10 Impressive New Implementations of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect is an exceptionally useful technology for web developers. Not only can they offer Facebook users one-click registration and sign-in, but by accessing profile and social graph information, Facebook Connect gives developers a way to create a richer experience for their visitors and gives publishers a brand new promotional channel. In January, we brought you a list of 10 great Facebook Connect implementations, and developers across the web have been busy since then coming up with new and innovative ways to integrate with Facebook. So below is a list of 10 more great implementations of Facebook Connect that stand out for their creativity, their usefulness, or their seamless integration. 1.
Watchmen on Blu-Ray Back in May, Warner Bros. announced that the special Director's Cut Blu-ray edition of the movie Watchmen would utilize Facebook Connect. Yes, that's a lot of prerequisites, but still, the possibilities here are pretty neat. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. BONUS: Xbox Live. Smart entrepreneurs Twitter for profit. (Fortune Small Business) -- A year ago Kris Drey couldn't care less about Twitter. With 13 years of Web site experience, Drey is no technophobe.
He serves as vice president of product marketing at Fliqz, an online video-hosting service with 20 employees in Emeryville, Calif. But when he first skimmed Twitter, the popular micromessaging service launched in 2007, Drey saw a lot of mindless chatter and very little that seemed useful to a video business. Still, with the economy taking a dive, Drey persisted. He was looking for ways to spread the word about Fliqz without spending any more of his maxed-out $15,000 marketing budget. Not only was Twitter the fastest-growing social media service around -- its user base grew by a whopping 1,841% in 2008, to 14 million -- but it also wouldn't cost him a dime.
"The only overhead is your time," says Drey, 40. He did just that. Fast-forward a few months, and @Fliqz now boasts 1,358 followers. Call this the year business invaded Twitter. Overview of US Platforms & Social Networking (Startonomics T. Twitter Has Potential Buyers Atwitter. By Heather Green and Robert D. Hof The microblogging service Twitter has caught on with everyone from celeb Ashton Kutcher to CEOs.
Yet for all the buzz, Twitter has always seemed more novelty than business. Many of the 140-character posts, or "tweets," that people send out on Twitter are about topics as mundane as what they had for lunch or when they're going to sleep. Is there any real value in that? It turns out there is. A Search Ad Revenue Gusher? What's the big appeal? Twitter also offers unusual immediacy. Data Gold Mine There's a social dimension to Twitter that appeals to advertisers, too. Twitter co-founder Biz Stone acknowledges past buyout talks, but he says the focus now is on building the business. Green is an associate editor for BusinessWeek.