Facebook: “We Have Not Been Briefed On OpenSocial”  —  When Google was asked during the press conference earlier today if they had invited Facebook into OpenSocial, the answer was “yes,” and then changed to “we can’t comment, followed by “we have reached out to virtually everyone in this space” …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
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The New York Times’ Blogrunner—A Techmeme Killer?  —  Last night, the New York Times quietly launched Blogrunner on the technology section of its main site.  Blogrunner was one of many techmeme copycat sites, until the New York Times bought it last year.  Like Techmeme, Blogrunner is a service …

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick Schonfeld
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Facebook, Your Move  —  Not so fast, Mike.  The anti-Facebook coalition piling onto Google’s OpenSocial platform does not constitute checkmate for Google just quite yet.  These are developer announcements.  No actual consumers have changed their social networking habits because of OpenSocial.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Erick Schonfeld
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/01/facebook-your…

A dangerous conflict of interest between Firefox and Google  —  The Firefox browser may not be as independent as previously thought.  Mozilla essentially owns Firefox, and it proved so whenit flexed its muscles last year in forcing Debian to rename its browser IceWeasel.

Source:   CNET News.com
Author:   Chris Soghoian
Link:   http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9776759-7.html

Invention Of the Year: The iPhone  —  Stop.  I mean, don’t stop reading this, but stop thinking what you’re about to think.  Or, O.K., I’ll think it for you:

Source:   Time
Author:   Lev Grossman
Link:   http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599…

Checkmate?  MySpace, Bebo and SixApart To Join Google OpenSocial (confirmed)  —  Google may have just come out of nowhere and checkmated Facebook in the social networking power struggle.  —  MySpace and Six Apart will announce that they are joining Google’s OpenSocial initiative.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/01/confirmed…

Checkmate?  MySpace and SixApart To Join Google OpenSocial (confirmed)  —  Google may have just come out of nowhere and checkmated Facebook in the social networking power struggle.  —  MySpace and Six Apart will announce that they are joining Google’s OpenSocial initiative.

Source:   TechCrunch
Author:   Michael Arrington
Link:   http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/11/01/confirmed…

MySpace Joining Google’s OpenSocial  —  We hear Google is planning to announce yet another partner to its anti-Facebook coalition today — News Corp.’s MySpace.  [Haven’t confirmed].  Look for an announcement by the end of the day.  This makes a lot of sense for both sides …

Source:   Silicon Alley Insider
Author:   Peter Kafka
Link:   http://www.alleyinsider.com/2007/11/myspace-joining…

Google’s Internal Tool to Check Search Results?  —  Just a note : I’ve photoshopped the screenshot, so the numbers are real but not for “www.ffp.asso.fr” ;-)  —  Tom, does that include all numbers displayed alongside www.ffp.asso.fr, or just the GG Score?  —  the bottom lines are real, but they are not related to the results.

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Apple’s MacBook and MacBook Pro quietly updated  —  The rumors were rampant about the pending upgrade; now the deal is done.  The Apple MacBook has finally moved to the Santa Rosa architecture with a healthy GMA X3100 video bump from the lethargic GMA 950 of yore.

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Thomas Ricker
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/01/apple-macbooks…