Like everyone, we’re reading the Facebook gossip bouncing around the web.

However, there is some more important news- developers of pages and apps should study the developer roadmap for invites. As invites transition to the inbox this may, they’re bound to become more important and, briefly, more viral.

It’s easy to be overwhelmed by the flurry of news about Facebook’s News Feed Patent (of course, it’s doubtful to ever see serious litigation).

More important for developers are the upcoming changes to Facebook’s notifications system. Check out ReadWriteWeb for the update.

A recently released Facebook Engineering video has us thinking.

If Facebook’s willing to take big risks as the market leader, should brands be willing to take risks as well?

Google Buzz is getting buzz.

But the complaints are obvious.

Facebook knows who our friends are and Google doesn’t.

That’s not going to change.

Techcrunch has the breaking- if vague- news of a Facebook email project.

Developers should take note- with upcoming changes to the notification system, emails have become more important. If those emails appear on or through Facebook, that change could be even more significant than it already was.

Yesterday, we were creating a new Facebook presence for a client and wondering whether groups might be a viable strategy, in some cases.

This guide to Facebook Groups vs. Pages is highly useful in making the decision.

2 things become clear from the article and comments:

1. Pages are almost always a better solution for brands.

2. There’s a lot of confusion between the groups and pages products.

We noted before that Facebook and Foursquare were heading on a collision course.

Foursquare knows it.

Look for geolocation to launch at the next F8.

Since the begining of Facebook Platform, Dave Morin has been a notable name for developers.

Now, he’s leaving.

The whole developer community wishes him luck. But more importantly, we hope that his new project is as exciting as his last one.

Recent reports confirm that MySpace is using Facebook Connect.

We never thought we’d say it, but it’s time to follow MySpace’s lead.

If MySpace is using Facebook Connect, what excuse does your business have not to integrate it in some new way?

We just want to call it first.

When Facebook finally releases geolocation, expect to hear a few pundits say that Foursquare is under fire.

Is it true? That’s for other pundits to determine.