February 2008

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• Applications, Facebook, Trends

  3 New Movie Facebook Applications

  02.29.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  There’s a trend of recently released films deploying Facebook applications as another channel of advertising. A Facebook application is a strategic and cost-effective way to promote a movie because it engages the audience and is a near perfect platform for implementing a viral effect. Users invite their friends to the application, and those friends invite […]

• General

  Greater Valley Technology Alliance Business Plan Competition

  02.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Meezik will be competing in the 2008 Greater Valley Technology Alliance Business Plan Competition. How this competition works is, contestants write business plans for their ideas, GVTA selects the finalists, and then the finalists pitch their ideas to a judging panel. The incentives for the GVTA Business Plan Competition are $20k in startup capital and […]

• Business, Development

  The Difference Between Mott’s and Generic Apple Juice

  02.15.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  My wife absolutely refuses to buy generic products. I asked her why and she claimed that “they’re just different.”
  I went grocery shopping alone yesterday, and, with no one around to question my choices, I bought a generic store brand of apple juice instead of the usual Mott’s that we buy.
  The ingredients are the same: water, […]

• Business, Development

  How Does Your Company Define Success?

  02.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I know a company that equates big with success. The company’s goal is to grow as fast as possible. Take on every possible client, hire new employees like crazy which makes them outgrow their office space every couple of months. Sure, these are signs of a fast growing company. But that growth will inevitably peak. […]

• Applications, Development

  Hire Meezik to Create Your Dream Social Application

  02.10.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  At Meezik, not only do we develop our own viral social applications, but we also do contract work for custom facebook applications. This means that we can make your idea a reality. Send us a description of your application to sales@meezik.com and we will provide a free analysis and proposal within 48 hours.
  What makes us […]

• Development, Facebook, Tutorials

  Facebook Application Development Tutorial Part 2 - The Code

  02.08.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Welcome back for the second installment of the Facebook Application Development Tutorial. In this post I will show you how to create a very simple PHP application for Facebook.
  This tutorial requires you to have:
  #1 - Web space capable of hosting PHP applications.
  and
  #2 - Copy of the core Facebook API files (found here: http://developers.facebook.com/clientlibs/facebook-platform.tar.gz)
  First step […]

• Applications, Development, Trends

  Facebook Application Development Now in Phase 2

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  So the bubble has finally burst with Facebook application development. It may not be an obvious crash that an average Facebook user would notice, but it surely does send a (positive) bang for the Facebook development community.
  Last week, Facebook implemented an “ignore all” feature to application invitations. Application invitations were getting out of control! You […]

• Development, MySpace

  MySpace Development API - The End?

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  As you are already aware, MySpace is opening their platform to API development to keep in pace with the other social networks. But.. Are they too late?
  In order to compete, MySpace was forced to implement a Development Platform. The executive staff either overlooked this feature, or did not even bother to consider the idea. […]

• Applications, Development, Facebook

  Crushmail Facebook App Development Details

  02.04.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  Crushmail proved to be the ideal project to iron out our proprietary PHP5 Facebook API class (THANKS JIM!). Crushmail includes profile gathering features such as Profile Pictures, Friends List, Interests, etc. We use all this information in the generation of clues and propagation. We also have common functionality such as Invitations and other viral marketing […]

• Applications, Facebook

  Launching Crush Mail, the Ultimate Valentine’s Day App

  02.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Today, we launched Crush Mail, a Facebook application that lets you send secret messages to your “crush.” As Valentine’s Day is approaching quickly, Crush Mail is a fun way to disclose your feelings to that special someone.
  The interesting twist to Crush Mail is that your secret messages contain clues that are picked up from […]

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