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Facebook Connect: The masses and the fishbowl
Between the Lines —
... familiar storyline emerges. Facebook’s Connect vs. the Open Social alliance between Google, MySpace and a bunch of others. Om Malik has an overview of the technical debate ( ...
Facebook Takes Pole Position on Data Portability Over Google, MySpace
Google Watch —
... The move is designed to shear a hole in the typically walled gardens so that users needn't enter their Web identities into site after site. MySpace has a similar offering in the works, called ...
Federal Facebook
Changing Way —
... is expanding, as a whole raft of articles and posts reported. The news becomes rather more interesting when put in context. Om uses the Federate or Aggregate? context. Facebook Connect is an attempt to make Facebook the capital of the federation. ...
Facebook Launches Connect, Finally [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... the number and quality of launch partner sites is one reason why Facebook is going to get more traction compared to its rivals. These are all highly trafficked services (with few exceptions) that will help Facebook Connect become part of the social web infrastructure.
Since I, too, have written extensively about Facebook Connect already, I won’t spend any more time on it. As background, just read two of my previous posts.
Social Web’s Big Question: Federate or Aggregate.
Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why It ...
Open Thread: Social Web & Its Challenges [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... This is a sentiment echoed by some readers in response to my post, Social web’s big question: Federate or Aggregate. ...
Bebo Aggregates, Redesigns & Launches Social Inbox [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... have used. The Then-and-now designs are quite different. For AOL, this is a big risk.
One they are willing to take. In a conversation, David Liu, Senior Vice President, AOL People Networks argued that most folks who are online are looking for ways to aggregate their web services in one place. Instead of trying to fight the tide, Bebo is just embracing all web offerings and “aggregating communication and community.” His comments are in line with some of the themes I have been exploring over past few weeks.
In the early days of ...
What the Smart Grid Could Learn From Facebook Connect
Earth2Tech —
... As social media has exploded, web startups building social applications are offering users ways to manage that proliferation. Some, such as FriendFeed, provide a central place for users to aggregate different services, while others, like Facebook Connect, offer tools for federation — a single way to access them all. But the dilemma over whether it’s better to aggregate or federate isn’t confined to social media — companies building out the smart grid and related infrastructure technologies are beginning to grapple with this question, too. ...
With Connect, Facebook Is Crushing MySpace [GigaOM]
GigaOM Network —
... happened. Thanks to the growing popularity of its Connect feature, Facebook is now bigger than MySpace in the U.S., according to Hitwise, a research company that tracks web traffic trends.
For the week ending Sept. 5, Facebook captured nearly 58 percent of visits in the social-networking category, followed by MySpace with 31 percent, Hitwise says. (Related Posts: “Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why It will Win” and “Social Web’s Big Question: Federate or Aggregate“) ...
