techcrunch.com - 12/1/2008
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Today’s the day that Facebook makes their big press push for their Facebook Connect service, which was first announced last May.
The NY Times has a story giving a broad overview of Connect as well as competing services from MySpace ( Data Availability ) and Google ( Friend Connect ).
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scobleizer.com - 12/2/2008
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scobleizer.com —
Nokia just announced the N97. I got a
chance to play with it last night and realized...
they have built the ultimate Facebook device. Now, I’m sure, lots of you will wonder how it compares to the iPhone. Well, for a Facebook user it isn’t ...
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Nokia N97: the ultimate Facebook device
gigaom.com - 12/1/2008
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gigaom.com —
Inventor and tech-philosopher Dave Winer Twittered tonight that
federation is the hot thing, pointing to a New...
York Times article about Facebook Connect . And just like that he touched upon the third rail of our increasingly social web. The big ...
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Social Web’s Big Question: Federate or Aggregate? [GigaOM]
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Facebook Connect appears set for expansion
Webware.com —
... And TechCrunch's Michael Arrington chimed in with a related post about Facebook Connect and other such services, noting that Facebook had slated Sunday as the start of "a big press push" for Facebook Connect. ...
Facebook Gets a New York Times Article
All Facebook —
... One interesting tidbit coming out of Arrington’s article is that Twitter is going to hold off on MySpace Data Portability integration until they have rolled out their Facebook Connect support. I’m not sure what additional benefits their will be over the existing ...
Facebook Takes Pole Position on Data Portability Over Google, MySpace
Google Watch —
The blogosphere is ablaze with coverage of Facebook Connect, which the social network is rolling out this week to let its users sign in to other Web sites with their Facebook user name and passwords and share what they're doing with friends.
The move is designed to shear a hole in the typically walled gardens so that users needn't enter their Web identities into site after site. MySpace has a similar offering in the works, called MySpace Data Availability, while Google is working on Google Friend Connect, based on its OpenSocial effort. ...
Facebook Connect: Scary but good
Webware.com —
... get more users. Central registration authorities get incredibly valuable user behavior data. I do think everyone wins. Although nothing is free: There's more potential for abuse, on the part of sites and identity providers, than ever.
CNET is scheduled to launch support for Facebook Connect tomorrow.
Further Reading:
Facebook Connect appears set for expansion.
New York Times: Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web.
TechCrunch: Biggest Battle Yet For Social Networks: You, Your Identity And Your Data On The Open Web. ...
Getting OpenID Into the Browser
O'Reilly Radar - Insight, analysis, and research about emerging technologies. —
... and TechCrunch on how Facebook Connect is the Biggest Battle Yet For Social Networks: You, Your Identity And Your Data On The Open Web. ...
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