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Google and Facebook Both Launch Friend Connect [Online Identity]
lifehacker.com - 12/4/2008
Google and Facebook Both Launch Friend Connect [Online Identity]
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Expect to see a whole lot more Google and Facebook sign-in boxes on sites all over the web from today going forward: in what you'd think was a planned parallel announcement, Google and Facebook...
facebook.com - 12/5/2008
Facebook Security
— facebook.com — Postcard Spam If a friend sends you a message or posts on your Wall with a link... to a postcard for you to open, don't click on it. Chances are it's a virus that may cause your Facebook account to become compromised. If you do click on one of these ... (more) Facebook Security

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blog.facebook.com - 12/4/2008
Facebook Across the Web
— blog.facebook.com — Over the summer we announced an extension of Facebook Platform called Facebook Connect. Facebook Connect makes it... easier for you to take your online identity with you all over the Web, share what you do online with your friends and stay updated on ... (more) Facebook Across the Web

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Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
valleywag.com - 12/5/2008
Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]
— valleywag.com — So much for Silicon Valley's latest get-rich-quick scheme. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has cancelled a plan to... let employees cash out their shares early. In August, before the markets started to melt down and with Facebook worth $15 billion on ... (more) Facebook cancels employee stock sale [Meltdowns]

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Nerd fight: Google vs. Facebook
mathewingram.com/work — ... and the always excellent Gina Trapani at Lifehacker. Looking at both of them got me wondering about whether sites like the New York Times will integrate either Friend Connect or Facebook Connect and make them work with the paper’s TimesPeople network, or whether it will work with other distributed social tools like Glue from ...

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