In this week's podcast, Dylan Tweney and Daniel Dumas tackle the hottest topics in gadget news this week. Top of the news: The ongoing saga of would-be Mac clone maker Psystar. Does the company really exist? Apparently, as several reviews of their products have started popping up, much to the surprise of those of us who tried, and failed, to get in touch with the company in April. In addition, we discuss T-Mobile's new 3-G service (which lacks data support -- wtf?) and AT&T's new MediaFL
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Inne wiadomości z dnia 2008-05-10
by Charlene Li Facebook just announced "Facebook Connect", which they position as the natural evolution of Facebook as an open platform, which started from their initial API in 2006 and expanded with Facebook Platform in May 2007. This is how they describe Facebook Connect: "Facebook Connect is the next iteration of Facebook Platform that allows users to "connect" their Facebook identity, friends and privacy to any site. This will now enable third party websites to implement and offer even
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Not every social aggregator is on the path to riches or fame and fortune. Even the best designed, thoroughly coordinated sites can find the push to grow a user base and generate community difficult, especially as the number of similar sites spirals ever higher, driving a need for differentiation and specialization. With this background comes the news that Mergelab, who I helped first cover back in March, is shutting down completely by June 30, having never reached an open beta period. Unlike o
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MySpace will be supporting very open data portability standards which will make it easy to share information across different websites with a single login as well as other excellent features. This is separate from the Open Social initiative which will also be supported by Myspace but represents the same type of open, data sharing approach that is becoming a key component of "best practices" for online development and interaction. Ben Metcalfe is a key player in all this and will certainly be a
Informacja: 2008-05-10
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