From InfoWorld: Facebook has set its sights on the mobile space and is looking to software developers to help expand its growing presence on devices.
Pledging platform stability and increased user control over data, CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other Facebook officials detailed a series of improvements Wednesday to accommodate mobile apps that integrate with Facebook services. "Most of you are building mobile apps," Zuckerberg said in discussing the company's transition to a mobile focus at the F8 Facebook Developer's Conference in San Francisco. The company plans to offer cross-platform tools and services to make it easier to build and monetize applications for multiple mobile platforms.
On the API front, Facebook rolled out API versioning to ensure that apps continue to work, and it introduced a new stability guarantee dictating that core APIs will be supported for at least two years even if Facebook changes them. The emphasis on stability extends to a service-level agreement in which Facebook is committed to fixing all major bugs within 48 hours. Media companies will get new public content APIs to help them leverage Facebook content and data.
Zuckerberg emphasized issues with siloed development in the mobile space, with Microsoft, Apple, and Google having their own platforms. Facebook, meanwhile, wants to provide tools to bridge platforms.
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