Jul 20

Facebook Connect Launches, Already Plans for Mobile

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This article was written on July 24, 2008 by CyberNet.

We are now starting to get more information about Facebook Connect which shows Facebook’s ability to be innovative and grow. Facebook Connect allows other sites to integrate Facebook’s identity system into their site to simplify things. Several sites have already partnered with Facebook and one of them is Digg. Kevin Rose explained on the Digg Blog that with this new feature, anyone who has a Facebook account will be able to “seamlessly become a Digg user and start sharing and Digging stuff right away.”

At this point there are 24 different partners who have teamed up for the launch of this. Aside from Digg, other partners include CBS, CNET, Twitter, StumbleUpon, Vimeo, Flock, Hulu, Plaxo, Loopt, Kongregate, and more.

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Facebook put together a press release which outlines some of the benefits of using Facebook Connect:

  • Trusted Authentication – easily authenticate into partner sites using their Facebook account
  • Real Identity – leverage their real identity across the Web in a trusted environment
  • Friend Linking – take their friends with them wherever they go, enabling trusted social context anywhere on the Web
  • Dynamic Privacy – assurance that the same privacy settings users have set up on Facebook will follow them wherever they decide to login throughout the Web
  • Social Distribution – share actions on partner sites with friends back on Facebook

We decided to see what people were saying about Facebook Connect on the web and we found Om Malik over at GigaOM talking about how Facebook Connect is a winner. He says, “If Facebook can work with its partners to build interesting use-case scenarios that go beyond simple sign-on, it is quite feasible that Facebook can out-execute Google, MySpace and everyone else with its ID ambitions.”

The Facebook crew even thought to address mobile needs with Facebook Connect coming to the iPhone this fall. Now think about how useful that could be now that people can download all of these Apps that require signing-up for an account. This could really make things consistent and less complicated if iPhone App developers choose to integrate it.

When we stop back to think just for a minute, Facebook is growing and expanding pretty rapidly. Are they the next Google?

Thanks for the tip Natmaster

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Jul 14

Immigration deports Alexey Karetnikov: Microsoft engineer, alleged Russian spy, loyal Facebook user

Posted in: Microsoft, Today's Chili
The curious case of the Russian spies grows, well, curiouser, as the Washington Post reports that a Microsoft Software Design Engineer named Alexey Karetnikov has recently been ordered out of the country for “immigration violations.” According to a government source, Karetnikov had “just set up shop,” (spy shop, that is) and the immigration charges were technicalities used to get him out of the country quickly (and without an annoying trial). We just hope that Alexey followed our advice for managing Facebook privacy settings — it would be terribly ironic if he was exposed to the world through his naive use of the social networking sites.

Immigration deports Alexey Karetnikov: Microsoft engineer, alleged Russian spy, loyal Facebook user originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 14 Jul 2010 12:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 06

Microsoft’s Kin saves a Roots show: a touching recollection by Questlove

Posted in: awesome, Microsoft, Music, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili, twitter, video, windows phone, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone, WindowsPhone7

The Kin may be dead and buried, but you can bet that the legacy of Microsoft’s biggest failure in the phone market will live long in the minds of technophiles. What you probably wouldn’t bet, however, is how it’ll also live long in the mind of famed Roots drummer Questlove. You heard right — the same beat maker that was caught FaceTiming with our own Josh Topolsky during a recent sit-down on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has a special place in his heart for the fallen phone series, and he’s taken the time to pen a memoir detailing the reasons why. Undoubtedly an avid visitor of the (temporarily down) Kin R.I.P. web memorial, Questlove was recently held up behind a team of brats at the airport. As the story goes, even arriving 75 minutes early to his flight wasn’t enough to clear through on a flight to Canada, leaving him in quite the pickle. If he didn’t hop on this bird, his band mates would be struggling to please fans sans a drummer. As is so often the case these days, Quest ran into a particularly perturbed airline agent who wasn’t about to bend in order to get him onboard; rather than name-dropping himself, he simply agreed to have his photo taken with a smattering of fans who just happened to waltz by during his pleading.

Suddenly, the light popped on in the mind of the agent: “OMG! You are the guy in the Kin commercial… I see that commercial all the time!” Needless to say, Quest’s ego took a serious hit, but he did manage to catch his flight and make the show in the Great White North. He told his manager that it was the “Kin commercial he almost passed on” that got him to the show, and closed with a simple remark: “R.I.P. Kin.” Hit those source links for the full skinny — it’s a compelling read, we assure you. Oh, and that aforesaid ad is embedded just past the break.

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Microsoft’s Kin saves a Roots show: a touching recollection by Questlove originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:31:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jul 02

Facebook adds face detection, still can’t identify books

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Facebook adds face detection, still can't identify booksOver 100 million photos are uploaded to Facebook every day, making the social networking site something of a clearinghouse for random holiday snaps. Of course, those holiday snaps quite often contain people, and its in tagging those people that the whole process of adding photos to Facebook slows down a bit — finding faces, drawing boxes, typing names, etc. Those first two steps are now in the process of being automated thanks to recent Facebook acquisition Divvyshot. Facebook will now identify faces in your photos after you upload them, automatically, just like any ‘ol cheap compact shooter can do. Sadly it won’t identify who that face is yet (you still need to type in a name), but this simple addition should make tagging much, much easier. However, we’re still waiting for Google Street View’s auto face blurring technology to make an appearance before we start uploading the greatest moments from our last vacation.

Facebook adds face detection, still can’t identify books originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 02 Jul 2010 08:08:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 30

Facebook for iPhone / iPod touch now iOS 4 compatible

Posted in: app, Apple, ios, iPhone, ipod touch, IpodTouch, Today's Chili

We’ll get right to the point: the Facebook app for your iPhone / iPod touch is now drinking the iOS 4 Kool-Aid. Fast app switching, high resolution icons (better than the one seen above, since that’s pre-update), Korean / Russian localizations, and… that’s about it for now. Maybe background image / video uploading is on the list of to-do’s, but at least it won’t look quite as pixel-deficient on the home screen next to Twitter.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Facebook for iPhone / iPod touch now iOS 4 compatible originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 30 Jun 2010 22:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 28

PlayStation Plus coming via PS3 firmware 3.40 (update: now available)

Posted in: firmware, network, playstation, playstation 3, Playstation3, ps3, software update, SoftwareUpdate, Today's Chili, YouTube

At last, the first post-E3 firmware update for the PlayStation 3, and as you might’ve suspected, this one’s got PlayStation Plus packed into the mix. We’ve talked about the service a bit so far, but to recap, $50 annual nets you a 50 percent discount on PSN titles, early access to betas, and one hour of demo time on select full titles (among other benefits). If you’re not willing to shell out the Ulysses S Grant, however, however, there’s a few other treats in the software patch, including five-star ratings for content purchased on the Store, video editor and uploader for Facebook and YouTube (note: not a video capture service, gotta use what the HDD already has), and expanded integration into Picasa and Facebook photo galleries. Speaking of Facebook, a new app will appear on the social site for showing off your PSN profile and befriending others. As usual, no exact date for the firmware is given, but if history’s any indication, it won’t be very long at all.

Update: We just checked our consoles and, sure enough, the update is live. We’re downloading now and will let you know if there’s anything peculiar.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Gallery: PS3 firmware 3.40

PlayStation Plus coming via PS3 firmware 3.40 (update: now available) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 26

Coming Soon: Jabber Support for Facebook Chat

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This article was written on May 14, 2008 by CyberNet.

facebook jabber.pngThe folks over at Facebook sure do know how to do things right (most of the time). One of the best things they ever did in terms of helping their growth was to launch Facebook Apps – it’s been a HUGE success for them. More recently, their decision to launch their own Facebook Chat was an interesting one and could prove to be beneficial by luring users to stay a little longer on the site to chat with their friends. It could also give users yet another reason to check back-in to the site more regularly during the day. More visits = $$$ for Facebook. One of the downsides to Facebook Chat as it stands is that users aren’t able to add it to all-in-one clients like Pidgin. That’s about to change and Facebook Chat is about to get more useful because Facebook Developers have announced that they are building a Jabber/XMPP interface for it.

At the moment, some of you may not realize how big this is but it’s huge. Currently in order to chat with your friends on Facebook, most people have to have their browser open and be logged in to Facebook unless they’re using Digsby (PC) or Adium (Mac), both of which have added Facebook Chat support already. This makes it a bit restrictive and could keep some people from using it. Once Jabber Support has been added, it opens up multiple doors by allowing developers to integrate chat into their applications with no hassle. One likely reason they’re announcing this before they even have it ready is so developers can start figuring out how they want to integrate chat into their apps. On the Facebook Developers blog they say, “we wanted to give you a heads up so you can start thinking about (or even start building) Chat into your applications.”

For Meebo users, it means they too would be able to chat with their Facebook friends. Meebo for a while has allowed users to login to any Jabber service. It also means cross-network messengers like Pidgin who wouldn’t necessarily take the time to integrate Facebook chat, would be able to support it because they do support Jabber. No additional configuration would be needed. Once Facebook Chat is more accessible, more people will be willing to use it which can only help Facebook grow in the end.

Thanks for the tip Curtiss!

Source: Inside Facebook

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Jun 25

How would you change Microsoft’s Kin One and Two?

Posted in: cdma, feature, HowWouldYouChange, HWYC, Microsoft, smartphone, social networking, SocialNetworking, Today's Chili, twitter, verizon, Verizon Wireless, VerizonWireless, windows phone 7, WindowsPhone7

Hey! Microsoft debuted two new phones earlier this year! Remember that? Okay, so there’s a fair chance that Microsoft actually moved fewer Kin One / Two handsets than Fusion Garage did JooJoo tablets, but we’re pretty confident that a few of you fell for the whole “my life is so social, so I’m buying in” thing. We’re still personally trying to figure out why the full Windows Phone 7 wasn’t used here instead of an OS that’ll likely be forgotten by the time you finish reading this, but enough of our rambling — this space is all about you. Did you pick up one of the Kin brothers? How’s the experience? Are you still kosher with paying the same data plan price as future Droid X users? Have you gained more friends than you know what to do with? Starred in your own commercial? Tell us below, tweeps.

How would you change Microsoft’s Kin One and Two? originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:01:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 14

iPhone OS 4 to include Facebook video uploads?

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We already knew that Apple was likely ratcheting up the social networking integration in iOS 4 — that is, if the addition of Linked Contacts and .plist entries referring to Facebook means anything (and it probably does). Adding further flame to the fire, the gang at 9to5Mac.com have dug up a bit of code that appears to handle video exporting to the popular social networking site. As near as we can tell, users will be able to send files at 480 x 480, 30 FPS — and since Facebook is already using HTML5, you won’t have that pesky Steve Jobs / Flash thing to worry about.

iPhone OS 4 to include Facebook video uploads? originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 14 Jun 2010 09:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Jun 04

How the iPad Blew My Chances at a New Romance

Posted in: ipad, tablets, Today's Chili

At a mixer a couple of weeks ago, a young geek glanced at my name tag and said, “You’re the ultimate Facebook stalker, aren’t you?”

He was referring to a story that I broke with Wired.com’s Threat Level team, in which we followed clues on social networking sites to unmask Brian Hogan, the finder of the iPhone prototype sold to Gizmodo.

“Stalker” contains nothing but negative connotations, but in the internet world, we all do it: We use Facebook to search for potential new hires, significant others and even old acquaintances.

But even though I came to terms with being called a stalker, I don’t deserve the name. I’m just not stealthy enough. That became clear last Friday.

A government census taker rang my doorbell for the second time in a couple of weeks. I didn’t answer the door (I was sleeping), but I ran into her an hour later as I was leaving my building.

To my surprise, she turned out to be pretty cute: Petite, dark hair, tanned, a laid-back personality — just my type.

So when I got back home from the bar, I did just about what anyone would do: I looked her up on Facebook. I already had her name, from the note she left on my door after her first visit, which I left ignored under a refrigerator magnet.

I launched the Facebook app on my iPad and looked up her profile: Art student, 20 years old, favorite music: Ghettochild. (No idea who that is.)

And then came the fumble: While trying to tap her photo, I hit “Add Friend” instead. With that simple slip of a finger, my cover was blown.

“SH*T!” I typed to my friend Rose in an IM. “I was Facebook stalking my census taker and I just sent her a friend request by accident! What do I do?!?!”

After laughing at me for a few minutes, Rose made a suggestion. “I think it’d be creepy if you just said nothing,” she said, “and I think girls find honesty endearing.”

So I wrote the census taker a quick message:

hey um, i was facebook stalking you and accidentally added you. this is embarrassing. anyway, sorry for snubbing you on the census. glad you caught me on the way out!

And the next morning she sent me a reply:

hahaha that’s great, no problem! thanks for cooperating!

The thought crossed my mind to ask her out to lunch, but upon further inspection of her profile I saw that her favorite TV shows were Glee, The Rachel Maddow Show and Will and Grace. So I realized she wasn’t my type after all (nor was I hers). It would’ve been too awkward at this point anyway.

And no, she didn’t accept my friend request.

Morals of the story: The iPad is too easy to use — to a fault. And you shouldn’t Facebook-stalk someone after a night of drinking.

Brian X. Chen is writing a book about the always-connected mobile future titled Always On, due for release in spring 2011. He’s already considering pitching his next book: How to Die Alone.




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