An Open Facebook API vs Google OpenSocial  —  Probably about 5 months ago I had a conversation with someone at Facebook about licensing their API.  —  The beauty of Facebook, as opposed to Myspace and other social networks is that the people on there are for the most part who they say they are …

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Saturday Subscriber Count Drop?  —  If you saw your subscriber count drop precipitously in your Saturday, November 3rd summary from FeedBurner, the reason is that specific subscriber stats from Google Feedfetcher were offline because this service was apparently out late with friends on Friday night …

Source:   Burning Questions - The FeedBurner Weblog
Author:   Dick
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Google’s OpenSocial looks more like hype than substance  —  Having been on holiday, I missed the excitement over Google’s OpenSocial, but at least I’m in time to observe the inevitable backlash.  Having read the news reports, three things are moderately suprising.

Source:   Guardian Unlimited: Technology
Author:   Jack Schofield
Link:   http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/2007/11/04…

It’s official: iPhone 1.1.2  —  We get some hands-on time with version 1.1.2 of the Apple iPhone firmware, courtesy of our UK iPhone.  —  In the UK, November 9th is D-day for everything iPhone.  One detail about this date strikes the fear of god into iPhone hackers, however …

Source:   T3
Link:   http://www.t3.co.uk/news/247/communications…

PCs being pushed aside in Japan  —  TOKYO - Masaya Igarashi wants $200 headphones for his new iPod Touch, and he’s torn between Nintendo Co.’s Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3 game consoles.  When he has saved up again, he plans to splurge on a digital camera or flat-screen TV.

Source:   Associated Press
Author:   Hiroko Tabuchi
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Devices Enforce Silence of Cellphones, Illegally  —  One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cellphone vigilante.  He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was “blabbing away” into her phone.  —  “She was using the word ‘like’ all the time.

Source:   New York Times
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Devices Enforce Cellular Silence, Sweet but Illegal  —  One afternoon in early September, an architect boarded his commuter train and became a cellphone vigilante.  He sat down next to a 20-something woman who he said was “blabbing away” into her phone.  —  “She was using the word ‘like’ all the time.

Source:   New York Times
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Read/WriteWeb up for Best Technology Blog, 2007 Weblog Awards  —  We’re honored to be nominated for Best Technology Blog in the 2007 Weblog Awards.  Voting closes November 8, 2007 and you may vote once every 24 hours, determined by IP address.  —  R/WW is up against some very strong competition …

Source:   Read/WriteWeb
Author:   Richard […]