Topic: Facebook Connect

XAuth, An Alternative to Facebook Connect to Let You... Erm... Connect

One insidious way Facebook's worming its way into the social net structures of large parts of the Web is via its "easy login" system Facebook Connect. Now there's some competition from newcomers XAuth, if only they believed in ...READ»

Twitter to Compete With Ever-Expanding Facebook Connect

Facebook's Connect system, the unseen code that makes logging in to many other Web sites much easier, marches on--it's just reached MySpace for example. But Twitter isn't planning on being left out, and it's improving its own ...READ»

The Consumer Media Connection

There are a number of interesting two way communications situations happening in media today. It represents the integration of the social media such as Facebook and Twitter into the "mainstream" web edit sites. This is ...READ»

Need a Plumber? Redbeacon Adds Facebook Support to Its Service Provider Finder

Redbeacon, a site that matches users up with service providers (like plumbers, painters, personal trainers, and housekeepers), announced a few new options, most notably Facebook, that'll encourage a more social use of the site--and ...READ»

Crib Sheet: Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook f8 Keynote

Facebook is invading the rest of the Internet, foisting its social manifest on your online life. Documents, toolbars, new search options, recommendations, plug-ins, and 30 new partners--this is what you need to know.READ»

Huffington Post Gets 'Social News,' but What Does It Mean?

The social networking bandwagon everyone's jumping aboard better get some new seats installed: The Huffington Post has hopped on today, with a "Social News" feature. Apart from the PR-friendly hype of the title, what's it all ...READ»

XAuth Explained: Solving a Real Social Net Problem You May Never Know You Had

XAuth, the supposed competitor to Facebook Connect that made headlines yesterday, turns out to be less a competitor and more powerful than anyone realized. We spoke to one of its key creators, Seth Sternberg, who's also Meebo's CEO, ...READ»

Add Facebook Connect to Your Site in Three Steps

Facebook Connect, the network's unified-login service, has been adopted by a litany of major sites, this one included. But in the year that it's been available, it hasn't become any easier to implement for amateur website ...READ»

How to Mobilize Your Social Media

Your Entire Social-Network Audience Is Not on a ComputerREAD»

Today's Vision of Tomorrow: Apps With Everything, Everything With Apps

News coming out of the Le Web conference in Paris this week has prompted me to look at Apps and App Stores in a new light: In the future we can expect pretty much everything to have apps, and apps that'll do almost ...READ»

Facebook Aims for the Heart of Mobile Social Networking: Apps

When I joked everything would soon be wired to a social network the other day I didn't realize how close I was to the mark. Because social net giant Facebook is angling to become the vehicle that lets everything on your smartphone get ...READ»

iFive: Facebook User Privacy Abuse, Yahoo Connect, WikiLeaks' Iraq Stash, Toddlers and Smartphones, Megapixel Wars

Monday's early news, from people who've been awake for hours:READ»

What Startups Can Learn from the Dean and Obama Campaigns

In the spirit of avoiding the things everyone else is already telling you from SXSW, I didn't go to hear Dave Morin announce Facebook Connect's availability for iPhone, or Larry Lessig's presentation on how to change Congress. ...READ»

Add Facebook Connect to Your Site in Three Steps

Facebook Connect, the network's unified-login service, has been adopted by a litany of major sites, this one included. But in the year that it's been available, it hasn't become any easier to implement for amateur website ...READ»

Fast Company's New Look

Does this site look any different to you? Yes, it does. And if you're new here, welcome to Fast Company. To help you navigate the increasing number of articles being published here each day, the site has been reorganized and, ...READ»

Most Innovated Companies - Web

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How the "Strip-Mall Effect" Could Destroy the Web

Will the next generation of social networks ruin the Web we love?READ»

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Brighter Planet Brings the Social Web to Carbon Footprints

There are hundreds of carbon footprint calculators available on the Internet, but most of them just ask you to input information about your lifestyle in exchange for a footprint rating. If you're lucky, the calculator might offer tips ...READ»

Glue: The Next Marketing Tool for Creatives

Glue is a free Firefox add-on that lets you take your social network to every major site you visit. At heart, it's a semantic Web tool: it can "read" and contextualize the content on the sites you visit, and serve up your ...READ»

The 10 Most Creative People in the Web Business

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• The 100 Most Creative People in Business

Rock Band for iPhone Launches to Thunderous Applause

Living room rock gods, take note: the battle of the bands is on, and this time the arena is portable. Electronic Arts, MTV Games, and Harmonix have finally launched Rock Band for the iPhone, challenging Tapulous's monopoly in the ...READ»

Should Firefox Hold the Key to Your Identity With a 1-Click ID Button for the Web?

See that little login window on the top right of this Web page? Mozilla, through Firefox, wants to do away with it--for all the best reasons. Mozilla's plan will simplify how you log into sites because, lets face it, IDing yourself ...READ»

Soulja Boy Cranks Out iPhone Remix App, More Artists Coming Soon

When Fast Company dubbed DeAndre "Soulja Boy Tell 'Em" Way (colloquially known as "Soulja Boy") the most creative person in the digital music business, I knew he wouldn't disappoint. And lo and behold, the 18-year-old rapper who ...READ»

Honestly.com, a "Yelp for People," Opens Up, Gets Funding, and Rebrands

The reputation website, originally called "Unvarnished," walks a fine line between anonymity and accountability, as it aims to make a professional reference online more like it is in real life.READ»

How LinkedIn Could Cross the Chasm

Though Twitter has captured much of the social media attention in the past year, LinkedIn continues to pick up steam. While the professional-focused social network recently reach the 50 million user mark, we set out to discover how the site could accelerate its growth. We used Quantcast to analyze LinkedIn and other top-tier social networks to identify the best practices to...READ»