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Facebook Announces App Center

Posted by samzenpus on from the friend-this-app dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Facebook today announced the App Center. Whether you're a Facebook user or a third-party developer, think of it like the Apple App Store or the Google Play store, but for Facebook. That's right: while in-app purchases have existed for a while, Facebook will now give developers the option to offer paid apps (users will pay a flat fee to use an app on facebook.com)."

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  1. But... but... by DreadfulGrape · · Score: 5, Informative

    ... we hate facebook apps!

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    1. Re:But... but... by game+kid · · Score: 3, Informative

      Well then,

      the URL will be facebook.com/appcenter

      There, I took out all the unimportant parts of the article so you can block the App Center more easily. :D

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  2. Re:This is brilliant! by Bogtha · · Score: 4, Informative

    So how the F%^& is FB going to be allowed to put an App store on iOS unless its jail broken?

    Facebook aren't launching an App Center to sell iOS applications, they are launching an App Center to sell Facebook applications. Facebook applications are basically web applications that are presented through Facebook's interface. The only hurdles Facebook face with iOS are a) making sure their app developers present interfaces suitable for small screens and b) making sure there's no link to buy the apps from within their native application (or else give Apple a 30% cut).

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