Facebook Application Platform: An O'Reilly Radar Report

Facebook bet that opening its Application Platform would spur growthand build buzz, giving it an edge in the white-hot social networkpopularity contest. Four months and nearly 5000 applications later,it looks like that bet is paying off. Is Facebook the next platformfor profits, too?

Find out what it takes to launch a successful Facebook application,understand the new rules of the application devel...