
Facebook is relying on some good, old-fashioned incentives to boost sales of Facebook Credits in Europe.

Facebook is relying on some good, old-fashioned incentives to boost sales of Facebook Credits in Europe.

Facebook will revamp its preferred developer consultant program, segmenting into four areas: page management, advertising application-programming interface, insights, and custom application development.

Facebook added to the checklist for open graph applications originally published on its developer blog late last month; the social network clarified one requirement, added another, and spelled out a way for developers to review their submissions.

The largest number of Facebook application developers in the Asia-Pacific region comes from a country where Facebook has been banned since 2009: China.

Facebook said it has approved more than 90 percent of the submissions for open graph applications submitted since f8 in September, and it issued a guidelines reminder for developers who have yet to submit their apps.

Facebook introduced new options for users to report issues with applications on the social network.

Facebook launched an initiative aimed at giving third-party developers included in the portfolios of seed funds advanced notice of new tools and features, with the aim of encouraging those developers to build their businesses around the social network.

Facebook Credits haven’t worked out as well as many third-party developers hoped, panelists are saying at the Inside Social Apps 2012 conference in San Francisco.

This Valentines Day, the most popular video game and the most popular social network are finally hooking up: Angry Birds and Facebook.

Facebook has been evolving into more of an operating system than a standalone website, but this hasn’t suddenly happened overnight.