Google Friend Connect Tries to Strangle the Social – ReadWriteWeb

This seems like a very un-Google like move. They’ve always been open with their data, this seems more like something Microsoft would do. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

“Google could have worked with other large companies and with the creators of these standards (some are in the Data Portability Working Group that Google joined, for example) to tackle the hard questions around data exposure, integration and privacy. Instead they are pushing their Open Social standard around in an iframe. Easy is very good, but co-operation could have come up with something better than this.”

tags: ncb, Google, OpenSocial, FriendConnect

Nexus Graphs Your Facebook Friends and More – ReadWriteWeb

This is the piece I think is still missing from Web 2.0: Visualization. I think apps that “show you” who your connections are and what that actually means in the business world will add huge value to companies and aid in corporate adoption.

tags: ncb, apps, facebook, visualization

Auburn Journal : AP Stories

I want one.

“Like the Curve and the Pearl, BlackBerry’s consumer-oriented phones, the Bold has a full-size headset jack and a camera that can also capture video. At the same time, it has dual-band Wi-Fi, a feature previously only found on a model aimed at the corporate market.”

tags: NCB, BlackBerry, Bold, smartphone