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Facebook Connect Usage Nears 1 Million Users
Back in December I wrote that Facebook Connect had surpassed 100,000 users according to our statistics at the time. Our latest numbers suggest that Facebook Connect now has close to 1 million users. Currently we only have a sampling of applications that have Facebook Connect installed. ...
Facebook Town Hall: Proposed Facebook Principles
facebook.com — PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE POSTING Facebook has created this group to publish, and solicit feedback regarding, the... proposed Facebook Principles (the “Principles”). The Principles reflect the philosophy and values we aspire to and will guide us in ... (more) Facebook Town Hall: Proposed Facebook Principles
Governing the Facebook Service in an Open and Transparent Way
blog.facebook.com — Last week, we returned to our previous Terms of Use as we worked on a new set... of governing documents that would more clearly explain the relationship between Facebook and its users. (more) Governing the Facebook Service in an Open and ...
Read the proposed Facebook Principles here
facebook.com — The Facebook Principles We are building Facebook to make the world more open and transparent, which we... believe will create greater understanding and connection. Facebook promotes openness and transparency by giving individuals greater power to share ... (more) Read the proposed Facebook Principles here
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Fancy Scientist Says Facebook Rots Your Brain
Silicon Alley Insider — Fancy scientist says Facebook rots your brain [Digits] Silicon Valley headhunters can't find work for themselves [NYT] Clean tech needs a stimulus, too [Bits] Facebook Connect Usage Nears 1 Million Users [AllFacebook] Nokia asks 1,000 to resign [WSJ] The US ranks 6 out of 40 in innovation and competitiveness [NYT] Photo: charles chan * ...

3 Million Blogs Have Installed Google Friend Connect
SocialTimes.com — ... This is a big announcement as Facebook Connect has yet to publicly release any details although I previously wrote that Facebook Connect usage is at least around one million users. Along with Blogger integration, users will now be able to share the blogs that they follow within their Friend Connect profiles. It’s clear that the race is on to capture our public social graphs and Google Friend Connect is proving to be a formidable competitor to Facebook Connect. ...

Yahoo! Launches Major Challenge to Facebook Connect
ReadWriteWeb — ... Facebook Connect is also available on JS-Kit supported pages, so it's not as if Yahoo! has surpassed Connect. We've asked Facebook for a precise number of pages that Connect is available on and are awaiting a reply. We do know that the company says that 6,000 developers have implemented Connect, but for all we know that number includes JS-Kit with its 600,000 sites as just one developer. ...

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