A blog about Social Media by John Maver and Cappy Popp
John Maver and Cappy Popp will be holding a workshop on “Facebook: Beyond The Basics” at SES Toronto 2011 on June 14, 2011. In this session we’ll cover some of the details behind the platform that’s quickly becoming the most powerful, important, and rapidly-evolving web presence in the world. We assume you know the basics, [...]
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In late January Facebook finally added support for HTTPS, allowing users to browse the site securely. HTTPS provides a combination of the HTTP and SSL protocols, enabling encrypted communication between a user’s computer and a web server. Using HTTPS to access the site – though undoubtedly slower – protects users from sniffing attacks on public networks. Sniffing [...]
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One of our clients, AVG Technologies, has partnered with Zynga to offer FarmVille players an exclusive AVG Biplane with purchase of AVG PC TuneUp for 66% off. So far, AVG is one of very few companies to offer these sponsored in-game purchases. The campaign works by prompting FarmVille users when they load the game to [...]
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As part of his article series for the Japanese magazine Web Site Expert, writer Bart Eisenberg interviewed John Maver and Cappy Popp about the state of Facebook application development and related technical books. Their book, Essential Facebook Development: Build Successful Applications for the Facebook Platform, covered how to create applications from end to end. Read [...]
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Join Cappy Popp, Co-Founder of Thought Labs, as he covers an overview of the platform (where we have been/where we are going), a detailed chat about the “Like” feature (and whether or not it has been successful), privacy changes, the long tail of Facebook and how social plugins impact you. The webinar begins at 2:00pm [...]
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Cappy Popp was recently quoted in an article in PC World titled “What Is Your Facebook Data Worth?” by Narasu Rebbapragada. Cappy talked about the massive amount of information that users willingly supply to Facebook in their profiles. The article goes on to talk about the newest privacy issues and hacks. You can read the [...]
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Last week, Jaime Tedford and I talked about the Facebook Open Graph and how businesses could benefit from it. It was well attended, with lots of great questions from the audience. Here are the slides we used: Facebook Open Graph 6.10.10 View more presentations from MITX.
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John Maver will be presenting, along with Jaime Tedford of Brand Networks on the recent Facebook Open Graph announcement and how businesses can take advantage of it. The event will be held on June 10th at Northeastern University, starting at 8:30 am. Facebook has yet again changed the game with theannouncement of the next version of [...]
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Today, I was part of a panel discussion on Facebook Connect . Here is a quick summary and key points: Panelists 1. (Moderator) John J. Maver, Jr. – Co-Founder and Principal at Thought Labs 2. Dan Abdinoor – Developer, Hubspot; 3. Leah Busque – Founder, RunMyErrand Inc; 4. Meagan Ellis – PR Account Manger, Kel [...]
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Our book, Essential Facebook Development, is now available. The synopsis: With more than 300 million active users, Facebook is the world’s #1 social networking platform. But developing successful Facebook applications presents unique challenges, both technical and nontechnical. Now, two of the world’s most experienced Facebook developers show you exactly how to meet those challenges. Essential [...]
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