Your Facebook news feed is about to become a bit more crowded. Facebook’s big announcement on Wednesday evening was the unveiling of 60 new apps that will function with Facebook and let users share more of their lives on the social networking mega-site.
Facebook partnered with 60 apps that will allow its 800 million active users to share their tastes in fashion, food, favorite Internet memes and more. Starting now, apps such as Foursquare and Spotify will sync to Facebook.
Watch a good movie? Buy tickets for an awesome concert? Buy a sweet jacket? Now you can share all that information on Facebook. But not everyone is into that sort of lifecasting. Facebook offers an opt-out option on its site — a smart move considering that some people were annoyed with the ticker.
This is great news for developers who are now welcome to submit their app to Facebook for approval.
Mashable’s liveblog coverage of the event prompted commenters to cheer about the integration of Pinterest on Facebook.
About half of the apps are already big-time, with millions of users: eBay, Pinterest, TripAdvisor. Without a doubt, tapping into the power and fans of Facebook was a smart business move for the companies. There are some lesser-known apps, too, but it appears every app on the list is pretty highly rated.
Here’s how a couple of these apps work with Facebook: Fab.com lets the fashion-obsessed “social shop” and earn money. There are two ways to earn: receive $5 per month for enabling the app through Facebook and receive another $5 in credits for letting other Fab.com users see your username when you buy something on Fab. Rockmelt is a social media browser that lets you keep tabs on you Facebook profile while browsing the web and automatically sharing what you read with friends.
A number of people in the Twitterverse said they’re suspicious of how well Facebook would control their privacy with this new feature. Facebook updated their privacy settings last year, giving users greater control of what others could see and read about on their profiles. Source from mashable
Will you be incorporating apps into your timeline? Which ones? Tell us in the comments.
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