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Facebook Open Stream API now available. Another important step toward greater openness through Facebook Platform.The following shows an overview of the services offered:

• The design of this Facebook service has followed standard Activity Stream, which have been a working definition. Saying how important it is to follow a standard.

• You can access information from the stream of users through a set of predefined methods in the API, or else through FQL tables (for more flexibility).

• It allows to consult the user activity, such as stream update (add entries to the sequence of activities). The power update stream from an application, to avoid the use of screens confirmation of publication in the feed (it published in a transparent way for the user).

• Both to consult and to update the user will have to give permission to each application you want to use this service.

Screenshot to allow access to the stream:

For more information about the facebook API service check here.