The latest hype in the web2.0 community is the launch of the Facebook Platform. The new platform will come loaded with an array of user-friendly applications for use within Facebook. More than 70 partners have already joined in. Mashable has mentioned more than 30 of the new applications while many new will be added soon. Users can have access to the new applications at http://apps.f8.facebook.com/apps. Let’s take a look at few of the newly added applications.
College Humor: With this application, users can add their CollegeHumor content to their Facebook profiles with utmost ease. You can add images, articles, and videos here and moreover, send your uploaded content to other Facebook users too.
Feedburner: The Headline Animator on the Facebook Platform will show the latest headlines from your FeedBurner blogs, podcasts and RSS feeds to the Facebook users.
Slide (beta): You can integrate your slide shows into Facebook with this application. Another feature is the Slide Guestbook that enables your friends to add video, photo and text comments.
Forbes.com: Forbes integration lets you track company stocks, related financial data, and the latest headline news from Forbes.
Facebook seems to be opening its core functions to the outside developers. The announcement of these third party applications is certainly add to the popularity of Facebook. Check out other applications at Mashable.
Via: Mashable/TechCrunch
