Verizon Wireless opens network to “Any Apps, Any Device” in 2008  —  By the end of 2008, Verizon Wireless will open their network to any device which meets a “minimum technical standard.”  What that standard is, exactly, VZW isn’t saying yet — that will come in “early 2008.”

Source:   Engadget
Author:   Thomas Ricker
Link:   http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/27/verizon-wireless…

Verizon Wireless to Offer Open Access to Network  —  Companies Featured in This Article: Google, Sprint Nextel, Deutsche Telekom, AT&T, Verizon Communications, Vodafone Group, Microsoft, Research in Motion  —  Verizon Wireless said Tuesday that it would allow any device or software to run …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Roger Cheng
Link:   http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119617188870905241…

Widgets make a big splash on the Net  —  SAN FRANCISCO — For nearly a decade, GarageBand.com was the quintessential struggling Web company, barely hanging on as it burned through $17 million.  —  Until widgets.  —  Since it developed a widget, one of the mini-Web applications now flourishing …

Source:   USA Today
Link:   http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology…

Verizon Wireless To Introduce ‘Any Apps, Any Device’ Option For Customers In 2008  —  New Open Development Initiative Will Accelerate Innovation and Growth  —  BASKING RIDGE, NJ — Verizon Wireless today announced that it will provide customers the option to use, on its nationwide wireless network …

Source:   Verizon
Link:   http://news.vzw.com/news/2007/11/pr2007-11-27.html

As Google readies “GDrive”, will Microsoft lead, or follow?  —  Some seemingly non-news coming out of the Wall Street Journal tonight, saying that Google is readying their online storage product, commonly referred to as GDrive.  The Journal doesn’t offer any really new information, saying only in the publicly accessible copy:

Source:   LiveSide - Windows Live […]

Do Facebook users care about “privacy issues?”  What about Doubleclick?  —  Political groups are successful through mastering a public debate no matter what ideology they espouse, and regardless of what the issues actually are.  —  MoveOn.org is a good example.

Source:   VentureBeat
Author:   Eric Eldon
Link:   http://venturebeat.com/2007/11/27/do-facebook-users…

Some Thoughts on the Facebook Beacon  —  Recently I’ve read a number of negative posts about the Facebook Beacon which highlight how easy it is for a company to completely misjudge the privacy implications and ramifications of certain features in social software applications.

Source:   Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life
Link:   http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/2007/11/27…

IAC/InterActive Plans China Push  —  BEIJING — IAC/InterActiveCorp plans to spend $100 million on a new Internet business in China and will bring its search engine, Ask.com, to the fast-moving market as well.  —  The new company, which could be launched as soon as within a year …

Source:   Wall Street Journal
Author:   Loretta Chao
Link: […]

How Your Creepy Ex-Co-Workers Will Kill Facebook  —  Columnist Cory Doctorow describes how Facebook and other social networks have built-in self-destructs: They make it easy for you to be found by the people you’re looking to avoid.  —  Facebook’s “platform” strategy has sparked much online debate and controversy.

Source:   InformationWeek
Author:   Cory Doctorow
Link:   http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml…

Screenshots And Details On Upcoming MySpace “News Feeds”  —  A Reuters article earlier today gave a few details on MySpace’s upcoming “new feeds” product (which is what Facebook calls their similar product launched a year ago.  We spoke to MySpace and got a much deeper look at the product, as well as screenshots of how […]