blog.wired.com - 12/9/2008
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MySpace and Facebook are racing to create a truly portable social network, one that allows you to bring your friends with you on your web travels. MySpace recently announced MySpaceID, a way to use your MySpace login info, and all the friends connections that come with it, on other websites. ...
blog.facebook.com - 12/6/2008
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blog.facebook.com —
Since we launched video last year, more than
45 million videos have been uploaded to Facebook with...
approximately 100,000 new videos added each day. Starting today, you'll be able to upload higher quality videos to Facebook and also embed your Facebook ...
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Video Just Got Better
pcworld.com - 12/5/2008
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pcworld.com —
Google and Facebook separately announced the general availability
of their respective data portability programs on Thursday. Google...
Friend Connect and Facebook Connect are generally designed to extend social-networking capabilities broadly across the ...
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Facebook, Google Launch Data Portability Programs to All
blog.wired.com - 12/10/2008
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blog.wired.com —
Facebook flipped the switch on its single sign-on
technology Thursday. Facebook Connect can now be implemented by...
any site on the internet on a self-service basis through the company's platform for web developers . The company says over 100 ...
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Facebook Connect Is Now Generally Available. Let the ...
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Google is now scanning old magazines, too. [Cnet] MySpace and Google teamed up to duke it out with Facebook Connect. [Wired] The only real-estate venture getting any money these days seems to be Roost, which just landed $8 million. [TechCrunch] Bad, FCC chairman, bad! [Portfolio.com] Related Links First Bytes: Google, Bezos, Facebook, more First Bytes: Facebook, MySpace, Google, Yahoo, IBM, AMD, Sony Ericsson MySpace Launches Self-Service Ads
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An Easy Way to Migrate From Twitter to FriendFeed
Tech Observer —
... and limited partnerships aren't what we're looking for here. We just want an easy way to keep track of our friends across multiple sites. ...
6 New Web Technologies of 2008 You Need to Use Now
Wired Top Stories —
... the first week of December. Google's Friend Connect and MySpace's MySpaceID, similar systems that aren't yet as widely adopted, launched soon after it. ...
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