Nick O’Neill provides another study of application use.
It’s good because it shows the complexity of the application ecosystem since the profile redesign. The conclusion? Well, we can’t make a conclusion yet. Some apps are doing worse, and some apps are doing better. That may make for more confusing analysis, but it also makes for a [...]

It’s only been a few days, but the buzz on Facebook Search has already died down.
It’s pretty easy to see why.
Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft have all tried to slap social networks on top of their portals and search engines. In large, it didn’t work because social networks are, not surprisingly, different from search.
Over the next [...]

Silicon Alley Insider jumps in and notes that due to the new Facebook design, widgets are dead.
Sounds bad for developers, right?
The reason it isn’t is the distinction between “widgets” and “apps”. Widgets are simple displays of static information. Applications are robust, full experiences on the web. Sure, widgets are dead. But apps are flourishing.Most importantly, [...]