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NEWS ABOUT: Friend Connect

Friend Connect stories: 2 news summaries

When Is A Facebook Friend Just A Friend?

Social sites clash over letting users share info between services

Jun 27, 08 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 one, is swimming against the... More »

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social networking • Yahoo • Google • MySpace • privacy • Facebook • Friend Connect • Plaxo • data portability • OpenID • OAuth

ANALYSIS

Making Web More Social Has Google, Facebook Less So

Friend Connect threatens social-networking business model

Jun 3, 08 3:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though Facebook cited privacy concerns in pulling the plug on a partnership with Google aimed at making the Web more social, dollar signs are more likely behind its withdrawal from Friend Connect, the Washington Post reports. "What Facebook is after really is control over their users," one analyst... More »

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social networking • Google • MySpace • Facebook • LinkedIn • Friend Connect

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