Facebook announces mobile platform; Single Sign-On, location APIs, deals to start

By on Nov 3, 2010 at 1:53 PM
Breaking November 3, 2010

Facebook today announced the introduction of its mobile platform. The purpose of the project is to provide a social environment for mobile devices that will eventually mirror the company’s dominant Web-based platform. The initial mobile platform involves a number of projects across a variety of mobile operating systems — including iOS, Android and BlackBerry — and it will allow developers to more easily expand their Facebook products beyond the desktop environment.

Platform announcements made today include:

•Single Sign-On — quick easy log-ins from mobile apps on mobile devices
•Location APIs — allows any mobile app to access Facebook location services
•Deals Platform — location-based platform for local businesses to offer deals to nearby Facebook users

Facebook is updating its Android product immediately to include support for Single Sign-On and other new features, and its iOS offering will be updated next week.

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  • http://twitter.com/tsaunders tsaunders

    Doesn’t single sign on already exists via OpenID?

    • http://www.wjwoodjr.com Jarmer

      yes it does, but like with so many other things, facebook wants to do its own thing, and have people use THEIR services, instead of an already existing industry standard.

      • http://twitter.com/tsaunders tsaunders

        Just like they want to take over Foursquare with Place?

  • http://twitter.com/Macil1868 Ryan

    Have they mentioned when it’ll be released yet?

  • Anonymous

    Their facebook application for android needs a complete overhaul. Funny how a multi billion dollar social networking company can have such a sub par product while the iOS version shines.

    • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tristan-Thomas/100001302678449 Tristan Thomas

      Who uses the apps anyways? Although its preinstalled on my G2 I always gravitate to touch.Facebook.com

      It has mostly every zuck is talking about already.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tristan-Thomas/100001302678449 Tristan Thomas

    So far I only see them talking about things that already exsist. *yawns* zuck wants to be like the big boys. Next time you want to hold an event hold it in your Facebook status

    What a waste of anticipation.

  • sam

    Facebook = HELL

  • Snoopy Poopstain

    Why do people have such an obsession with facebook? I really don’t care if one of my friends is “totally excited about going out tonight” or “just took the biggest poop ever”… Get a life and if you like connecting with friends so much, call them to meet you for a drink after work, not “poke” them or send some other stupid annoyance their way via facebook.

    • justin bieber

      wow you must live in a shelter

      • MicroNix

        Look at his handle and everything is explained…

      • http://twitter.com/NICKVALENTIN0 Nick Valentino

        Facebook is just an online stage for people to say “PAY ATTENTION TO ME!”

  • Anonymous

    Yes, OpenID is a single-sign on tech. The difference is that Facebook building an API to court specific 3rd parties to integrate into their deals and location products. Privacy issues looms, Zuck comments about people must opt-in (to give their privacy away) is bull. Consumers opt-in for feature/functionality.

  • Anonymous

    Facebook is getting less and less private with every update. Zuck said so himself that privacy on the internet is a thing of the past, and that privacy simply does not exist anymore in the digital world. That is true to a point, but Facebook can only be as private as they allow it to be. The less privacy, the more multibillion dollar companies will be able to advertise to us and make money off of us by seeing what we are doing, see where we are, where we will be, what we like, what we don’t like, what where we are going, etc. etc., all in order to make that cash. And that is why Zuckerberg is so hell bent on throwing users’ privacy out the window – he makes more and more money because of it. He could care less about the privacy of Facebook’s users.

    • Anonymous

      All the better reason NOT TO USE Facebook. Zuckenburg is a crook who built his company by stealing from his friends/business partners. I would love nothing better then to see the little idiot out of the industry.

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