Facebook pushes status, notes, links and videos to apps and the web
Facebook has just opened key new features of its site to developers, creating new ways to make use of Facebook user data in third-party applications or on other web sites. They include status updates (like what Twitter does), notes (a simple blogging tool), links to other web sites (formerly known as "posted items), and Facebook videos.
The status updates feature has already been on display in CNN’s live video stream of President Barack Obama’s inauguration - status updates are intriguing because micromessaging service Twitter essentially revolves around the same feature. Developers can access Twitter data to do things like aggregate stock picks, through an application programming interface. Essentially, Facebook is trying to make status updates - and much more - available to third parties, although its not clear how much mixing up of Facebook’s data the company is prepared to allow. Facebook Photos, one of Facebook’s most valuable collections of data, has already been available.
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