The Appside » f8 conference http://www.theappside.com Fri, 17 May 2013 15:21:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Zuckerberg: ‘the next five years will be defined by apps’ http://www.theappside.com/2011/09/23/zuckerberg-the-next-five-years-will-be-defined-by-apps/ http://www.theappside.com/2011/09/23/zuckerberg-the-next-five-years-will-be-defined-by-apps/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 13:20:48 +0000 Admin http://www.theappside.com/?p=1492 In case you don’t know yet, Facebook has just hit 800 million users and shown off its new Timeline design: the social network moves away from ‘Likes’ and deeper into media and entertainment integration, instantly showing what users watch, listen to, read, etc. As widely rumoured, Facebook has indeed secured deals with the likes (no pun intended) of Netflix, Hulu and Spotify, but has also shown new lifestyle apps spearheaded by Nike, and how eBooks and news will fit in. Much of this will also be available directly via Facebook’s own smartphone apps, though the extent of what will be possible while bypassing Apple and Google’s app stores is not 100% clear yet. “The next five years, the next era, is going to be defined by the apps and the depth of engagement now that everyone has their connections in place… We learned that people really want to use apps to express themselves… we took those lessons and built them in to Timeline,” said Zuckerberg.

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]]> In case you don’t know yet, Facebook has just hit 800 million users and shown off its new Timeline design: the social network moves away from ‘Likes’ and deeper into media and entertainment integration, instantly showing what users watch, listen to, read, etc.

As widely rumoured, Facebook has indeed secured deals with the likes (no pun intended) of Netflix, Hulu and Spotify, but has also shown new lifestyle apps spearheaded by Nike, and how eBooks and news will fit in. Much of this will also be available directly via Facebook’s own smartphone apps, though the extent of what will be possible while bypassing Apple and Google’s app stores is not 100% clear yet.

“The next five years, the next era, is going to be defined by the apps and the depth of engagement now that everyone has their connections in place… We learned that people really want to use apps to express themselves… we took those lessons and built them in to Timeline,” said Zuckerberg.

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]]> http://www.theappside.com/2011/09/23/zuckerberg-the-next-five-years-will-be-defined-by-apps/feed/ 0 Color targets new Facebook app to Harvard students http://www.theappside.com/2011/09/23/color-targets-new-facebook-app-to-harvard-students/ http://www.theappside.com/2011/09/23/color-targets-new-facebook-app-to-harvard-students/#comments Fri, 23 Sep 2011 11:40:34 +0000 Admin http://www.theappside.com/?p=1461 Color founder (and ex boss of the Apple purchase Lala music service) Bill Nguyen unveiled his company’s plans to reinvent itself as a Facebook app at the f8 conference. According to TechCrunch, Color has been inviting computer science-related students from Harvard University to a private beta. The app lets people in the vicinity share pictures with one another, and will let users share what their smartphone camera is seeing with friends in real time.

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]]> Color founder (and ex boss of the Apple purchase Lala music service) Bill Nguyen unveiled his company’s plans to reinvent itself as a Facebook app at the f8 conference. According to TechCrunch, Color has been inviting computer science-related students from Harvard University to a private beta. The app lets people in the vicinity share pictures with one another, and will let users share what their smartphone camera is seeing with friends in real time.

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