Facebook announced Monday that it will allow more access for third-party developers, a move designed to open the door to potential revenue streams and help it hold off social network rivals like Twitter. “For the first time, we’re opening the core Facebook product experience — the stream — with the new Facebook Open Stream API,” wrote Ray C. He on the Facebook Developer’s Blog. However, at least one privacy advocate fears the network may instead lift the lid on a Pandora’s Box full of personal information abuse.
As of Monday we can no longer feed postings from Facebook to Twitter, only the other way around....I wonder what the repercussions of that will be???
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Facebook Lets Devs Swim in User Info Streams
Posted by: Renay San Miguel April 27, 2009 01:34 PMFacebook announced Monday that it will allow more access for third-party developers, a move designed to open the door to potential revenue streams and help it hold off social network rivals like Twitter. “For the first time, we’re opening the core Facebook product experience — the stream — with the new Facebook Open Stream API,” wrote Ray C. He on the Facebook Developer’s Blog. However, at least one privacy advocate fears the network may instead lift the lid on a Pandora’s Box full of personal information abuse.