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Showing posts with label timeline. Show all posts
Showing posts with label timeline. Show all posts

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Facebook unveils 60 apps to timelines…

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Facebook expects developers to come up with thousands more applications
 
Facebook is adding a series of new applications to let users share such things as photos, travel or fashion.
The online social network firm unveiled more than 60 new apps that users can share on their Facebook profiles, known as their Timeline.
Users can already share the music they are listening to or news articles they are reading.
But this latest development expands the number of apps significantly.
Tech watchers have described the activity as "frictionless sharing". Once users sign up for the apps, they will automatically share your activity through Facebook.
The company, tipped for a $100bn initial public offering, is looking for new ways to get people to spend more time on the site - which will attract more advertising.
 
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The latest apps include Ticketmaster, movie review site Rotten Tomatoes, and Foodspotting. But developers are expected to create many more apps.
"We think that thousands of applications will be built on this platform in the coming weeks and months," said Carl Sjogreen, Facebook director of platform products, at the launch of the apps in San Francisco.
Timeline is a feature that Facebook says can turn users' personal profiles into virtual scrapbooks.
It can over the years catalogue aspects of the user's life and preferences, from travel to favourite books.
There will be security settings available so that users can limit who will be able to follow their activities

Saturday, 24 December 2011

Facebook Shows Signs Of Ending Support For IE7


A year after Facebook officially stopped support for Internet Explorer 6, it's probably time for IE7 to follow suit. The first sign comes in the form of Facebook deactivating its latest Timeline service for users of IE7. Instead of offering partial Timeline support for the browser, IE7 has been completely ignored by the development team. Although the social networking giant hasn't officially turned off all support for the browser yet, users can still view their older Facebook profile, with a few styling issues caused by the browser's jagged CSS support.
The move puts Facebook in the same boat as Internet search giant Google, which has officially cut off support for popular services such as Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Docs for IE7 users. Currently, Facebook is compatible with "the most up-to-date versions" of Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome, and Internet Explorer.
Once activated, you cannot deactivate the Timeline feature on your Facebook profile. However if want to go back to the old profile view, minus the Timeline, then IE7 might be of some help after all.

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