Word: f8
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...been a heck of a year for Facebook, everyone's favorite social network. That was obvious when founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage at F8, the annual developers' conference in San Francisco on Wednesday...
...mean to be a total tool when I say: Knock it off already with this talk of a "movement." That's what Zuckerberg called Facebook throughout his hour-long presentation yesterday: A movement. As in, "Last year at F8, everyone here together at the San Francisco Design Center started a movement...
...cute when he said it at the first F8, last year. It got your attention. It was exciting. Especially coming from the tech world's Doogie Howser...
...watch the video of the speech, as I did, by Googling the name of the developers' conference, "F8." What made F8 significant, historic even, was that it was the first time the Facebook platform was thrown open to developers. Anyone who knew how to write applications for Facebook was invited in. Andreessen says an open-coding environment is key to any successful platform because the easier it is to use, the more developers will be drawn to it, making the platform that much more powerful. Facebook also gave developers free distribution. Users who want...
...original version of this article incorrectly stated that F8 is the name of the Facebook platform. It is the name of the developer's conference...