http://opensocialhowto.com News related Google's Open Social Fri, 16 May 2008 13:23:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en How close are we to true data portability? It depends who is asking the question as to how it gets answered. As one of the chief catalysts for the current wave of discussion and (some) action, Chris Saad, points out none of the current high profile ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/flushing-the-data-portaloo-the-looming-portability-squareoff-with-users/ This week’s announcements from MySpace, Facebook, and Google about their respective launches of Data Availability, Facebook Connect and Google Friend Connect gives us a preview into the next evolution of web connectivity. To marketers it’s a amazing leap forward in being able to 1) tap into audiences behaviourally ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/open-id%e2%80%a6data-portability%e2%80%a6-seamless-integration-or-lack-of-control/ I had an idea for a website the other day: I play the guitar, and I have a terrible memory. So, when I come up with a song idea, I usually record it on the computer before I forget it. I assume I’m not alone, and a lot of ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/making-a-social-music-site-in-drupal-part-i/ OpenKM is a Open Source electronic document management system, which, due to its characteristics, can be used by large companies as well as by the small ones, as a useful tool in knowledge management processing, providing a more flexible and lower-cost alternative to other proprietary applications. Original post by Linux/Unix ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/openkm-open-source-document-management-system/ Thank you. The hectic but repetitive routine of business and journalism often seems to consist entirely of back and forth charges between companies, punctuated by demos, trade shows and the occasional press … Original post by Linux/Unix News | motd.ambians.com http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/seeing-the-future-open-source-in-2013-dana-blankenhorn/ It’s a secret how much it cost them exactly, but Comcast officially confirmed it has acquired Plaxo, the social content and address book provider. What are the plans for the Plaxo within giant cable company and how will the lives of Comcast and Plaxo users be enriched? Original post by ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/comcast-acquires-plaxo-the-end-of-data-interoperability/ Bruce Nussbaum performs the last rites, drawing a lesson that folks in international aid never seem to learn: Nicholas Negroponte’s One Laptop Per Child organization admitted defeat in its effort to sell millions of open-source computers in Asia, Africa and Latin America by joining with ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/olpc-xp-omg-rip/ Ok, so Freeware was a misnomer.  I’m not really talking about totally free software . . I’m talking about software that starts as free, and then asks for dontations to continue and expand.  It’s called Donationware. This is not to be confused with Open Source software, which is software ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/freeware-as-a-path-to-success/ Elgg, open source social application engine, and the Open Data Definition Posted on May 16th, 2008 by David Thanks to Gerry McKiernan I learned about Elgg, “a robust open source social application engine.” A Version 1.0 of Elgg is supposed to be released in the summer ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/elgg-open-source-social-application-engine-and-the-open-data-definition/ Carl Icahn, an erstwhile Yahoo shareholder wants to fire the entire Yahoo Board. In his letter to Yahoo, he claims buying $2.5 billion worth of Yahoo stocks to push his agenda. On the other hand, Facebook is accusing Google for invading user privacy with its Friend Connect. In ... http://opensocialhowto.com/2008/05/16/icahn-vs-yahoo-facebook-vs-google/