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Zembly - Helping you widgetize, one app at a time

Posted Jun 6th 2008 3:00PM by Drew Olanoff
Filed under: Internet, Web services, Social Software, web 2.0

Zembly

Do you have an idea for a widget or Facebook app? Maybe you either don't have the time or the full knowledge to actually make it?

You reallllly want to make Wolverines vs. Dracula Part 8 for Facebook, and it frustrates you. Well be frustrated no more, in steps Zembly.

As you know, companies have been formed around building Facebook apps, some of them have become wildly successful AND profitable. Now it's our turn.

Zembly is funded by Sun Microsystems and targets easy creation of applications for Facebook, OpenSocial, meebo, and other social platforms. Not to mention, they're blowing open the barrier to entry on creating these things, and starting a community around doing just that.

Today, Zembly has opened a private beta of their site which lets you very easily create widgets and apps in your browser. Check out their blog for more details.

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Students take heed, Blackboard is now on Facebook

Posted May 14th 2008 5:00PM by Jay Hathaway
Filed under: Productivity, Web services

If you've been to college sometime in the past decade, you might have run up against Blackboard. It's an online assignment system that students generally dread logging into, because it usually means new work or more brown-nosing questions from that showoff in your class. That's not Blackboard's fault, though. To show they want to make things easier on their user base, the students, Blackboard is now on Facebook with an app called Blackboard Sync.

A quick Google search shows that some colleges have been hacking together their own mashups of Blackboard and Facebook, which suggests to us that there's already a demand for this product. Granted, the move could have come sooner: now that Facebook is increasingly used by middle-aged PR officers who want to network -- heard of LinkedIn, guys? -- a lot of users are going to pass this by. For the college kids who still log into Facebook every day and use it as a primary mode of communication with friends, this is great. While you're making plans to go out drinking at the nearest fraternity, take a quick look at the Blackboard app to make sure you won't wake up with a last-minute assignment to finish.

The business of Facebook application development has been dying off because nobody wants to lace their profile with annoying pirates, ninjas, mummies, or whatever the latest trend is. Applications that actually have value to Facebook's natural demographic are scarce, so we hope Blackboard will turn out to be useful for students and set an example of what Facebook apps could be doing.
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Phreetings: Facebook app to send photos and greetings

Posted Apr 18th 2008 7:00PM by Simon Kerbel
Filed under: Fun, Internet, Web services, web 2.0



Have you always thought that Hallmark greeting cards are too cheesy? Have you wanted to follow in the steps of Mr. Deeds (at least, the Adam Sandler version of Mr. Deeds) and write your own cards? Well, now is your chance...sort of.

Phreetings is a Facebook app that allows you to send a photo and a short greeting to a Facebook friend, a la greeting card style.

As far as Facebook apps go, Phreetings couldn't get any simpler. Type in a keyword at the top of the page to search for photos, and Phreetings displays the results (all photos are from Flickr, and licensed by the Creative Commons license).

Drag the photo you want to send over to the section on the right hand side of the page, then type in a short message below. You can choose an optional color scheme for your greeting as well. When your greeting is ready, hit the send button, enter in the name of the recipient, and your greeting is sent.

All in all, a simple application that helps spread your web 2.0 greetings both near and abroad.

Thanks for the tip, Augustine!
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Last.fm offers Facebook app so your friends can stalk what you're listening to

Posted Jul 27th 2007 6:00PM by Grant Robertson
Filed under: Audio, Blogging, Web services, Social Software

If you feel like you're not putting quite enough information on your Facebook, and want to let everyone see just that much more of the real you, Last.fm's new Facebook application is just the ticket.

"What I'm Listening To" shows your friends just that, what you're currently enjoying. You can even add notes of explanation to your tracks, so that everyone knows you really didn't mean to cue up Ace of Base.

It's a well integrated Facebook app, that should be a hit with LAst.fm lovers.
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Official Wordpress Facebook application released

Posted Jul 19th 2007 11:30AM by Grant Robertson

Got a Wordpress blog and a Facebook page? Why not hook the two up for some ultimate Facebook blogging bliss? The official WordPress Facebook plugin has recently been released. Currently it appears to only work with Wordpress blogs hosted at Wordpress.com, but that still covers quite a large number of users.

Feedback on the application seems mixed so far, but if you're adventurous and willing to give it a shot, take a peek and see what you can do.
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