10 Great Implementations of Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect mania has swept the Internet! Why create an account on a random website when you can click a single button to join? That is the power of Facebook Connect, which allows websites, software, and even mobile devices to integrate with Facebook and send information both ways. The last few months have been very busy ones for developers as they furiously integrated their websites with Facebook Connect. But a few implementations have stood out against the rest. 1. How it uses Facebook Connect: Joost was an early partner, and they've been quick to integrate - notifications, updates, comments, and favorites all stream into your Facebook.
Why it is a winner: Joost really shows what you can do with Facebook integration: seamless logins, updates on the website via Facebook, and news feed items that your friends will see. 2. Why it is a winner: Simplicity is bliss - lowering the barriers to create an account on Vimeo is a simple win for all users. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. Facebook and CNN: The Power of the Social Web Revealed. Today Barack Obama was sworn in as the 44th President of the United States. As several million people attended the inauguration in Washington D.C., Facebook and CNN invited the rest of the world to watch the moment online. Online visitors to CNN.com were able to use its video player to watch the live broadcast coverage of the event. We also saw what has be one of the most brilliant examples of the real-time web in action: next to the video, the Facebook status updates of those watching streamed by in the sidebar.
The integration of the status updates on CNN.com Live was powered by Facebook Connect, Facebook’s relatively new platform for porting your online identity anywhere on the web. When a web site uses Facebook Connect, visitors can easily authenticate on that site using their Facebook account information – no need for a separate username and password. CNN didn’t do too badly either.