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internetnews.com — Does Google Have a Secret OS? By Andy Patrizio December 4, 2008 Net Applications caused a bit... of a stir this week with a report that showed Microsoft's operating system share had dipped below 90 percent. This played very well where anti-Microsoft ... (more) News for Developers of Internet and Corporate Applications
Response to phone companies' "Google bandwidth" report
googlepublicpolicy.blogspot.com — Thursday, December 4, 2008 at 3:28 PM Posted by Richard Whitt, Washington Telecom and Media Counsel Earlier... this week I thought that the announcement of a broadband access "call to action" was an encouraging sign that the phone and cable carriers ... (more) Response to phone companies' "Google bandwidth" report
Google working on a new mystery OS?
Google working on a new mystery OS?
boygeniusreport.com — After dropping a pretty big bomb recently with news that Microsoft’s OS market share has dropped below... 90% for the first time in 15 years, Net Applications is at it again. The well known market research firm is now causing a wave of ... (more) Google working on a new mystery OS?
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Google Friend Connect Now Open To All Websites
TechCrunch — ... The battle over who will control access to your online identity is heating up. In the wake of more and more partners finally starting to take a shine to Facebook’s competing FB Connect (which we’ve just implemented ourselves on Techcrunch), Google’s Friend Connect is now in an open beta. Before it was in a limited preview release. But now any Website can add Google Friend Connect as a login option. ...

Data Portability Google and Facebook Style: Which One Will Webmasters Choose?
Profy — ... Quite surprisingly Google and Facebook decided to announce general availability of their data portability programs - Google Friend Connect and ...

Facebook Connect Will Now Compete With Disqus? Too Dangerous Competitor
Profy — Reading the blogosphere coverage of both Google and Facebook launching their own data portability programs - Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect - I realized one thing: there is at least one type of services that can be seriously damaged by general availability of both programs to website owners - those working in the blog commenting field, like Disqus or IntenseDebate recently acquired by Wordpress maker Automattic. I have already mentioned in my own piece on the subject that I have a feeling that Facebook Connect will get much ...

Video Sites Lead Facebook Connect Implementation [NewTeeVee]
Pipes Output — ... , the coming sites will also mean greater numbers of video watchers. But it seems unlikely that the biggest video site, YouTube, will implement Facebook Connect anytime soon as Google has a competing product, Google Friend Connect. ...

Google Launches Social Web Blog
The Next Web — ... They aim to keep readers better informed about Google’s social initiatives such as Google Friend Connect as well as keep their eyes open to readers ideas of how to make the web a more social place. ...

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