Facebook.com has unleashed a flood of development over the
last few weeks with the unveiling of their new development platform.
A couple of weeks ago, social network giant
Facebook went live with its new platform for third-party application
development. The unveiling, which came just in time for summer vacation (or
final exams for many schools), is the beginning of what is perhaps the biggest
change for Facebook since it began operations in 2004. Using the new Facebook
Development Platform, developers can use Facebook data to build their
applications for use inside user profiles. Alresady, a torrent of applications
have been filling Facebook's directory, with promise of countless more to come.
With so many applications out there, it's hard to find the best of them. Here is
just a sampling of a few applications that you simply have to check out:
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 The
Graffiti application allows users to draw pictures to their friends in a
wall-to-wall format.
Graffiti
Stanford University sophomores Alex Onsager and Joachim De Lombaert bring you
the Graffiti application, a box that nicely supplements Facebook's own Wall
application. Instead of just plain text, though, Graffiti users can draw
pictures on each others' walls in an environment similar to Microsoft Paint. At
last you can add a little color to your friend's profile, or play a game of
Tic-Tac-Toe wall-to-wall! The creators are busy adding new features to
Graffiti, which promises to be a great way to doodle away the idle hours!
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 Find
true love with the Facebook Matches application.
Matches
For the socially awkward, there is finally a way to find the love of your life
without ever leaving home! Got a crush on that cute girl in English? Simply
match yourself with her and hope for the best! Users can anonymously match
themselves with the apples of their eyes. If two people both match each other,
then they are both notified via e-mail. Also peruse "Facebook's Most Wanted"
and try to climb the rankings to become the number one most admired person on
Facebook! It's a simple, rejection-free way of finding your admirers, and, hey,
maybe it'll get you a date!
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 This
no-frills add-on simply displays your musical statistics.
last.fm charts
The much-anticipated official Last.fm application finally made an appearance
about a week ago, but we prefer this simpler unofficial application. While the
official application offers in-profile radio and album art, for the purists who
simply want to show what music they are listening to, last.fm charts does the
trick. You can choose from a flash-based or a table-based layout, and the
application displays your most recently-played tracks from
Last.fm. It is small and very unobtrusive, an application which doesn't
overstuff your profile, yet still does a great job.
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 iLike, which lets you add music and videos to your profile, and see who's going to what concerts, is the most used application on Facebook as of June 8, 2007. iLike
If you aren't afraid of a full-fledged application inside your profile, check out iLike, the fastest growing application in Facebook's directory.
iLike allows users to add songs and music videos to their profiles as well as keep an eye on what friends are going to what concerts in the area.
Or, for another time-waster, try out the iLike Music Challenge, a competitive quiz to test your musical IQ. Try to best your friends' score by answering
more questions correctly with more speed. Climb the ranks to become a music expert!
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