Posted by on under development efforts, facebook, new features, launch, bugs, email addresses | 
An update to our
recent post on Facebook Connect: Facebook is pushing partners hard to be prepared for an official November 30 launch. 24 of 26 announced
launch partners have yet to integrate Facebook Connect. We've spoken with a number of them. All say they are still planning to integrate the product eventually, but complain of bugs and other issues and wasted development efforts to date. Some, afraid of policy changes that will make Facebook Connect less interesting, also say they're waiting to see the final product before launching. A number of new features are being added. One, called FriendLink, allows a site using Facebook Connect to pass email addresses to Facebook and get friend recommendations back. This allows sites to make connections between users that they may not know about yet (but that Facebook already knows about). It's a key feature that is attracting a number of partners, we've heard.
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Posted by on under many mysteries, mysteries of earth, digg, nature journal, puzzle |
One of the many mysteries of Earth's nearest planetary neighbour Venus has been cracked, Nature journal reports.
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Posted by on under loic le meur, boing boing, sexy maids, joi ito, darth vader, hector garcia, chumby, digital garage, xeni jardin, epode, silic, danny choo, facebook, bbtv, shoe designer, friend danny, ayed, cnn, language websites, linkedin |
I hope you are sitting down when you hit "play." Joi Ito, the host of today's special Boing Boing tv episode from Tokyo, explains what you're about to witness: This year, the Digital Garage New Context Conference and Ellen Levy's Silicon Valley Connect worked together on a program for visitors from Silicon Valley to Tokyo. Silicon Valley Connect is a program that Ellen runs which brings executives and visionaries from Silicon Valley to various parts of the world. This year, we organized a group to visit Japan. As part of the "cultural program" we decided to take a tour of Akihabara, the mecca of all things otaku, anime and electronic in Japan. I asked a very special friend, Danny Choo, son of the famous shoe designer Jimmy Choo, to lead the tour. I call Danny "The Prince of Akihabara". He is one of the world's experts on Japan's otaku culture and has one of the most popular English language websites about Japan. One of his favorite things is to dress up as a storm trooper and spread his love and happiness in Akihabara. He is often accompanied by his side-kick Darth Vader, played by Hector Garcia who also has a super-popular blog about Japan. (Danny on CNN talking about this hobby of his.) When I talked to Xeni Jardin about this, we decided that this might make a good Boing Boing TV episode... and I think we were right. Thanks to everyone who participated and helped. Participants from Silicon Valley included Ellen Levy (LinkedIn), Ken Glidewell, Loic Le Meur (Seesmic), Geraldine Le Meur (Le Web), bunnie Huang (Chumby), Jean-Marie Hullot (Fotonauts), Matt Flannery (Kiva), Julie Hanna Farris (SocialText) and Chamath Palihapitiya (Facebook)....
Tagi: loic le meur, boing boing, sexy maids, joi ito, darth vader, hector garcia, chumby, digital garage, xeni jardin, epode, silic, danny choo, facebook, bbtv, shoe designer, friend danny, ayed, cnn, language websites, linkedin
Posted by on under facebook, digg, ea, ex girlfriend |
Your friend has updated their status on Facebook, and you’ve read their sad plea for attention. Now comes the hard part. Do you take the bait, and acknowledge that you care enough about what they are doing to comment on it, or do you get back to researching your ex-girlfriend’s new fiancé?
Tagi: facebook, digg, ea, ex girlfriend
Posted by on under social networking site, addicti, facebook, burglar, robbery, ly, real world, logs |
yet-another-lobbyist writes to mention that Facebook addiction has finally caused real world consequences, at least for one would-be burglar. It seems that 19-year-old Jonathan Parker couldn't stay away from the popular social networking site, even long enough to rob a house. Parker not only stopped mid-robbery to check his Facebook status on the victim's computer, but left it logged in to his account when he left.
Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Tagi: social networking site, addicti, facebook, burglar, robbery, ly, real world, logs
