For Facebook, 2012 will be the year of the third party app. News, videos, and songs streaming down your newsfeed are just a “small taste of overall vision,” said Carl Sjogreen, director of product management for Facebook at the Inside Social Apps Conference. The focus for the coming year will be on enhancements to Open Graph, mobile and games.
Launch a social media campaign that will build your brand and deliver results in our online Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting June 7. Speakers include Abigail Cusick (Bravo Digital), Gregory Galant (Sawhorse Media), Alex Leo (Thomson Reuters Digital), Jim Tobin (Ignite Social Media), and many more. Read the reviews. 
The true test of customer loyalty is the repeat purchase, right? The folks who keep coming back and feeding your top line are those who mean the most to your company, or so the conventional wisdom goes. Well, it looks like that’s about to change. Nothing says “I love you” quite like taking a personal stake in a company’s success. And, the latest from IR magazine shows one company that’s helping businesses enter this market … using Facebook.
Who really has time to go out and purchase board games or round up friends to play when you instantly have Facebook games at your fingertips? Now Rummikub, one of the world’s most classic board games dating back to the 1930s, has entered the next generation of social games with a new Facebook application launched last week. Most people over the age of 30 have probably played this game or at least heard of it as it was the #1 board game in the USA and many other countries in the 70′s and 80′s. I played the game for the first time on Facebook and sensed it has already gained popularity given that it only takes about 10 seconds to start a game with numerous online players and that the other players were clearly experts evident in my amazing initial score of minus 100! Read more
Pete Warden is a good natured developer that is ultimately fascinated by data visualization and data openness, and it was this curiosity that got him into hot water with Facebook. A few years ago, he got interested in creating a service that tied your mail account to your Facebook account, so users could skip the oft-used step of searching a user’s name on Google to find their Facebook account. Since the data was public, he thought it shouldn’t be a problem, and eventually scanned hundreds of millions account into his MailAna service. Watch the video below and hear what happened!
While sharing virtual drinks and turning friends into vampires might’ve been the thing to do on Facebook a year or two ago, the makers behind the new Talentag app hope people are looking for more cordial exchanges. The idea behind Talentag is simple: give your friends and coworkers the kudos they deserve with special badges on their Facebook profile. Think your best friend is the Best Entrepreneur? Or is your coworker a great Team Player? Let them (and all of their friends) know with Talentag.
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If you liked our list of cool iPhone Halloween apps, we’re pretty sure you’d enjoy these 11 Facebook Halloween apps as well. All Facebooks here will surely make your Halloween celebration spooky in a funny kind of way. Have fun!
Haunt your friends with this Halloween app. Select any Halloween gifts that you think would scare your friend. Everytime you login you will be awarded with Freaky Funds which you can later on use to purchase other Halloween treats. Read more
