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Expono: Flickr, Picasa and the Kitchen Sink
Written by Doug Coleman / July 4, 2009 7:00 AM / 1 Comments
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You can't swing a stick on the Web these days without hitting a photo or media sharing service. Some of the most popular ones like Flickr and Photobucket have become Continue reading »


Google OpenID Updates UI, Extends More Data to Relying Party Sites
Written by Jolie O'Dell / May 14, 2009 1:10 PM / 3 Comments
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This morning, Google announced two enhancements to their OpenID API. For end users, they have rolled out a popup-style interface for simpler logins with fewer redirects and less confusion. They Continue reading »


Firefox Could Be the Real Facebook Challenger
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 5, 2009 2:54 PM / 52 Comments
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Firefox doesn't keep track of the number of users it has but Asa Dotzler, Mozilla's director of community development, said today that the company estimates that there are 270 million Continue reading »


US Senate Votes Now Available in XML - Bring on The Mashups!
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / May 5, 2009 10:43 AM / 14 Comments
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Today is an important day in the history of politics and technology - the US Senate voting record is finally available in machine-readable XML (extensible markup language) format. Mashups, vote Continue reading »


Firefox Could Offer New Ways to View Data (Mock-ups)
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / April 21, 2009 11:13 AM / 2 Comments
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Bees can see ultraviolet light that the human eye cannot see. Snakes and mosquitoes can see infrared light. The Firefox (browser) can see things that the human eye can't, too, Continue reading »


Cliqset Could Be The Web's First Read-Write Identity Provider
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / March 10, 2009 1:23 PM / 9 Comments
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You can log in to comment here on ReadWriteWeb with an OpenID, via Facebook Connect or through various other methods. Imagine if you could make "friend" connections with other commenters Continue reading »


What Should Obama's CTO Do With Public Data? Now You Can Vote On It
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 20, 2009 10:39 AM / 9 Comments
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Two days into the new Presidential administration, Barack Obama issued a memo calling on the still unfilled new office of Chief Technology Officer to make a list of recommendations for Continue reading »


Yahoo Plumber Becomes Chief Technologist
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 13, 2009 11:25 AM / 11 Comments
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Yahoo application platform leader Sam Pullara has been appointed Chief Technologist, the company announced internally yesterday. Pullara has been responsible for the widely loved Yahoo Pipes and the next generation Continue reading »


Photos From Facebook HQ: Free Love, Free Jerky & Freedom for User Data
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / February 11, 2009 1:43 PM / 8 Comments
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After a period of dramatic tension, social networking giant Facebook has joined forces with the OpenID community working for a distributed system of standards-based, non-proprietary user identity. It's a move Continue reading »


Could This Be Your All-in-One Social Network?
Written by Marshall Kirkpatrick / January 13, 2009 1:01 PM / 52 Comments
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Long time innovator Marc Canter has made a proposal for a system to let users integrate all their social networks from around the web into one central dashboard. He calls Continue reading »


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