venturebeat.com - 12/4/2008
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Social network Facebook has been slowly rolling out its new service, Connect , over the last few months. The service lets users sign in to other sites using their Facebook identities, find Facebook friends on those sites and share information from those sites with the rest of their friends ...
googleblog.blogspot.com - 12/4/2008
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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
facebook.com - 12/5/2008
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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
blog.facebook.com - 12/4/2008
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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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Google Friend Connect, Facebook Connect Face Off
Google Watch —
... Open-source geeks will side with Friend Connect and even Data Availability, driven by fear of the proprietary. I have to agree with VentureBeat's Eric Eldon that Facebook Connect looks like the safe bet in the early going. As he points out, Google has no social network to hang its hat on, while MySpace just isn't doing it for programmers. ...
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