Facebook F8 Developer Conference Live Blog

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Mark Zuckerberg, seen here at Mobile World Congress in February, will keynote Facebook's F8 developer conference Wednesday.

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By Kurt Wagner2014-04-30 02:41:23 UTC

After a three-year hiatus, Facebook's F8 developer conference is back.

The social network is hosting its first F8 conference since 2011 on Wednesday. It features a keynote from Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg scheduled for 10 a.m PT as the first part of the day-long event.

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F8 is geared toward Facebook's developers — those building apps and services that work in conjunction with the social network. Facebook made a commitment to expand on these types of relationships when it bought Parse, a company that helps developers make mobile and web applications, last year.

Facebook has set a high bar for both news and entertainment at F8 conferences in past years. In 2011, the last time the company hosted the conference, Facebook unveiled Timeline and Open Graph, but not until after actor Andy Samberg comically impersonated Zuckerberg on stage to kick off the event.

It's unlikely that Facebook will roll out any major consumer-facing products on Wednesday, but expect the company to add some tools for developers in hopes that more companies bring their user content back to the Facebook platform.

You can follow this live blog to for all the news coming out of the San Francisco Design Concourse. Sign up now, and be sure to return on Wednesday at 10 a.m. PT when we'll kick off the blog with Zuckerberg's keynote address.

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