TeleVoce, developer of Skype value-added solutions, launches its first Facebook application, Poke the Pope. Go figure. The connection is not that complicated, or it doesn’t seem so to me. Facebook has created an open developer’s playground that offers the fastest way to connect to millions of users. That includes you. From my view it would be stupid to not make the connection. Facebook users have been poking each other since it was founded, and now you can Poke the Pope.
I realize the TeleVoce connection is not obvious, certainly not linked directly to Facebook application development. We did consider more direct communication application development for Facebook and other social networks. The facts were that successful Facebook application development is linked to almost nothing. Only a few classic games can make a direct connection. The first task then is to make that connection.
It is a bit of a new world. This release, if you can even call it that, might be called 1.0 or 0.8 beta. No one keeps track in any public way of revisions in social networking applications. But the changes are happening every day. The obvious advantage is no one needs to download or do anything. Regular changes will be driven by user feedback and what we learn. It is a new day for TeleVoce. This is a sea change and why there has been a continual drift in this direction. It is a new day on the Internet and it is time for us to join –and time for you. If you are not on Facebook, it is time to explore. Time to Poke the Pope.