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By: Massive Facebook and MySpace Flash Vulnerability Exposes User Data | Technology News Videos And Resources

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:32:58 +0000

[...] its platform. And we’ve seen time and time again that some of those developers are not opposed to Black Hat tactics. MySpace has seen its own share of [...]

By: Massive Facebook and MySpace Flash Vulnerability Exposes User Data

Massive Facebook and MySpace Flash Vulnerability Exposes User Data — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:55:14 +0000

[...] platform. And we’ve seen time and time again that some of those developers are not opposed to Black Hat tactics. MySpace has seen its own share of [...]

By: MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications - Indometric

MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications - Indometric — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:02:10 +0000

[...] that it’s doing its best to prevent abuse from spammy applications – a problem that Facebook suffered from for a few months when it first got started (it has since employed a variety of measures to curb [...]

By: The Far Edge » Blog Archive » MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:29:02 +0000

[...] says that it’s doing its best to prevent abuse from spammy applications – a problem that Facebook suffered from for a few months when it first got started (it has since employed a variety of measures to curb [...]

By: MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications « shankarsoma; Change the View

Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:47:52 +0000

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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:21:32 +0000

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Tue, 21 Apr 2009 05:11:24 +0000

By: MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications | TechgearX.com

MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications | TechgearX.com — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:59:53 +0000

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MySpace Finally Opens The Door To Application Notifications — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:41:09 +0000

By: Geek News Central Podcast 2007-08-17 #294 | Geek News Central

Geek News Central Podcast 2007-08-17 #294 | Geek News Central — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 01:08:28 +0000

[...] Scanner catches people red handed Firefox Podcacher Please Does anyone have a Twitter Clone Facebook smacks down Blackhat Plugins Y Combinator demo for Startups RIAA will not pay even after Judge Orders it Verizon PR Spins Fire [...]

By: Facebook Apps Can Now Use Chat To Go Viral

Facebook Apps Can Now Use Chat To Go Viral — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 00:20:47 +0000

[...] course, this gives apps on Facebook yet another way to try to spam you. In the dark ages of Platform, when every app seemed to spam users with reckless abandon, I might have been more [...]

By: Alfabetic » Blog Archive » Facebook sigue la guerra en app desarrolladores. Esta semana: El muro

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 13:10:32 +0000

[...] continúa su guerra Facebook en aplicaciones que empujan los límites aceptables en la interacción del usuario. La [...]

By: The Mysterious Ways Of Apple’s Top Apps List | SesliChat Sesli Sohbet

The Mysterious Ways Of Apple’s Top Apps List | SesliChat Sesli Sohbet — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 12:47:47 +0000

[...] If the current situation persists, even the very best apps will always lose out to the up-and-comers – a situation that only encourages developers to pump out applications as quickly as possible, rather than creating something really useful. Apple devotees are known for valuing polish and functionality – it would be a shame for the store to fall prey to the spammyness seen on other platforms. [...]

By: Simply Gadgets » Blog Archive » Facebook Continues War On App Developers. This Week: Super Wall

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:29:37 +0000

[...] is continuing its war on Facebook apps that push the limits on acceptable user interaction. Last week it was [...]

By: The Mysterious Ways Of Apple’s Top Apps List

The Mysterious Ways Of Apple’s Top Apps List — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:35:56 +0000

[...] valuing polish and functionality – it would be a shame for the store to fall prey to the spammyness seen on other platforms. techcrunch508:http://www.techcrunch.com/2008/08/29/the-mysterious-ways-of-apples-top-apps-list/ [...]

By: The Friendfeedization Of Facebook : EYJE.NET BLOG OF GREAT POSTS

The Friendfeedization Of Facebook : EYJE.NET BLOG OF GREAT POSTS — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:29:14 +0000

[...] ongoing privacy, spam and competitive battle with its more aggressive third party developers, using algorithmic and policy [...]

By: The Friendfeedization Of Facebook

The Friendfeedization Of Facebook — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 08:29:54 +0000

[...] ongoing privacy, spam and competitive battle with its more aggressive third party developers, using algorithmic and policy [...]

By: LuckyCal » Blog Archive » Avoiding Viral

LuckyCal » Blog Archive » Avoiding Viral — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:16:58 +0000

[...] been tuning its invite mechanisms, that is exactly what is happening. Techcrunch reports about it here, here and here.Kevin’s entry points out the “K-strategy”, which (through a slight [...]

By: Facebook Puts A Diplomat In Charge Of The Platform

Facebook Puts A Diplomat In Charge Of The Platform — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 06:47:04 +0000

[...] Platform is becoming more important than ever. For most of the last year Facebook dealt with renegade app developers via algorithmically enforced rules that determined how “viral” they could go. But more [...]

By: SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust | t7000

SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust | t7000 — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 20:24:01 +0000

[...] most recent victim of the Facebook vs. annoying application war is SpeedDate. SpeedDate, an application from the company of the same name, has disappeared from the [...]

By: IS2B » Blog Archive » SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust

IS2B » Blog Archive » SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 15:53:12 +0000

[...] most recent victim of the Facebook vs. annoying application war is SpeedDate. SpeedDate, an application from the company of the same name, has disappeared from the [...]

By: Infotron » Blog Archive » SpeedDate: Another Facebook App Bites The Dust

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 07:30:24 +0000

[...] most recent victim of the Facebook vs. annoying application war is SpeedDate. SpeedDate, an application from the company of the same name, has disappeared from the [...]

By: Facebook Continues War On App Developers. This Week: Super Wall

Facebook Continues War On App Developers. This Week: Super Wall — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:04:14 +0000

[...] is continuing its war on Facebook apps that push the limits on acceptable user interaction. Last week it was [...]

By: Did Facebook Shut Down Slide’s Top Friends? How Very MySpace Of Them

Did Facebook Shut Down Slide’s Top Friends? How Very MySpace Of Them — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 09:36:39 +0000

[...] Facebook decide it’s had enough of spammy and otherwise overly-aggressive application developers and have a MySpace moment? Until now they’ve just tightened up the [...]

By: Facebook Platform, One Year Later

Facebook Platform, One Year Later — Sat, 24 May 2008 08:27:03 +0000

[...] But after a couple of months, the novelty began to wear off. The promised “revolutionary” applications were few and far between, and most of the available apps were really, really bad. Facebook users were also notoriously fickle, installing and discarding apps with abandon. To combat this, some developers chose to create an endless stream of mostly useless (but viral) applications that could be pumped out as quickly as users could get sick of them. The result? Spam. Lots of spam. [...]