April 17th, 2012

New “Listen” Button On Facebook Musician Pages Instantly Plays Their Songs In Your Favorite Streaming App

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Today Facebook co-opts the best thing about Myspace pages — rapid music discovery — by prominently adding a “Listen” button to musician Pages right next to the Like button. When clicked, the artist’s jams will start to play in your most frequently used Facebook music streaming app such as Spotify or MOG. If you haven’t authenticated any music apps, Facebook will prompt you to set up the one… → Read More

August 11th, 2011

Facebook Wins “Worst API” in Developer Survey

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A survey of over 100 developers, previously posted here on Hacker News, aimed to determine which external APIs were the most difficult to integrate into developers’ projects. The winner…or rather, the loser? Facebook. Developers mentioned the Facebook API the most in terms having bugs, poor documentation, never-ending API changes, slow response times, and other headaches.

The Google APIs were… → Read More

July 19th, 2011

160-Year-Old American Express Out-Innovates Google and Groupon

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This morning American Express is launching a new deals platform in partnership with Facebook that should make big waves in the payments and offers space.

With the new platform, merchants will be able to target deals at American Express cardholders on the Facebook platform. Initial launch partners include H&M, Sports Authority, Dunkin’ Donuts, Sheraton, Westin, Travelocity and Celebrity… → Read More