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When Is A Facebook Friend Just A Friend?

Social sites clash over letting users share info between services

By Laila Weir,  Newser User

Posted Jun 27, 2008 8:12 AM CDT

(Newser) – There’s a movement among some social Web services, from MySpace and Yahoo to Plaxo, to let users share data, the MIT Technology Review reports. Take Google’s new Friend Connect, a service that lets users transport profiles and connections among sites. But Facebook, for...   Read full story »

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