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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Development, Facebook, Tutorials
Facebook Application Development - Getting Started part 1
02.03.08 | Permalink | Comment?

We thought it might be nice to show all of you out there how to get started, step by step, with creating your very first Facebook application. This first tutorial will show you how to register the project with Facebook, and obtain the important API keys to access the Facebook system.
The first step in […]
Development, Facebook, PHP
Easy Transition from Web to Facebook
02.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

If you are already a web developer and adversed in some sort of server side language such as PHP or even Ruby, porting your skills to Facebook couldn’t be easier. Facebook uses their own HTML (called FBML) and Javascript (FBJS). It also includes its own MySQL like syntax to query for user information (FQL).
FBML is […]
Facebook
Generic Application Craze
02.01.08 | Permalink | Comment?

With only a comparatively hand full of developers currently on Face Book, it seems that most applications are looking more and more generic. The current mentality is “Make something once, clone it 100 times!” This may be fueling the current application development process, but in the months to come will they still continue to compete?
The […]