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Rockmelt Ends Its Browser Dreams
Rockmelt announced Thursday it would soon end support for its desktop browser service, instead transitioning its user base to its mobile apps and newly launched Web-based product. The company, helmed by ex-Netscape engineers and backed by Marc Andreessen, aimed to reinvent the browser with social capabilities. But as Rockmelt subtly admitted in its post, Google’s Chrome momentum was just too much to keep up with.
Viddy Co-Founder Chris Ovitz to Depart Company
Another high-level departure for the struggling social video startup.
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Twitter Beefs Up Cards Technology to Attract Mobile Developers
As we reported it would last week, Twitter on Tuesday evening announced an expansion to its Cards technology program, aiming to encourage more mobile developers to create customized, multimedia-based tweets for the service. Twitter hopes this will attract more third-party developers to create richer tweets for the stream, while offering more ways for small businesses and app developers to promote and sell their content.Twitter’s Developer Event Will Deal With Cards
The microblogging service will introduce new types of “Cards” technology at an event in San Francisco next week.
Aviary Brings Photo-Editing Tools to Windows 8 Developers
Good news for Windows software enthusiasts could spell good news for Microsoft, too.
With New Timeline Tweaks, Facebook Continues Courting App Developers
A few perks for app developers on Facebook’s Timeline. But will the users bother to play along?
Developers! Facebook Really Wants Your Lifestyle Apps.
The social giant’s bets big on a new class of third-party apps to strengthen its platform.
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Twitter Beefs Up Search Product
On the heels of a significant revamp to its mobile products, Twitter has expanded the amount of results you can find using the company’s search product, the company announced Thursday. While previously search results only returned tweets over a series of days, Twitter search will now span years of results, serving up tweets based on certain factors like engagement, retweets and the like.Beginning This Week, Expect to See a Lot Fewer Spammy Actions on Facebook
Goodbye, Farmville crops notices. (And good riddance.)
Facebook’s Platform Policy Explanation Only Raises More Questions
Facebook posts an addendum to its policy for developers building on the platform. But how much is it really saying?