In the web’s most popular marketplaces, such as eBay and Craigslist, anonymity is still the norm. A new San Francisco-based startup called Copious is looking to change that. Copious has built an online marketplace in which all buyers and sellers are linked to their Facebook identities. … Read More »
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Here on the internet, just because you build it, it doesn’t mean anyone will actually come. Or click on a link. Or leave a comment. Or become a Facebook fan.YouSendIt co-founder Ranjith Kumaran wants to change all that with his loyalty-marketing startup, PunchTab. Read More »
How important is Facebook? Very, and not in ways you and I realize. Sure you can see status updates and photos of your friends. What really is indispensable about Facbeook — its ability to glue the web together. I found that out the hardway. Read More »
When given a choice of login systems, visitors to mainstream media properties such as Slate, Forbes, Newsweek, Discovery, Time and Press Enterprise are most likely to choose Yahoo, according to data collected by commenting system Echo, which helps power such sites. Read More »
The big-daddy awards show, The Oscars, is getting with the social-media picture this year and live-streaming from the red carpet. A two-hour live show on Oscar.com from 3-5 p.m. PT on Sunday will be followed by behind-the-scenes clips and interviews posted that night. Read More »
Not content to control their own domains, social web sites are trying to conquer everyone else, by becoming the dominant log-in system for the web. Inside Facebook reports that MySpace is using Facebook Connect for a small feature. TechCrunch says Twitter will soon battle, too. Read More »
In one fell swoop, Facebook has become the king of identity on the web. The company today signed an agreement that would integrate Facebook Connect across Yahoo and its various properties. Here is my analysis of the winners and losers in this very important deal. Read More »
Facebook Connect has so far been implemented on some 15,000 web sites, devices and applications, a number that’s likely to get a shot in the arm with today’s launch of the social network’s new Connect Wizard tool. With Connect Wizard, developers can integrate … Read More »
At long last, Facebook is finally on its way to putting its Beacon troubles to rest. Following a class action lawsuit filed by 20 disgruntled Facebook users in August of last year, the social network said Friday that it has agreed to a settlement. … Read More »
Almost a year ago, I predicted that Facebook Connect — essentially a single web identity that allows users to sign into sites that support Connect — would be the most important reason why Facebook would dominate the world of social networks. And that is … Read More »
Twelve weeks after the start of Facebook’s new incubator-style fbFund program, the 18 startups in this year’s class showed off the fruits of their labor to VCs and Facebook execs in a bid to get more funding at today’s fbFund Demo Day. In addition to participating … Read More »
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