Usernames for Facebook Pages

It’s not just with user profiles; the marketing giants will be looking forward to embrace the new URL structure to revise their Facebook marketing campaigns. The new URL structure is planned to be implemented on the Facebook Pages and each page can have a unique name which the administrator will be able to choose on first come first serve basis. So those who want to protect their trademarks from potential misuse have been advised by Facebook to contact theme here.

Usernames for New Members

For those who have joined Facebook on or after May 31, 2009, such users wouldn’t be able to choose the username which I believe is pretty good measure to prevent the abuse. Usernames would be available on http://www.facebook.com/username on Saturday, June 13 from 12:01am EDT. Once selected the username cannot be changed or transferred to anyone else, so take your time and choose a best username for yourself.

Initially, the app GroupCard has got the honor to get the “Pay with Facebook” feature integrated into it where users can use the feature to purchase any of the premium items listed therein for amount between $3 to $25. When users click the “Pay with Facebook” button, a new popup appears showing the total price in Facebook credits and offering Facebook credit purchase options. Facebook bills the credits to a credit card you have on file, or you can enter a new credit card in the popup window.

Now that Facebook is starting to roll out its virtual currency payment service to platform applications, demand for Facebook credits should increase dramatically – which would mean substantial revenue increases for Facebook. With the Facebook Platform economy estimated to be potentially as high as $500 million in total transaction values this year, Facebook could potentially add several million dollars to the bottom line simply by capturing a small piece of the overall market.

Furthermore, you may remember that Facebook’s (often disputed) $15 billion valuation was forged back then in 2008. Now that their user base has doubled, is the valuation still unreasonably high? Or, perhaps, unreasonably low? Despite the economic recession and the press raving about Facebook being unable to turn a profit, while they’re growing at this rate, I don’t think Mark Zuckerberg’s hair will turn gray any time soon.

To celebrate, Facebook has started a charity campaign. Users can go here and share their stories about “how Facebook has helped them give back to their communities, effect change or connect with a distant relative.” They’re working together with 16 charitable and advocacy organizations that have created gifts, available in Facebook’s gift shop. Buy a gift, and 90 to 95 percent of the cost goes back to the organization represented by that gift; Facebook won’t keep any of the money for themselves.

The move comes just a few days after an embarrassing climbdown, after changes to the site’s terms of use led to outrage among many of the site’s 175m users. The concerns, over a shift in wording that appeared to give Facebook perpetual ownership to every piece of data on the site, eventually led to Zuckerberg making a drastic U-turn.

Although executives at the site said they did not intend to offend or annoy users with the earlier changes, they recognised that data ownership was a sensitive issue for many people.

Facebook’s vice president of communications and public policy, Eliot Schrage, said it was ironic that many of the blogs which criticised Facebook’s recent changes had even more.

“Because of the nature of the information our users share, we have to hold ourselves to a higher standard,” he added.

Facebook has suffered from backlashes after before – when implementing its news feed or its controversial Beacon advertising system, for example. But this latest change effectively hopes to stem future controversies in the bud by putting part of the company’s up for public approval (although Facebook will, of course, still control which issues are up for public discussion and vote)

Zuckerberg, who seemed stuck for words on a few occasions, said that although the announcement was precipitated by last week’s farce, the changes had been discussed for a “long time”.

Facebook has announced the winners for its fbfund program. FB fund program is aimed to provide facebook developers to bring up the ideas for innovative and new facebook applications. Winners will be provided a funding of $25,000 to make their idea become reality under the fbfund program. 25 facebook application ideas have initially been declared as winners. These 25 winners will compete again for a grand prize of $225,000 which will be awarded to 5 of these 25 apps. Following is the list and brief description of 25 winners:

BarTab – Send a drink to a friend, with Facebook! BarTab allows users to send real drinks to each other for only $1. Drinks are redeemed through the user’s cell phone at partnered bars and restaurants.

Black Drumm – Black Drumm develops applications that help users organize events with friends. Whether it is going to a local concert, or planning a trek on Kilimanjaro, the application seamlessly coordinates offline activities; no more chains of emails to sort through, or spreadsheets to maintain.

Bottle Rocket – Bottle Rocket helps users pick the perfect bottle of wine. Users can compare wines with friends on Facebook or on the Bottle Rocket iPhone application. Bottle Rocket then analyzes the wines users have liked with ratings from their friends to make informed recommendations.

Check My Campus – Check My Campus makes the college search process easier, better and more fun. The application allows current college students to share photos and videos about life on their campuses, giving high schoolers an inside look at what real life is like at these different schools.

Daikon – Daikon enables users to build powerful applications on the Facebook platform without writing a single line of code. Daikon produces applications that focus on increasing the enjoyment and productivity of the Facebook experience.

Faithfeed – FaithFeed is an application where users can share about their journey of faith with friends. Through the application, users can share praises, prayer requests, resolutions and the details of what God is teaching them. Users can also keep each other accountable and support each other throughout the week.

Good Call Sports LLC – Good Call Football is an app developed by Good Call Sports that allows users to predict each offensive play during a televised football game, in real time, and compete nationwide based on the accuracy of their predictions.

GroupCard – GroupCard lets users rally their friends to sign the same printable online card to celebrate any occassion. Each friend can add a message, upload photos or audio, and even make a gift contribution. GroupCard started at Stanford, and is already used by thousands of groups worldwide.

HitGrab – MouseHunt, a HitGrab creation, is a game of epic proportions. Players are hunters, hired by the king to trap mice that infest his kingdom. For each mouse caught, users will find a reward, bringing them closer to being the best MouseHunter in the land.

Infrablue Technology – Twenty20 Cricket, a Infrablue Technology app, was developed for cricket fanatics around the world to connect and share their passion via an exciting online cricket manager game. Users compete to be the best team by training their players, and then challenging their friends and other team managers!

Kontagent – Kontagent is the leading viral analytics platform for social network application developers. Kontagent analytics provides deep social data visualization and analysis that delivers actionable insights delivered via a hosted, on-demand service.

Koofers – Koofers helps students create and share information that helps with classes. Users can share old tests, quizzes, and study guides; view current and past grade breakdown and average GPA for every class and professor; review professors and read ratings before signing up for new classes, and get help from other students in the same class.

Newsbrane – Newsbrane recommends news stories and other online content to users based on their interests. Vote items up and down and Newsbrane learns the stories a user wants to see.

Party Buzz – Party Buzz is your source of information for what’s happening offline amongst your friends. Check out your friend’s events, discuss weekend plans, and find the best parties. Bonus feature: for each event check the median age, guy-to-girl ratio, number of singles, and more!

Pongr – Pongr is a mobile price comparison service that lets you check prices online and at nearby stores. While shopping, users can share items with their Facebook friends. Pongr mobile apps, texting, and image recognition makes bargain shopping fun!

ProfessionalProfile – Professional Profile leverages a user’s existing social connections into a professional network.

RealGifts – RealGifts is a social gifting application that allows users to send their friends real, tangible gifts in the mail, without needing to know their friends’ delivery address. Combining “virtual gifting” and eCommerce, RealGifts is the most convenient way to send real gifts to your friends.

Socialfly – Be twice the friend in half the time! Socialfly lets users write their own notes about people, set reminders to talk to friends, and plan fun activities together. Socialfly will soon be available on both Facebook and the iPhone.

Teach the People – Teach the People is an open educational platform. Teachers get the tools to share their expertise, allowing their knowledge to go viral, attract an audience, and be monetized effectively. Students get access to high quality, low cost education in Facebook’s social environment.

The Game Creators – The Game Creators built Social Arcade, an application which users get creative and design their own game from shoot-’em-ups to platformers to racing games and more. Users can give friends the gift of a game and even personalize it.

TrailBehind – TrailBehind helps users find great places to hike. Avid hikers can explore maps, plan trips, log their travels, and work together to build better maps of the outdoors.

vDream Racing – vDream would be Henry Ford’s favorite application on Facebook. vDream offers users access to real cars, real parts, real performance specs, and the ability to connect and compete with other car enthusiasts.

WedSnap – WedSnap created Weddingbook, a social network on Facebook for those preparing for a wedding. Brides and grooms meet on Weddingbook to get advice, support, and inspiration during their engagement and wedding planning process.

Wildfire – Wildfire enables consumers to discover, share and engage with interactive promotions like contests, sweepstakes and give-aways and enables companies to easily create their own attractive, branded promotions that are automatically integrated with Facebook’s social features. ]]> http://www.facebooklogger.com/facebook-fb-fund-winners-announced/feed 0