Aviary.com is a set of image editing tools created in Flash. Launched to the public yesterday and hailed as "the future of SaaS." I tried pulling up Phoenix, their Photoshop-like tool yesterday but was denied due to high traffic.
What's interesting is the business model. Out of the gate Aviary is ...
Today Facebook announced the 25 fbFund winning companies. The fbFund is a $10M seed fund created by Facebook, Accel Partners, and Founders Fund to help jump start talented developers and entrepreneurs to build sustainable businesses on the Facebook platform.
Each of the following companies received a $25,000 for their first round ...
I was on the panel for this month's Bay Area Facebook Meetup, here is a video:
Facebook announced yesterday a new site of APIs they are referring to as "Permissions APIs". These new APIs will finally give sites such as adonomics.com and developeranalytics.com the needed data to actually have accurate data. Application developers will be able to grant these companies access to their metrics by allowing ...
WeekendApps is a full weekend event to get developers and entrepreneurs together to build and release Facebook applications in one weekend. We want to help you build hugely successful Facebook applications that grow virally and reach millions of users. Our goal is to assist entrepreneurs to reach their potential, launch ...
At some point when developing, you most always hit some type of road block in the development process. When that happens and you forget how to use Google, someone out there has your back. Meet, webdevelopersfieldguide.com, people who searched Google and found the answer to your more than likely FAQ.
So ...
Myspace announced their new application developer platform tonight with semi-locked down event in San Francisco They gave everyone on the RSVP list a free Flip Video Camera and a bag full of other shwag.
After looking through the developer site, I have some serious concerns with the Myspace platform. For one, ...
Google has confirmed that there is no way to authenticate users on non-Google containers, thus allowing spoofing of accounts to occur, and people with the right amount of knowledge can hack OpenSocial to take over others applications.
Now, can someone please explain why Google, the world's most successful internet company, with ...
With developers scrambling for API keys to be the first to launch applications on the new OpenSocial, it seems that Google scrambled as well to get the platform out the door. From my research, it seems that each social network involved will have its own system for sandboxing, regulatory policies, ...
A lot of hype surrounds OpenSocial, but a few things may keep it from taking off the way Facebook applications have.
#1 - Can it be monetized?
If developers can't make money off the applications, then what is the point of developing on the platform?
#2 - Is it truly open?
Can you communicate ...
