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Around the Grounds: Facebook wants Aussie consultants, Kinect for Windows

Takeaway: The social-networking giant is after Australian candidates to be selected to its Preferred Developer Consultant Program, and we add in a bit of Friday lightheartedness.

Facebook’s Preferred Developer Consultant Program functions as an endorsement program for development houses that build Facebook apps, and they are looking for a few select companies from Australia to join the fold.

“This is a very small program — a handful in each region around the world. It’s not like we’re looking for dozens in Australia. I’m looking for a few key people that are willing to put the work in to be part of the program,” Facebook’s head of platform partnerships for Asia Pacific/Japan, Alexander Kleinberg, said.

Michael Lee over at our sister site ZDNet.com.au has all the details.

Also on ZDNet.com.au is a fine lighthearted video that demonstrates what doing business with Microsoft’s Kinect on Windows might look like.

On a serious note, I’m looking forward to the applications that will be developed for Windows next year using the Kinect. I expect that the first ones will want to replicate the Minority Report interface, but presumably without the glove we saw back in 2007.

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Chris Duckett

About Chris Duckett

Programmer and journalist Chris Duckett is the Editor for TechRepublic Australia.

Chris Duckett

Chris Duckett
Chris started his journalistic adventure in 2006 as the Editor of Builder AU after originally joining the company as a programmer. He left CBS Interactive in 2010 to follow his deep desire to study the snowdrifts and culinary delights of Canada and returned to CBS in 2011 as the Editor of TechRepublic Australia, determined to meld together his programming and journalistic tendencies once and for all.
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