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vendredi 11 mai 2012
Facebook’s New App Center: Everything You Need to Know
Instead of selling apps that integrate with Facebook, the new App Center will refer users to other app stores where they can buy them.
Confused? You’re not the only one. After Facebook announced the new feature on Wednesday, “I don’t get it” was a common response.
We’ve answered below some of the most common questions about how the App Center will work, what apps it will contain and why Facebook built it. Let us know if you have another question we missed.
So Facebook is going to have an app store now?
Yes, but not in the same sense that Google and Apple have app stores. What Facebook has announced is more of an app showcase. In addition to apps built on Facebook, it includes apps that use Facebook Login, regardless of whether they’re iOS, Android or web apps.
Does that mean I can buy iOS and Android apps on Facebook?
No. Though you will find iOS and Android apps in the App Center, you will be directed to Apple’s App Store or Google Play to actually download the apps.
Facebook announced on Wednesday that it will allow developers to charge for “apps built on Facebook” for the first time, but is not clear whether users will purchase apps directly from the App Center.
What are “apps built on Facebook,” and how are they different than iOS and Android apps that integrate with Facebook?
Apps built on Facebook are web apps viewed and used within the Facebook site. They get a special page within Facebook where they load. On the other hand, apps with Facebook integrations such as Draw Something and Pinterest are built on external platforms, but they interface with Facebook for login and other social features.
Couldn’t I spend money on apps built on Facebook before?
Yes. Previously, Facebook has allowed in-app purchases within these apps, but it has not allowed developers to charge for apps themselves.
Social game maker Zynga, for example, has previously been able to charge for items like blueberries or game advantages within Farmville. Now it will have the option to charge for Farmville itself.
How will I access Facebook’s App Center?
Facebook’s App Center will launch on the web as well as within the iOS and Android Facebook apps.
What will the App Center Look Like?
It will look a lot like Google Play or the Apple App Store. Each app will have a detail page, which includes a five-star user-rating system. A screenshot of the prototype that Facebook engineer Aaron Brady included in a blog post about the center includes sections for recommended apps, friends’ apps, top apps, trending apps and top-grossing apps.
“We use a variety of signals, such as user ratings and engagement, to determine if an app is listed in the App Center,” Brady wrote.
Hasn’t Facebook launched something like this before?
Sort of. When Facebook first launched Facebook apps in 2007, there was a dedicated applications area where users could browse apps from third-party developers. Users currently locate Facebook apps through the same search bar they use to find people, groups and events.
Why would Facebook launch something like this?
As Brady put it in his blog post, “The App Center is designed to grow mobile apps that use Facebook — whether they’re on iOS, Android or the mobile web.”
Facebook wants developers to build mobile apps that integrate it. Reaching Facebook’s 900 million users through the App Center is another incentive for them to do so.
The showcase also encourages makes it easier to discover apps built on Facebook, many of which integrate Facebook’s payment system Credits. All games built on Facebook are required to use Facebook Credits to accept payments (except when they’re running on iOS), and Facebook takes a takes a 30% cut of all purchases made with Facebook Credits. That’s why as of February Zynga accounted for 12% of the social network’s revenue.
Facebook will also presumably take a 30% cut of the purchase price for upcoming paid apps built on Facebook.
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Facebook Inches Into Craigslist Territory With ‘Highlighted Posts’
The feature — discovered by Stuff, a New Zealand blog (which is unaffiliated with the U.K. publication of the same name) — is being tested with a “small percentage of users” right now, a Facebook rep says. The fee for using Highlighted Posts, meanwhile, runs from zero to “a couple of bucks.”
When asked who would use the product, the rep gave the example of a small band plugging an upcoming gig or someone selling their car. The latter appears to be new ground for Facebook since the company hasn’t previously offered users the ability to amplify their status updates. If the program is successful, it could let Facebook enter the online classified market, a segment that the IAB pegged at $2.6 billion in 2011.
It’s unclear how the program — which is similar to new ad products aimed at corporate users — would work and if it would function along the lines of Reach Generator, a Facebook ad product that ensures that a high percentage of people in your network see your post.
The rep stressed that Highlighted Posts is one of many products the company is testing right now.
The introduction comes a week before Facebook’s expected IPO. Facebook filed an amended S-1 form on Wednesday highlighting the fact that its advertising growth hasn’t kept pace with its exploding user base.
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lundi 2 avril 2012
Tumblr Adds Facebook Timeline Integration
The social blog announced today that sharing posts to Facebook would get “a billion times” easier. Tumblr posts now appear on your Facebook Timeline, News Feed and Ticker when you chose “send to Facebook.” Tumblr likes and replies will appear on Facebook, as well.
Tumblr users can adjust their blog settings to share posts on their Timelines. If you already have your Tumblr linked to Facebook, you’ll be get a notification that says, “We’ve improved Facebook sharing. Upgrade now.”
Your Tumblr posts will now be grouped together on Timeline — just like Spotify songs, Pinterest pins and Foursquare checkins — making Timelines easier to navigate.
2. Kinley Lite
Kinley Lite uses a very similar pinboard layout, as well as a similar color and font style.
6. Cargo
Cargo has the same mosaic asthetic as your Pinterest board, but it's a little more minimalist.
7. Canvas
This example includes text, however, it's still the same board-like layout. This theme also includes the infinite scroll option.
9. Photo Stack
When you hover over the scattered stack of photos, the theme organizes into a neatly arranged board.
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mercredi 28 mars 2012
Tumblr Hits 20 Billion Total Posts
Tumblr has hit a major milestone — 20 billion posts — a huge increase from the 12 billion posts figure it reached in November.
“Forgot to make a big deal of this earlier, but Tumblr crossed the 20-billion-post mark Monday night,” said a tweet from the official Tumblr account, with a link to Tumblr’s About page, which sports a counter showing the total number of Tumblr posts.
Currently, the number sits at more than 20 billion posts, 51 million of which were created today. Tumblr currently has more than 49.7 million total blogs and is due to hit the 50 million milestone any day now.
The rapid rise of Tumblr in the past year has been nothing short of amazing. In June 2011, Tumblr announced it had more blogs than WordPress.com — more than 20 million. It took less than nine months for Tumblr to double that number.
For comparison, WordPress powers more than 72 million blogs, about half of which are hosted on WordPress.com.
The simplicity and ease of use of Tumblr on one hand and similarity to microblogging services such as Twitter on the other, have apparently hit the right spot with a large number of users. One thing Tumblr still lacks is a viable business plan — despite significant funding.
From
the creator: "I decided there is not enough internet space devoted to
pictures of cats trying to fit into anything they can, so I have
graciously decided to take on this challenge."
We thank you.
As far as "collections of contorted cats" go, this is particularly fine one.
You'll get nothing but whiskers and win by following The Kitten Covers.
With images of "girls and cats, cats in soft focus, cats on film and dream cats" you're sure to find something Pin-worthy here.
A GIF-based blog slaving to "make the internet a better place."
“Forgot to make a big deal of this earlier, but Tumblr crossed the 20-billion-post mark Monday night,” said a tweet from the official Tumblr account, with a link to Tumblr’s About page, which sports a counter showing the total number of Tumblr posts.
Currently, the number sits at more than 20 billion posts, 51 million of which were created today. Tumblr currently has more than 49.7 million total blogs and is due to hit the 50 million milestone any day now.
The rapid rise of Tumblr in the past year has been nothing short of amazing. In June 2011, Tumblr announced it had more blogs than WordPress.com — more than 20 million. It took less than nine months for Tumblr to double that number.
For comparison, WordPress powers more than 72 million blogs, about half of which are hosted on WordPress.com.
The simplicity and ease of use of Tumblr on one hand and similarity to microblogging services such as Twitter on the other, have apparently hit the right spot with a large number of users. One thing Tumblr still lacks is a viable business plan — despite significant funding.
25 Outstanding Kitty-Themed Tumblrs [LOTS OF CATS]
We thank you.
4. Dream Cats
5. GIF Cat
"Where literature has whiskers and pointy ears." You'll find plenty of vintage pics of literary types and their feline friends.
"Dedicated
to removing Garfield from the Garfield comic strips in order to reveal
the existential angst of a certain young Mr. Jon Arbuckle," Garfield Minus Garfield is surreal and funny.
11. Review of My Cat
This
blog contains reader "reviews" of their cats, rating them on
appearance, sociability, usefulness, huggability and a final, overall
grade.
"You've always pretended they weren't watching you get it on. You've always been wrong."
Even if you don't know who Ron Swanson is, you should get some laughs here.
15. Barely Feral
Barely Feral says it answers the question "what if there was a porn site designed by cats for cats?"
It's an X-rated answer, so adult-only click-throughs, please.
It's an X-rated answer, so adult-only click-throughs, please.
17. Stoned Cats
Drugs are bad. If you're not convinced, check out what they have reduced these poor animals to.
This blog shares the "pain" of cats getting in the way of your laptop/iPad/iMac, etc.
20. Celebrity Pussy
As "your premier source for celebrities with cats," Celebrity Pussy
is both a fabulous online image library and we to like imagine, a
constant source of disappointment from, ahem, certain Google users
Lest we forget the important work done by cat scientists during the Sixties.
24. Cats in Ties
There's a joke somewhere about "The Long Tail," but we'll just say this is splendidly niche.
25. The Cat Scan
Finally, our favorite cat-themed Tumblr is the glorious The Cat Scan.
It is probably responsible for a large percentage of cat scratches in recent years as kitty-owners try and persuade their recalcitrant pets to sit still on a humming, flashing box of evil long enough to be scanned.
Those that succeed -- we salute you!
It is probably responsible for a large percentage of cat scratches in recent years as kitty-owners try and persuade their recalcitrant pets to sit still on a humming, flashing box of evil long enough to be scanned.
Those that succeed -- we salute you!
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mardi 14 février 2012
Google+ Launches “What’s Hot” Volume Slider[+VIDEO]
The feature will look like a volume slider and will be rolling out in the next few days. It will be very similar to the existing volume sliders that let you control the blend of feed information from your various circles. It was just a hop step to use this feature to also blend in the amount of “What’s Hot” information streaming in, too, Check out Scott’s post over on Google+.
Take a look at more information about “What’s Hot” in the video below :
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vendredi 10 février 2012
Angry father shoots daughter's laptop with .45 pistol after she complains about chores on Facebook
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