Facebook Adds Embeddable Live Stream Widgets and Fan Boxes
Facebook is slowly moving out of the walled garden and toward public information streaming. Now admins of pages or applications on Facebook can share their Facebook activity streams on other websites via a few new widgets.
For Example the live stream box allows users to update their status from within your own site. Im not exactly too sure how this will help as a publisher, but it is a pretty cool embed widget none the less.
The Live Stream Box, works two ways, using tabs to switch between them. Friends mode displays your Facebook stream the way you’d see it, with all of your friends’ latest updates. Everyone Watching mode shows you the activity of other Facebook users who are also viewing the page where the widget is embedded. There’s also a Fan Box that shows the stream of your fan page, and people can like and comment on posts using the widget. The new widgets don’t replace Facebook badges (did anybody ever use those?), so individuals can still use those show off their Facebook accounts.
