Year 2008 is going to be drown keeping the entire burden, crisis and the recession catastrophe. Err, I know the recession phase isn’t over yet but I am so optimistic about it that the New Year 2009 is coming along with all the solutions and opportunities. (more…)

Gone is the year 2008, extremely hectic, over loaded with crisis and blown by the Recession cataclysm. Now celebrate the New Year 2009, coming up with more challenges, more road bumps, more hopes and with many more expectation. On this evolutionary time period, Facebookster is bringing to its clients a ‘Double-treat’. (more…)

Today, social networking is open for everyone, from business men to high school students, all are there on a single network. There are lots of applications available on Facebook which you can find according to your interest.

Facebook applications for patient are a new area to start working on. People are sensitive and hesitant to discuss on social networks with friends and social group. (more…)

According to our sources Facebook was searching for an individual to conduct their music services. But the latest news is that after the launch of MySpace Music in the previous month the competition goes on as Facebook is also going to start music online as stated by Mark Zuckerberg.

For a start, Facebook is looking for a music streaming services provider like Imeem, iLike, Lala, Rhapsody etc. As mentioned above they have planned to work with an outside service provider that already has all the licensing required for it along with technology required on streaming services to be integrated comprehensively with Facebook. Among the four possible Facebook Music partners we have analyzed the streaming features each partner is offering and dealing with the labels to see which one Facebook is most likely to partner with for its almost certainly forthcoming music service. (more…)

If you have started a new business or planning to start a new one then its time to consider how to market it. There are many ways to market your business via print media or digital media. I better prefer digital media on print media. Print media can limit your business advertisement to an extent but using digital media can help you reach every corner of the world simultaneously. Internet provides you this facility. You can reach a million of concerned people within no time through the internet. (more…)

There are many social websites available on internet like MySpace, Orkut, Hi5 and most importantly Facebook. So, what is the difference in among them? Why Facebook is still on the top? The answer is that Facebook kept revolving the interests of the people by introducing new functionalities every few months. The big advantage of Facebook on other social networking sites is Facebook has plenty of applications to enjoy, work and play with. Facebook is also helpful in promoting your business in many ways.

Facebook is still living to the expectations because it doesn’t let the users get bored by amending according to the latest trends and interests of the users. On the other hand, other social sites just provide you the facility of changing the profile layout with some drag drop functions while Facebook knows what the users want and gets it done before the users ask for it. Every day more and more applications are added to its database, giving the users something to work on. Facebook applications are not only an entertainment but also facilitate you with business services by promoting your website among the users and much more. The main thing about Facebook is that its users are mostly authentic and its not easy to make a fake user profile. Research and development team of Facebook is working to keep facebook live till eternity and they aim to provide the best of social networking site to its user.

Facebook provides its users with two great free tools, Fan Pages and Groups, both have their own utility. There are several options with theses tools that you can use according to your need. Suppose if you want to publicize your business via Facebook then the best choice is to have Fan Pages rather to use Groups. Facebook Fan Pages act as personalized business pages.

These two tools differ from each other in the sense that Fan Pages are visible to guest users and search engine recognizes them as index pages, which also helps in SEO tasks. Fan Pages get you traffic on your site or Facebook Application.

In Groups, members can send invitations to other users, even to the non-members, making Groups work as a viral/events-oriented marketing tool.

The following table displays some facts about Fan Pages and Groups on Facebook:

We are looking for Facebook to introduce Groups and Facebook Applications’ interactivity. Fan Pages provide you this opportunity. Groups also are a good way to host discussions and getting attention by the user. On the other side Pages are the best in keeping long-term activities and also improve search abilities on social media.

Facebook provides you a platform for newbie developers, designers, game designers and other people related to such fields to check their worth and demand amongst people. Traditionally, conducting market researches was the sole means of reckoning the worth of your product. However, the popularity of Facebook has lessened the distance between consumers and producers offering a bridge for them to communicate. A producer can actually check how well his product interests people.  For instance, a game designer can launch a demo mini version of his new game and check whether it is appealing to the users or not and accordingly can amend the game.

Facebook has introduced API methods where developer can see their Facebook applications’ analytics on daily, weekly and monthly basis. These information will definitely assist developers in telling how popular is their application is? What are interests the users? There are many specialized analytics services also available. You can also build your own analytics system that is able to gather the user info related to your application. After seeing the analysis, you can check your app credibility and would be able to modify your Facebook application according to the trend and users’ interest. There are lot more things you can do with having those analytics.

With this, a rating system is also provided which alert developers about the “spaminess” of their applications. Easy to know when they are having high spam and make changes accordingly. Facebook strictly consider SPAMs and now the back-up actions of Facebook are visible to developers and they should know about their application, going to be banned for having over-activity.

Politicians are now converting Facebook to a new platform to enhance their political career. With the popularity in youth of technology, many politicians are realizing the significance of Facebook. They are trying to find their votes on Facebook, as it seems effective to convince the youth. The last election young people are boosted on “Vote or Die” situation.

Marketing director for Facebook, Melanie Deitch said, “We wanted to provide a forum for politicians to have their ideas heard.”
The observers on political issues have noticed that Facebook is becoming a center of attention to people all over the world and it’ll prove to be effective to carry an election campaigns there. In addition to this Politicians are also taking Facebook Applications under their consideration, many applications are already present on Facebook promoting some candidates.

Professor of political science, University of Saskatchewan, David McGrane, in an interview to CBC News said “Facebook has picked up where blogs left off. This is sort of the first Facebook election,” he said. “Though blogs have been used in past federal elections, the feeling is — the feeling I’m getting — is that technology like this, information technology, is going to become more and more a part of elections.”

Larissa Shasko the candidate of Green party in the Saskatchewan riding of Palliser has a Facebook Fan Page and a Facebook Application. Within three days of campaign, she got 44 supporters on that politician page. She said that she uses Facebook to send messages to her supporters, but avoid being a spammer.

She also said, “I don’t believe in spamming. I think to use Facebook to spam people is irresponsible and it just hurts those of us that are trying to get our message across to a younger age demographic who believe Facebook is a great way to let us all speak.”

Ralph Goodale, Liberal candidate, had more than 600 supporters on his Facebook page. There are many like these on Facebook and all of them are seeking for more. Some Political candidates have their own Facebook Applications to promote their ideas and motives.

The latest update from Facebook is that it has introduced a new accessibility option to your Facebook applications. Previously, the new design didn’t provide a good accessibility to your applications and if you want to make changes to your applications you had to redirect to the Home Page but now you can have direct access to your applications from any page. It is an easier way for the users to find and bookmark their favorite applications. Facebook, with this new design, makes Applications prominent by displaying the most favorite applications in the bottom menu. All users’ bookmarked Applications are on the shortcut bar same as windows quick launch that contains links up to 6 Facebook Applications. Now, you can easily bookmark an Application while in use.
Josh Elman, Facebook Platform Program Manager, said:

“In the new applications menu, all of user’s bookmarks will appear and be easily accessible. In addition, up to six application icons will be shown to the right of the menu button. When a user is using your application, they will be able to easily identify and bookmark your application with just one click.
Feedback we received indicated that users were having trouble with the Applications link in the top menu. People weren’t easily finding their way to their favorite applications. By moving this menu and displaying a few icons at the new location, users will always be able to find the applications they use, as well as easily bookmark their favorite applications or the ones they use the most.”