Salesforce.com ’s Reid Carlberg developed a new app using Force.com to create tournament brackets for events such as the NCAA Basketball championships, that annual March event starting next week that can stir any office into a frenzy of excitement. Brackets is an app that creates brackets for a tournament that in turn becomes a point-based game based on participants predictions.

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Brackets: A Force.com App for March Madness and Tournaments Anywhere
Salesforce.com has launched its Facebook tool kit . And Facebook has a job listing for an application developer who will develop, integrate and maintain Force.com applications for business and external use. The two pieces of news shine light on the relationship the two companies have formed

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Salesforce.com and Facebook Strengthen Ties Through Force.com Platform
Salesforce.com announced Force.com 2 today, which clarifies Force.com’s role as the umbrella service under which all of Salesforce.com’s development services fall under. The Force.com line-up includes Appforce, Siteforce, VMforce, ISVforce, Heroku (which Salesforce.com just acquired ) and Database.com.

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Salesforce.com Announces Force.com 2 – Clarifies Strategy, Adds New Tools