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Google Friend Connect Now Open To All Websites
Google Friend Connect Now Open To All Websites
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 ...
Official Google Blog: Google Friend Connect: now available
googleblog.blogspot.com — We're pleased to share that Google Friend Connect is now available in beta to any webmaster looking to add a "dash of social" to his or her site. This service lets webmasters add social features to their sites by simply copying and pasting a few ... (more) Official Google Blog: Google Friend Connect: now available
Google Friend Connect: Add social features to your site
google.com — With Google Friend Connect, visitors to your site or blog can: Sign in - Post reviews, share media, and more - Invite friends (more) Google Friend Connect: Add social features to your site
News for Developers of Internet and Corporate Applications
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
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Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect arrive
Obsessable News Feed — ... [Mashable!] Google Friend Connect Now Open To All Websites [TechCrunch] ...

Google Friend Connect, Facebook Connect Face Off
Google Watch — ... launch: In the meantime, my guess is MySpace and Google will accelerate their data portability efforts very much the way the three companies all scrambled to announce them back in May. Expect to hear more from both vendors in the next few weeks (or months, eek). It turns out that Google pulled the trigger sooner than expected, launching an open beta for Friend Connect today just hours before the official unveiling of Facebook Connect, as TechCrunch detected today. Like Facebook Connect, Friend Connect enables data ...

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