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Google Buys Sparrow to Jazz up Gmail
Google has just announced the $25 million acquisition of iOS and Mac email client Sparrow, with a view to refreshing the Gmail service. A Sparrow Hawk Honestly, you've just finished your Google roundup for the week, and the company pulls another rabbit out of the hat.
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MySpace Bows Out, Officially Integrates Facebook Connect
It's official: Facebook and MySpace are in a relationship. That is, the two social teams jointly announced an expansion of their partnership today, planting a Facebook Connect button directly on the MySpace homepage. If You Can't Beat 'Em...
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Ektron Taps into Facebook Data with Social Targeting Software
Do you know how much data is out there on Facebook? Lots. Marketeers want that data, they want to know your likes, dislikes, interests and all the personal profile information that can help them engage you, deliver personalized content and sell more. Ektron's (news,site ) new
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#SXSW: Twitter Copies Facebook Connect with @Anywhere
Twitter (news, site ) announced a tool called @anywhere at this year’s SXSQ event. The new feature enables users to enjoy the Twitter experience (almost) anywhere and anytime, without signing into their actual account. Are you reminded of Facebook Connect? Yeah. Us too.
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Open Graph API Extends Facebook's Tentacles
It's hard to absorb the rest of the web experience if all you have to offer is a walled garden. Facebook's (news, site ) solution? Spread itself out onto the web like vines (or is it weeds?) over the wall through a new API.
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Zoho Integrates Productivity Suite with Facebook Connect
That’s right, Zoho (news, site) and Facebook (news, site ) sitting in a tree, c-o-n-n(ect)i-n-g. With already-established support for Google Apps and Yahoo accounts, yesterday Zoho added a social layer by integrating the ability to login through Facebook Connect.
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Twitter Takes on Facebook Connect With New Tools for Website Integration
Why waste all that time creating an account on a website when you can login with one click of your mouse? Such is the beauty of Facebook Connect. And, if we’re lucky, soon the same will go for Twitter (news, site ) as well.
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The End of an Era: Myspace Implements Facebook Connect
Once upon a time Myspace was the king of social networking and everyone in the land worshipped it for its profile customizability and infamous Top 8 function. Facebook has long since usurped the throne when it comes to growth and overall number of users, but rather than be bitter it
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Google's Open Web Momentum, Boosted by Chris Messina?
Everyone knows that there are idealists, and there are pragmatists, and the two don't mix. Right? Well, the world is rarely that black and white. Want proof? A key name in the history of open source and the open web has just gone to work for a company-devouring corporation.
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Google Links Friend Connect with Twitter
Google is so quick to fire out similar solutions after a rival has, we’re beginning to wonder if this is some sort of game they just play for fun. Maybe they have a stockpile of them somewhere, labeled and ready to go? Who knows. What we do know is that
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Facebook Connect Goes International
About a year and a half ago, Facebook launched the first translated version of Facebook in Spanish. Since then, they've been busy working with community translators to translate the site into oodles of languages. From French, German, Japanese, Chinese and Italian, they worked their way up to 55 languages.
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LiveMesh Steals Crunchie from Facebook, Google and Yahoo
LiveMesh, released earlier this year by Microsoft and still in beta, picked up a major award at the 2008 Crunchies. Amidst a flurry of start-ups, new “2.0” services and power house competition, it was a little surprising to see LiveMesh win the Best Technology Innovation Crunchie. Is
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The Social Media Minute
Social Media moves so fast, it's hard to keep up. Here's the week's social media news, in scan-friendly format. This Week: Facebook Connect General Launch Digg 'Not for Sale' FileRide: a Social Network for ...
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SocialThing: Looking to Take Over the Social Web
There are many out there attempting to rule the face of social web and provide an answer to the time consuming-ness of being social on the internet. Names such as Google, Facebook, and FriendFeed have been at the forefront lately.
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