We’ve listened to 1.5 billion songs on Facebook already
Since the launch of Facebook’s social music tools, Facebook users have listened to songs on the social network 1.5 billion times.
That’s around two songs each for Facebook’s roughly 750 million users.
Facebook announced the addition of streaming music to its website during f8, the company’s developer conference, which took place in late September.
At that time, we learned you would be able to listen to music directly on Facebook.com. The most important part of … Continue Reading
Round-up: 7 drastic Facebook changes you will probably hate
Facebook’s annual developer conference was packed with news about big changes coming to the social network.
And if past history is any guide, most of you are probably going to be outraged by the changes, at least at first.
According to informal polls, web traffic statistics and general discussion with a handful of friends, Facebook’s f8 conference wasn’t nearly as interesting for non-tech folks. At the very least, it didn’t generate the same level of … Continue Reading
The Unnamed Writer’s Room Video: f8 or h8? (video)
Facebook was the talk of the day with chief executive Mark Zuckerberg’s f8 conference keynote speech and the announcement of many new features being added to the Facebook platform.
Those features included the new Timeline, a history of your activity on Facebook, which for most is a record of high school and college years all the way to marriage and work. New ways to find content through friends was also in the mix. You can … Continue Reading
Analysis: Facebook makes a move to capture your whole life
Facebook made its power move to capture everything about your life today. In a keynote speech at Facebook’s f8 developer conference today, Facebook CEO executive Mark Zuckerberg talked about how to make the social network indispensable to the recording of our memories, the big moments in our lives, and our interactions with friends.
What Zuckerberg didn’t say about this move is that it is also a huge power grab. If Facebook successfully captures all of … Continue Reading
Netflix announces Facebook integration for Canada, Latin America — U.S. will have to wait
Netflix users in Canada and Latin America will soon be able to see what streaming videos their Facebook friends have been watching, but those of us in the U.S. will have to wait a bit longer due to a 1980s law regulating wrongful disclosure of video tape rental or sale records.
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings hit the stage at Facebook’s f8 developer conference today to announce the news, which could fundamentally change the way Netflix … Continue Reading
Facebook enables new real-time social interactions for games
Facebook’s next-generation Open Graph platform will deliver a bounty of new features for social games, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said today at the company’s f8 event.
“Social games are killing it on Facebook,” Zuckerberg said, explaining that games are still the most popular apps on Facebook.
The updates to the Open Graph platform will enable new kinds of social game interaction. For instance, if two of your friends are playing the Zynga game Words With … Continue Reading
Facebook’s new Open Graph enables a wave of apps including joint music listening
An update to the Facebook’s Open Graph platform will allow people to express themselves in new ways and will let developers create a new class of app, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg announced this morning. Friends can use these apps to do things like listen to a song at the same time and help each other discover new music.
“We are making it possible to build a new class of apps and rethink a number of … Continue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook’s big changes, including all new Profiles
Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled some huge changes to the social network and its platform at f8, Facebook’s developer conference.
The tagline for today’s event is “Read. Watch. Listen,” which foreshadows the media features and content consumption and sharing functionality Zuckerberg announced from the stage.
But before Zuckerberg stepped onto the stage, Andy Samberg appeared to give his signature send-up of the young CEO, which both the crowd and “Zuck” himself clearly got a … Continue Reading
Dylan’s Desk: Facebook approaches a billion customers
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VentureBeat will have much more coverage of Facebook F8 2011 starting early Thursday morning, so stay tuned.
With 750 million people using it, Facebook has become one of the … Continue Reading
Facebook to launch music service at f8
Social networking site Facebook will launch its long-rumored music service at its annual developer conference f8 this year, according to a report by CNBC.
Facebook will not actually host its own music but will partner with other services to stream the music, people familiar with the matter told CNBC’s Jon Fortt. That could bypass a lot of the legal hoops music streaming companies have to jump through and make it easier for Facebook to get … Continue Reading
Facebook schedules f8 conference for Sept. 22
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
Week in review: Police investigate lost iPhone, Blippy overshares credit card numbers
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
How Mark Zuckerberg handles himself with the press (videos)
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
What you missed at Facebook's f8 conference
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
F8 for outsiders: It's pronounced "eff ate" at Facebook
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
Web pioneer Marc Andreessen: Twitter developers think too small
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
How Facebook plans to fuel the app economy with Facebook Credits
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
Scribd adds social tools for people tired of reading alone
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
Facebook seeks to unravel Google's Web with the Open Graph
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
New data storage rules, permissions could rekindle Facebook privacy concerns
Facebook has scheduled its f8 conference for Sept. 22 in San Francisco. The all-day event is where the company’s engineers and product teams will highlight “new tools along with best practices for developers and partners building the next generation of social practices.”
That likely means Facebook will have some kind of meaty announcement by that time. We don’t know what it is, but it could include numerous items such as Project Spartan, Facebook’s latest push … Continue Reading
