Archive : Opensocial

Sometime ago Facebook joined the OpenID foundation and said it would implement OpenID to Facebook website soon … and well they have already done it but it’s kinda hidden in the Facebook site. Here is how to add OpenID in your Facebook account: Step1: Go to settings in your Facebook account; now click on change next to Linked Accounts. Step2: Click on the drop down and you can choose from Myspace, [...]

Plaxo known for its aggregation tools from all over the social web is now up for commenting and now has a stronger commenting system! The post from Plaxo Blog tells us about the two powerful new features to give everyone a “stronger Pulse”: Comments-in-the-Stream and deep integration with the travel itinerary site TripIt. In the latest release, Plaxo makes conversations a more central [...]

Plaxo’s two click signup with Google OpenId a huge hit, shows 92% success Plaxo announces its success with the launch of its new OpenID – 2 clicks signup feature! Plaxo a trust partner of Google worked together closely to enhance user signup process…. And they did it! As per Plaxo, the success rate of the new feature to use OpenID for signup shows 92% of success. The goal of the Two-Click [...]

Facebook joins OpenID Foundation Board Facebook announced this afternoon that it’s joining the OpenID Foundation – an interesting move considering that Facebook Connect, the company’s identity platform for third-party websites, has so far looked like more of a competitor to OpenID than an ally. In a blog post, Facebook writes “We’re happy to announce today that we [...]

Finally Yahoo! Hack Day in India (Bangalore) !!!!!!!!   I’ve applied for the Yahoo hack day and just waiting to see if i get in – hope i do   Quick info What is hack day is all about? ITS a FREE event, which will begin with hack-related presentations from some of the Web’s most respected developers. 24 hours of hacking on a very nice collection of tools, Yahoo!s [...]

December 4, 2008. Today may be remembered as the birth of the Social Web, as two major projects aimed at turning the Web social emerged from their restricted beta periods for general availability, Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect. Together, these two major events sound the death knell for the walled garden phase of social networking. Early reactions to the news are quick to frame this [...]

As many of my readers know, the user experience (UX) for OpenID has been a source of confusion and an impediment to broader adoption. That gave rise to an OpenID UX Summit a few weeks ago, hosted by Yahoo and attended by Google, Microsoft, MySpace, AOL, Plaxo, Facebook and many others. It also was a major focus of sessions and late-night discussion at last week’s Internet Identity Workshop. [...]