Facebook added additional settings to help native iOS applications get traffic from the mobile News Feed, search and other avenues, the company announced today in a blog post. Developers can optimize distribution by allowing single sign-on and deep linking. Apps that enable Facebook SSO can get distribution from the Facebook iOS app in News Feed, Timeline, [...]
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Ad Agency BBH Moves Into Social Gaming, Seeks Developers Who Like Lollipops
February 20th, 2012 
FB Bartle Bogle Hegarty today became the latest company to make the leap into social gaming, and it is on the lookout to give seed funding to social gaming developers who want to make the jump with them. The ad agency’s Singapore-based Asian division, BBH Asia Pacific, has opened a new venture, Chuck Studios, which will [...]
New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: SponsorPay, Spooky Cool, Plumbee and more
February 19th, 2012 FB The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at SponsorPay, GREE International, Inc., Social Point, King.com, Atari, TinyCo, Addmired, PlayMesh, Spooky Cool Labs, Identified, XMG Studio, FashionPlaytes, Inc., Stealth Mobile Startup, Plumbee, Mobile Deluxe and Game Show Network. Director of Developer Relations [...]
Facebook Roundup: fellowship, Africa, shareholders, Windows Phone, more
February 18th, 2012 FB Facebook announces 2012 fellows - Facebook announced 12 picks for its Fellowship Program this week. The company had about 300 applicants for the positions which include a year’s worth of tuition, a ,000 stipend, ,000 for travel and ,500 for a computer. Fellows have specialties including mobile computing, computer networking and cloud computing, machine learning, storage systems, [...]
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No Comments »Timeline coming soon for businesses
February 16th, 2012 FB Facebook plans to convert business pages to the new Timeline format as early as the end of February when the company will host an invitation-only marketing conference in New York City, according to AdAge. Marketers have been dreaming up ways to use Timeline for businesses since the new profile debuted at f8, but Timeline hasn’t been [...]
If Investors Want More Voting Rights, They Should Have Invented Facebook
February 15th, 2012 FB Guess who knows what’s best for the future of Facebook? It’s certainly not public investors looking to cash in on “social” 8 years after Facebook started. That’s why those same investors should actually be happy about a warning from Institutional Shareholder Services noting that Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg will own roughly 57% of the company [...]
In-App Birdchases: Play Angry Birds On Facebook For Free, But Pay To Win
February 14th, 2012 FB Angry Birds has just launched on Facebook, and developer Rovio is trying out a different business model that flocks together with other freemium games on the social network. Rather than make you pay up front for a mobile download, there’s 4 new powerups that you can buy for cheap – just for 20 uses. By [...]
New this week on the Inside Network Job Board: Atari, GREE, Lolgames, more
February 12th, 2012 FB The Inside Network Job Board is dedicated to providing you with the best job opportunities across social and mobile application platforms. Here are this week’s highlights from the Inside Network Job Board, including positions at Atari, Spooky Cool Labs, Lolgames, GREE International, Inc., King.com, Addmired, Funcom Games Canada, Identified, FashionPlaytes, Inc., XMG Studio, Plumbee, Mobile Deluxe, Game Show Network and Stealth Mobile Startup. Monetization Analyst – Mobile/Social Games Acquisition Marketing Manager [...]
Whale Hunting: Facebook Hooks 1st-Time Buyers With $5 Of Game Credits For $1
February 11th, 2012 FB Only about 5% Facebook gamers pay to play freemium games. If Facebook could up this percentage, it and its third-party app developers could make a lot more money. That’s the idea behind a new promotion Facebook announced today where those who’ve never bought Facebook Credits virtual currency before will be offered in free Credits when they buy [...]
Facebook Starts Turning Listen, Read, and Watch Stories Into Ads
February 10th, 2012 FB When you listen, read, or watch through a Facebook Open Graph app, a few of your friends hear about through the news feed, Ticker, or Timeline. Starting this week, Facebook is allowing advertisers to pay for more exposure of listen, read, or watch stories that mention them by turning the stories into a new form of [...]
