paidcontent.org - 12/1/2008
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Facebook, in an increasing attempt to prove its utility beyond its own site (and hence build on its advertising potential in the long run), is expanding its Facebook Connect service on some major media and services sites, including Discovery.com, SFChronicle, Digg, Citysearch, CBS.com, Hulu and ...
Facebook Connect roll-out is starting soon
guardian.co.uk 12/1/2008 — Facebook Connect was announced in May as a way of using your Facebook identity on different sites, such as Digg. Since then, things have been quiet. However, The New York Times now has a big story, Facebook Aims to Extend Its Reach Across the Web , ...
As Facebook Connect Expands, OpenID's Challenges Grow
blog.wired.com 12/2/2008 —
On Monday, Facebook announced it will soon roll out its Facebook Connect login system to several high-profile websites, including Digg, Hulu and Discovery.com. The sites, along with a few others, will begin supporting Facebook Connect within a few ...
Facebook Connect
facebook.com 12/4/2008 — You do all sorts of interesting things on the internet. Many of these interesting things happen within Facebook, which is why we created News Feed—to let your friends know what you're up to on the site. But what about interesting things that you do ...
Since Twitter Won’t Sell, Who Should Facebook Buy?
mashable.com 11/25/2008 — The hot rumor today is that Facebook and Twitter held “several weeks of serious talks” about an acquisition recently, which have since come to an end after the two were unable to reach an agreeable price for the microblogging service. Alas, there are ...
BBC NEWS | Technology | Facebook rolls out site browser
news.bbc.co.uk 12/2/2008 — Facebook has thrown the switch on a system that lets users browse other sites via the networking portal. Called Connect, the system lets Facebook members use their login credentials to access other websites. The system also gives feedback about what a ...
Facebook Connect: Still Tiny, Will Grow Fast
alleyinsider.com 12/31/2008 — Three weeks after it launched, about 100,000 people have signed up for Facebook Connect, the social network's service that allows members to use their accounts on participating third-party sites across the Internet.
The numbers are according to ...
Facebook Connect Has Arrived
techcrunch.com 12/1/2008 — 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 ...
Facebook Ad Network Founder Declares Death Of The Facebook Platform
alleyinsider.com 10/21/2008 — Since Facebook's launched its redesign, a lot of app developers have seen traffic to their apps fall off pretty substantially. But Scott Rafer, the founder of Lookery, an ad network for Facebook apps, said that the traffic to his publisher's apps has ...
TechCrunch Is Now “In A Relationship” With Facebook Connect
techcrunch.com 12/4/2008 —
Facebook Connect is beginning to materialize and we’re on the ground floor: TechCrunch readers can now use their Facebook accounts to sign in before leaving comments.
Doing so yields several benefits. Most immediately, you’ll no ...
Facebook Messaging on Over One Billion Devices —
I4U News 12/1/2008
The free mobile push email service Emoze now allows Symbian users to add Facebook messaging in combination with email messages to their mobile device. Emoze says that Java and Windows Mobile users will have a version of the software to allow Facebook ...
Pownce to shut down after Six Apart sale —
CNET News.com 12/1/2008
Once considered a Twitter rival, the start-up co-founded by Digg's Kevin Rose will be closing down in two weeks; its technology has been sold to Six Apart, and its two employees will be absorbed into the blog software company.