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    • Details Revealed: Google OpenSocial To Launch Thursday

      Posted by Jeff from Tech Crunch

      OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, defined by Google with input from partners, that allow developers to access core functions and information at social networks: 1) Profile Information (user data) 2) Friends Information (social graph) and 3) Activities (things that happen, News Feed type stuff)

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    • Google News Launches Facebook App

      Posted by Jeff from googlesystem.blogspot.com

      Google realized that it has ignored the social space for too long and that its services could be more useful if they had a social touch. After launching a site for sharing web pages with your friends and adding profiles to Google Maps, Google should integrate the sharing platform with other Google sites and unify the profiles across all Google services. To test the waters for a social news site, Google launched a Facebook app for Google News.

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      Defense Dept. Blocking MySpace, YouTube

      Posted by Jeff from Huffington Post

      From the Put the Genie Back in the Bottle Dept: The Defense Department will begin blocking access "worldwide" to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other popular Web sites on its computers and networks, according to a memo sent Friday by Gen. B.B. Bell, the U.S. Forces Korea commander. The policy is being implemented to protect information and reduce drag on the department's networks, according to Bell.

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    westsider29 comments on:

    MySpace Restrictions Upset Some Users

    How will the changes affect my space,and will more changes pop up?

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    5:28 pm 3/20/07
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    Jon comments on:

    Social Networking’s Next Phase

    Ah. Makes sense. I agree. Open ID is a good first step—it will be interesting to see if the technology for profile sharing actually gets much adoption—there is so much incentive for the big guys to try to maintain their silos.

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    10:20 pm 3/04/07
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    Jeff comments on:

    Social Networking’s Next Phase

    Jon, By federated – I mean too many sites wanting people to register and set up profiles in their isolated universes… it can’t scale. Open profiles are the key.

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    4:43 pm 3/04/07
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    Jon comments on:

    Social Networking’s Next Phase

    Can you elaborate on what you mean by the “federated ship bound to sink?”

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    11:53 am 3/04/07
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    Jeff comments on:

    I Bought Votes on Digg

    From TechCrunch Digg Should Sue Wired:

    Digg can't treat Wired like any other user that's engaged in fraud. Wired is the press, and the press has tremendous power. Wired is putting Digg in an impossible situation, and they should be called on it. Reporting news is one thing (although they should note the conflict of interest there as well), but actively creating negative news about a competitor and then using the massive reach of Wired to promote that 'news' is way over the line.

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    4:47 pm 3/01/07
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    Jeff

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    Jeff is the founder of NewsCloud. He is also a freelance writer and blogs at Idealog.

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