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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
Facebook to open the gates with 'Facebook Connect'
News Hot off the heels of rival MySpace announcing it will connect profile content with other sites, Facebook reveals its own plan for exporting data to other Web sites.
Tags: Networking technology, Data Management, Security, Plaxo Inc., Digg, Advertisement, social networking, Facebook, network, marketing
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
Facebook's mounting customer service crisis
News It's unclear how many members still can't access their accounts after Facebook acknowledged a database issue, but one thing's for sure: the ones locked out are steaming mad.
Tags: Web 2.0, Facebook, Web 2.0, Robert Scoble, screen name, Plaxo Inc., Cable, e-mail, IM, customer service
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
Senior execs turn to social networks for job hunting
News Professional social-networking sites such as LinkedIn and Plaxo are rivaling executive online job boards as a tool for senior executives wanting to progress their careers and find out about new jobs
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Executive recruiting, Plaxo Inc., job board, social networking, Silicon.com, Facebook, career, job
Yahoo opens up address-book interface
News Seeking to make its inner workings a part of the fabric of the Internet, Yahoo is opening the interface to its address book.
Tags: Business applications, Web 2.0, Strategy, Address Book, Google Inc., Site, Yahoo! Inc., Plaxo Inc., Social Graph, social networking
LinkedIn looking for a suitor, maybe
News There is speculation that a big name prospective buyer is looking to acquire business social network LinkedIn.
Tags: Networking, Acquisitions, Plaxo Inc., Digg, social networking, Newsday, co-founder, board meeting, network, LinkedIn
