Oauth
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Google brings Friend Connect to the masses
News Google joins the data portability crowd with 'Friend Connect' allowing users to bring their data from social networks. The programming-free network is said to even incorporate Web sites that are not socially-enabled.
Tags: Networking, Data Management, Networking technology, MySpace, Google Inc., Site, Orkut.com, Social Web, Plaxo Inc., Use Case
Tech giants back ID interoperability project
News Kantara Initiative, which aims to harmonize ID management technologies and standards, gets backing of companies such as BT, CA, Intel, Novell, Oracle, PayPal and Sun.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Computer Associates International Inc., PayPal, Intel Corp., British Telecommunications, Identity, Privacy, Interoperability, Identity Theft
Facebook provides free tool for translating sites
News Translations for Facebook Connect allows Web developers to tap technology that has been used to translate the social network itself into 65 languages.
Tags: Web 2.0, Site, Web Site, single sign-on, authentication, Google OpenSocial, Lee, Web 2.0, board, Facebook
Google data-sharing gets authentication option
News Programmers now can use the OAuth standard to tap into information through Google's data-sharing interface. Also, Google Data comes to Google Finance.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Authentication, Google Inc., Stock, API, photograph, News.com, blog, Web Site, finance
Two tools to add cool people on Twitter
News New Twitter services Mr. Tweet and AutoPack help you find people you should be following.
Tags: Web sites, Wiki, Twitter, Tool, Password, AutoPack, News.com, network, Web sites, lawyer
Google launches limited API support for OpenID
News Google joins the OpenID fray with its own solution, which lets developers integrate a universal log-in for their users to sign on with their Google account.
Tags: Security, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., Plaxo Inc., API, News.com, Identity Management, blog, service provider, Security
Google adds open standard to gadget mashups
News The Web giant is now using the OAuth open authentication standard in its mini-apps for the desktop and the iGoogle Web page.
Tags: Web sites, Security, Authentication and encryption, Google Inc., API, Books, mashup, bank, Web Site, open standard
MySpace announces 'Data Availability' project
News Social network teams with Yahoo, eBay, Photobucket, and Twitter in initiative that lets members share their profile data with other sites.
Tags: Web 2.0, Data Management, Multimedia, MySpace, Google Inc., Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Facebook, partnership
