Facebook announced over 25 new products and tools at F8 2015 to help developers build, grow, and monetize mobile apps. This includes updates to core platforms like Graph API 2.0, new messaging capabilities in Messenger, and expanded tools for sharing content across devices and platforms. Facebook also outlined its continued focus on emerging technologies like virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and internet-beaming drones to expand its services beyond social networking.

1. F8 2015 Madhumitha Loganathan

2. F8 Overview
• 2007 Facebook Platform
• 2008 Facebook Connect
• 2010 Social plugin
• 2011 Timeline
• 2014 Graph API 2.0, App
Links, Audience Network

3. 30 million apps + sites built using Facebook’s tools.
> 80 percent of the top 100 apps use FB login.
3 billion video’s viewed on Facebook every
FB drove 3.5 billion app installations in 2014
Shared $8.5-billion in revenue with app makers over the years.
Users shared 50 billion pieces of content from apps last year.

7. Businesses on Messenger

8. WhatsApp handles the fundamentals While Messenger the
Complex messaging tasks
Voice calling coming to iOS in a ‘couple weeks’
No plans yet to release WhatsApp APIs

9. 400K apps in 2014
Parse for IoT: an official new line of SDKs for connected
devices.
Arduino, Embedded C SDKs
Examples: Garage doors, Security Cameras, smart
batteries, smart thermostat,
Gets a Debugger - Parse Explorer

10. Cross-Device, Cohorts, Segments, Funnels
http://on.fb.me/1CdVC05

11. Aquila Drones
• Beam Down Internet Access
60,000-90,000 feet below with
Lasers
• Lighter than a car, but longer
as a Boeing 737

12. O/S libraries
React Native - Build native iOS and Android Apps with JS
iOS:
ComponentKit - Objective-C++ view framework for iOSJavascript.
Android:
Fresco - new image library for Android apps
Year Class - figure out what kind of device a user is running.
Network Connection Class - developers can get a better idea of
the kind of speeds their users are getting on their networks

13. VR in the newsfeed!
• Oculus VR spherical videos in news feed
• Interact with mouse in news feed
• did not announce anything regarding shipping

14. Embeddable fb Videos
https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=10152454700553553

15. Share Sheet

16. App Invites

17. • Native Share and Send buttons for iOS + android
• Social Comments Plugin
• Changes to Graph API
• Memory Networks - Artificial Intelligence
• sophisticated question answering
• https://www.facebook.com/video.php?
v=10153098860532200
• Audience Network + Live Rail for Ads

18. • Facebook has announced more than 25 products/tools
to help developers Build, Grow and Monetize mobile
apps.
• It believes its future is not just as a social network, but will
continue to expand into an array of communications tools
and services.

19. References
• https://fbf8.com
• https://developers.facebook.com/
• http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/25/everything-you-need-to-know-from-todays-facebook-f8-announcements/
• http://recode.net/2015/03/26/oculus-vrs-chief-scientist-were-all-headed-down-the-rabbit-hole-together/
• https://developers.facebook.com/products/sharing/app-invites
• All Videos : https://developers.facebooklive.com/videos?by_category=27
• http://www.slideshare.net/Innobirds_Media/2015-facebook
• http://www.techrepublic.com/article/facebook-f8-2015-the-5-most-important-developments-for-brands-and-
businesses/
• http://money.cnn.com/2015/03/25/technology/facebook-f8-messenger/
• http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/26/facebooks-aquila-drone-will-beam-down-internet-access-with-lasers/
• http://fox59.com/2015/04/07/the-future-of-facebook-includes-drones-artificial-intelligence-and-virtual-reality/
• http://www.slideshare.net/sedayanr/facebook-f8-2015-what-you-need-to-know

20. Thanks

21. Audience - Native Ads

22. App Links
• Deep linking contents in mobile apps
• Cross platform