebo site, people can send instant messages using accounts from companies such as Yahoo, Microsoft and AOL. The site lets people use their IM account when they may not be at computers with the right IM software installed. People can also embed a Meebo chat window within their Web site.Meebo has started to augment its site with applications and has recently added voice and video chat. Now it&#39;s hoping to lure developers into building applications that will be offered through Meebo&#39;s site, similar to Facebook.Facebook opened its site to external developers&#160;in May and now has at least 6,000 applications, which have drawn more people to the social-networking site. Sites such as Facebook, MySpace, and others want to generate more advertising revenue by taking advantage of the masses of users flocking to social-networking sites. So far, Meebo has no advertising.Developers can build a JavaScript or Flash application and register it with Meebo, which will then release code to allow the new application to call on Meebo&#39;s APIs (application programming interfaces), according to Meebo&#39;s blog.The application then resides in Meebo&#39;s database. When the developer signs into their account, the application will appear in a list contained within Meebo&#39;s IM window. The developer can invite others to try out the application.Eventually, developers can alert Meebo again to review the application. Meebo says it will then contact the developer within a few weeks.&#160;
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A small step for the budding social network's quest to be the anti-Facebook: Plaxo has opened up a portion of its source code dedicated to helping users manage their various social networking identities.
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Following Facebook's lead, MySpace will allow outside developers to create applications for its members.
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By Alan Sipress and Sam Diaz, Washington Post Staff Writers  Facebook announced yesterday that it is taking the unusual step of allowing the public to develop features for the popular social-networking Web site, permitting any software designer to access the company's millions of members.
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Facebook is now taking steps to prevent some third-party applications from engaging in "inappropriate actions".
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A Facebook application can be hosted on any Web site that serves static HTML, the social networking site says.
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Borrowing a page from Sun's Java playbook, Google is announcing a way for programmers to build social applications for multiple Web sites at once.
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Online hangout Facebook, seeking to avoid a second revolt over privacy, is offering members more controls over their personal profile pages as it relaxes eligibility requirements to join.
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Scrabulous, a Scrabble-like application which lets Facebook members to play one another online, has been experiencing booming popularity.
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Social-networking site to unveil a set of developer tools for potentially converting existing Facebook applications.
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SAN FRANCISCO, May 24  /PRNewswire/ -- Facebook f8 Event -- Washingtonpost.Newsweek Interactive today announced two political applications built on Facebook Platform, a development platform that enables companies to integrate with the Facebook website and gain access to millions of users.
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A small step for the budding social network's quest to be the anti-Facebook: Plaxo has opened up a portion of its source code dedicated to helping users manage their various social-networking identities.
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Facebook.com on Thursday took the  wraps off its highly anticipated makeover from a members-only  club into what it hopes can allow it to become a software  operating system for all sorts of Internet media.