Many people post photos to Twitter via services like TwitPic. Unfortunately, most of those services require the user’s Twitter username and password. And while most users know that it’s not a good idea to give passwords to third party...
Topics: Flickr, OAuth, Open Web, Photos, Twitter

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Admittedly, this post is not really news. Those of you who read tech blogs regularly have probably already forgotten about it, albeit the news are not even one month old. Anyway, I was hesitant to write about Facebook’s support for OpenID as a...
Topics: Facebook, Google, Login, OpenID, Relying Party

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On Friday MySpace announced a MySpaceID WordPress plugin. The plugin allows users to comment on self-hosted WordPress blogs with their MySpace credentials and also share the blog on their MySpace page. Of course, this sounds a lot like Facebook Connect...
Topics: Facebook Connect, MySpace, Open Web, Plugin, WordPress

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In February 2008 I happily joined the OpenID Foundation (OIDF). For the first time it was possible for individuals to join the OIDF and I was certainly among the first to join. While the annual membership fee of $100 was a little high, I thought it was...
Topics: David Recordon, Don Thibeau, energy, executive director, Marisa Kihlthau, OIDF, OpenID, OpenID Foundation, Scott Kveton, USD

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Yesterday Facebook made some significant announcements regarding the open web. They will make Facebook more open and users and developers can interact with the social network in greater depth than before.Leveraging the News FeedFirst, Facebook announced..
Topics: Facebook, Open Web, OpenID, Plaxo

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