How-to: using the new Facebook stream API in a desktop appArs Technica, MA - Ryan PaulPyFacebook mitigates a lot of the pain of Facebook client development because it handles all of the authentication, session, and signature hash stuff. It hides those idiosyncrasies under a simple... 

IBM Gives Developer Portal Social-networking MakeoverPC World - Chris Kanaracus, Chris KanaracusEventually, My DeveloperWorks users will be able to directly interact with profiles they may have on third-party social networking services like Facebook and Twitter, according to a spokeswoman.... 

Gamasutra New Zynga Execs To Lead iPhone Development, New StudioGamasutra, CA - Kris Graftby Kris Graft Social game developer Zynga, which makes games for outlets ranging from Facebook to the iPhone, has hired on two new executives — one to lead development of games on the iPhone,... 

Can Facebook's Stream API Revive The Widget Economy?AllFacebook, DC - Nick O’NeillEarlier this week Facebook officially opened the stream API and with it came many new opportunities for developers. The most significant opportunity is the one provided to widget developers.... 

Techtree.com Palm to Offer Pre, Other Devices for FreePC World - Ian PaulPalm may also ask "Real Reviewers" to guest blog for Palm or host a discussion board on Palm's Facebook page. To sign up, you have to fill out an eight-question survey and tell Palm a little bit about... 

CBC.ca Hey Facebook! Here's a quiz for youmsnbc.com - Helen A.S. Popkin, Helen A.S. PopkinThe euphonious “is” was dropped from status updates, the profile page is more like a laundry list of junk, and now Facebook is opening its infamously closed network to outside developers... 

Gamasutra Zynga Strengthens Executive Team; Positions Company for Continued …Business Wire (press release), CAZynga's games are available on Facebook, myspace, Bebo, Hi5, Friendster, Tagged, Yahoo! and the iphone, and include Texas Hold'Em Poker, Mafia Wars, yoville, Vampires,... 

Software application developmentZDNet UK, UKIn the survey of web execs, the majority (59 per cent) said they stick with email, a fifth (20 per cent) said they use phone calls to schedule meetings and many cited other tools such as LotusNotes, Salesforce.com, iPhone, and Cappture, Facebook and... 

Facebook plans to give developers more accessPakTribune.com, PakistanSAN FRANCISCO, USA: Internet social media company Facebook plans to allow outside developers access to core parts of the website so they can build new services, a person familiar with the situation said. The person said the... 

IBM Gives Developer Site a Social Network FeelInternetNews.com, NYNearly 65 percent said they want to start using social networking capabilities like those found on Facebook, Twitter and MySpace as a primary way to build new skills and collaborate with peers on one easy-to-use destination....