Facebook Roundup: IPO, 3rd Party Apps, FTC, Passwords, Engineering, Skype and Legal

Facebook IPO in Late 2012? - The Financial Times reported this week that Facebook’s IPO is set for the end of next year, with a valuation of what would be at least $66 billion. But The New York Times said Facebook was on track to go public in the first half of next year. Facebook itself hasn't made any official statements about FTC Proposes New Privacy Regs - The Federal Trade Commission proposed rules this week that may affect how children under 13 use the Internet. Mobile web apps are now included in the rules, for example, and so may require parental consent for use. Update on Case Sensitivity of Passwords - ZDnet wrote a piece this week in which Emil Protalinski found that Facebook passwords are not entirely case sensitive. Facebook responded noting that the site accepts three forms of your password: the original, the original with the first letter capitalized (to accommodate mobile devices) and the original password with cases reversed (to accommodate a caps lock being on). Facebook’s FBAR - Facebook’s Engineering Team wrote a note this week detailing FBAR, or Facebook Automatic Remediation. These are scripts that detect errors or breakage in servers, automatically removing them from the system, determining the problem, alerting a technician to replace the drive, testing it and re-adding to Facebook’s infrastructure. It now manages more than 50% of Facebook’s infrastructure and is doing the work of about 200 system admins. [Image Via Facebook] Skype, Facebook Integration 5.4 - Skype released its Mac updates recently that includes a Facebook integration that allows you to IM and connect with friends without leaving Facebook, also allowing you to read/update the feed, comment Like and more. Custom URLs Available to Anyone - Facebook no longer requires users or Pages to need 25 friends to acquire a custom URL. Fake Facebook Name Not a Felony - Forbes reported this week that, despite an initial concern that a fake Facebook name could be considered a felony under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, an amendment added eliminated this possibility. App Allows Cross-Platform Posting - If This Then that allows users to cross-post to dozens of programs for content management purposes, such as instant messaging to your blog.

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