Reports indicate that users can expect to see Facebook integrated into the upcoming iOS 6 — an announcement likely to be officially made by Apple during the upcoming WWDC, slated for June 11-15 in San Francisco.
It was only a matter of time, according to The Verge, which notes that “both iOS 4 and Apple’s much-maligned Ping music/social network service both were hinted to have Facebook integration in early versions, only to have the final product released without it.”
“Twitter will still very much be a part of the new iOS (presumably named ‘iOS 6’ and codenamed ‘Sundance’), and that company will be holding sessions at WWDC to chat more about the continued partnership (including the integration into the forthcoming OS X Mountain Lion),” reports TechCrunch.
“Facebook integration will be very important for iOS — tons of apps use Facebook for sign-ups and authentication (many use Facebook as the only way to do this, to the dismay of some),” adds TechCrunch. “Apple was undoubtedly watching this activity and realized that it was time to formally bring Facebook on board.”
TechCrunch notes: “This is also a huge win for Facebook, which until now has relied on the sort of clunky Single Sign On technique in iOS where you click a connect button in an app and get fast-app-switched into the Facebook app to authorize permissions. Once you do this, you’re fast-app-switched back into the original app. Other apps still use the old HTML pop-up for Facebook authentication.”
Rob ScottJune 4, 2012 at 03:20am
TechCrunch notes: “This is also a huge win for Facebook, which until now has relied on the sort of clunky Single Sign On technique in iOS where you click a connect button in an app and get fast-app-switched into the Facebook app to authorize permissions. Once you do this, you’re fast-app-switched back into the original app. Other apps still use the old HTML pop-up for Facebook authentication.”
Reports indicate that users can expect to see Facebook integrated into the upcoming iOS 6 — an announcement likely to be officially made by Apple during the upcoming WWDC, slated for June 11-15 in San Francisco.
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TechCrunch notes: “This is also a huge win for Facebook, which until now has relied on the sort of clunky Single Sign On technique in iOS where you click a connect button in an app and get fast-app-switched into the Facebook app to authorize permissions. Once you do this, you’re fast-app-switched back into the original app. Other apps still use the old HTML pop-up for Facebook authentication.”
TechCrunch notes: “This is also a huge win for Facebook, which until now has relied on the sort of clunky Single Sign On technique in iOS where you click a connect button in an app and get fast-app-switched into the Facebook app to authorize permissions. Once you do this, you’re fast-app-switched back into the original app. Other apps still use the old HTML pop-up for Facebook authentication.”
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