Widgets are small applications, or apps, that are installed on a Web page by a user. The term "widget" is often used interchangeably with "apps." Facebook has a number of widgets or apps that can be ...

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Here’s another sign that widgets and badges won’t do well in the new Facebook redesign. Nick O’Neill of All Facebook just posted a chart showing traffic to his “Bush Countdown Clock” widget, and boy, ...

Facebook, which says it's making a big announcement this week, is trying to keep details under wraps. But that hasn't stopped the Internet's rabid gossip mill. Last month, word began to circulate that ...

Facebook’s “Like” button recently celebrated its first birthday — noting that 10,000 sites are integrating with the social plugin on a daily basis. A week ago, the evolution of sharing widgets ...

Facebook enables users to create HTML badges as advertisements for Facebook pages. These badges can be pasted into Blogger, TypePad or any site that utilizes HTML. It only takes a few minutes to ...

Facebook Connect is getting in on the widget game. The service, which allows people to sign in to any supported site using their Facebook credentials, was previously available as an API for web ...

People can make their own Facebook applications, and now Widgetbox users can make them faster with App Accelerator, a new Web-based helper tool. CNET Editor Jessica Dolcourt tested it out with her ...

Facebook successfully blocked the "Secret Crush" widget last week for violation of its terms of service. But in the wake of the scheme, the adware company Zango is ...

Just a few weeks after debuting its Twitter and Facebook widgets, Verizon is refreshing them by giving viewers an onscreen cellphone-style keyboard to mash out their own tweets and Facebook status ...

People are clearly getting a little fatigued with all the new Facebook applications – so it’s nice to see something that actually works in reverse by pulling Facebook data into another application.