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The next Facebook F8 will take place on March 25, 2015 at Fort Mason, San Francisco

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by on April 30, 2014 at 6:09 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, f8-2014, Insider

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Mark Zuckerberg has just announced that the next Facebook F8 developer conference will be at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco on March 25, 2015. This represents a return to an annual frequency for an event that was on hiatus between September 2011 and today. Zuckerberg promised that Fort Mason would represent a “bigger, cooler” venue for the event, which has been relatively low-key this year. In 2011, I described the epic, TV show-style livestream that Facebook put on as “a milestone in online media.” There was nothing quite like that this time at the Concourse Exhibition Center. No word…

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Facebook unveils Audience Network, its mobile ad network for third-party apps

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by on April 30, 2014 at 6:06 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, f8-2014

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As expected, Facebook today announced its mobile ad network, Audience Network, with three formats: banner, interstitial and native. The service brings Facebook’s existing targeting and measurement features to third-party app ad inventory. Marketers already running News Feed ads can push them out to third-party apps through Audience Network with a single click. The service will draw on creative from existing Facebook ads. Facebook said the network is expanding to new advertisers “in the coming months.” Test partners of Audience Network included Target, Vinted and Audible.

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Facebook introduces a mobile Like button for third-party apps

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by on April 30, 2014 at 5:51 pm
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Facebook today announced a new Like button for mobile app partners. The feature is currently in beta and will be rolling out over the next couple weeks. When the feature goes live, third-party developers will be able to drop Like buttons into their apps so that users can share content with their friends. Facebook previously supported the Like action with its Open Graph platform, but its new button taps directly into Facebook’s own liking system. Facebook Strategic Partnerships head Ime Archibong also announced at F8 new Send to Mobile and Message Dialog features for app developers. Check out our F8 2014…

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Facebook launches FbStart, a program providing up to $30,000 in free tools and services for app developers

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by on April 30, 2014 at 5:47 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, Design & Dev, f8-2014, Social Media

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At its F8 conference today, Facebook announced FbStart, a new program to help app developers by providing free tools and services “to get your app up and running fast.” FbStart includes two tracks: Boostrap (up to $5,000) and Accelerate (up to $30,000). Developers attending F8 can apply immediately, and the program will be opened to all developers “in the coming weeks.” If selected, they will receive credits for Facebook advertising as well as Parse, plus free services from companies that deliver product testing, recruiting, customer care, video conferencing and document management. The program wasn’t created by just Facebook. Partners include…

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Parse announces Local Datastore SDKs for using apps in offline mode

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by on April 30, 2014 at 5:39 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, f8-2014

Parse co-founder and Facebook Platform chief Ilya Sukhar announced at F8 today a new set of SDKs, dubbed Local Datastore, designed to store data locally so apps can function while a user is offline. Sukhar also revealed more affordable pricing for Parse and new analytics dashboards for tracking growth and user retention. Head over to our F8 2014 tag for all of our coverage of the event.

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