Digital Week in Review: Facebook Places API Released Amsive Digital Published: August 23, 2010 2 min read Categories: News Digital News Roundup is a new weekly segment which highlights the latest in news and happenings in the online world within the past week. Re-Virb: Social Network Relaunches, Hopes to Become ‘Tumblr For Entire Websites’; TechCrunch Re-Virb is planning to take the simple features and high quality design of Tumblr to blogging platforms and apply them to the creation of ‘entire websites’. The Takeaway: The seamless integration of social media on Re-Virb make WordPress and Tumblr seem advanced. Facebook Moving away from FBML; All Facebook Facebook will be moving away from FBML toward iFrames in both canvas applications as well as Facebook applications. The Takeaway: Start planning for the move now. You don’t want your pages and apps to be left behind. Pay Attention to this Startup: Shopkick, Launching Today, Is Foursquare for Shopping – With Actual Rewards; Silicon Alley Insider Shopkick launched its flagship iPhone app last week. This new app brings together the best parts of mobile apps, location-based services, and commerce, and definitely adds a new spin to location-based apps. The Takeaway: Using commerce and location-based apps is no longer something to be ignored. Social Recommendations Startup GetGlue Launches Android App, Mobile Website; TechCrunch Similar to the recently launched iPhone app, the free Android app and new mobile site allows users can to check-in to their favorite shows, music, movies and books, and see what their friends are enjoying in real-time. The Takeaway: With GetGlue’s recent partnerships with Revision3, HBO, Showtime, Barnes and Noble, and Universal, real time social recommendations are just around the corner. Facebook Places API Released; Mashable Facebook is hoping the apps created with this API will enhance real-world social experiences, and online marketing experiences. The Takeaway: The power of knowing where your friends are at the exact moment they’re there could be used in countless ways, both for fun and for profit. Start brainstorming.