Facebook Developer Updates: Real-Time Features, Stream Plugin Upgrade, News Articles in Searches

Facebook announced a few changes to its platform yesterday, that have been showing up in recent weeks. Here’s a quick look.

It has begun providing developers with real-time updates for page updates, as well as object updates including location, timezone, relationship status and significant other. Developers can also now subscribe to check-in data, the same as other objects, provided that the user has granted permission. These updates allow developers to update their cached data without having to poll Facebook’s servers, helping to improve their user experience and overall reliability.

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