TechCrunch (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Sun Microsystems sure had some very nice things to say about the zembly project when it was introduced a couple of years ago: We like to say that zembly is the development environment for Sun's bold vision—an application development environment that not only targets the web as its native platform, but uses cutting-edge web innovations such as web services, social networking, and Web 2.0, to...
Blogging Roller (Free subscription) | yesterday
I just returned to work after vacation and a week of conferences in the SF bay area. Instead of posting my trip reports to the limited audience that reads my internal IBM blog, I'm going to post them here so that everybody can benefit from them. On Monday Nov. 2, I attended Social Web Camp at Sun's Santa Clara campus. There were about 40 people in attendance. The event was organized by Sun's Henry...
ZDNet (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Sydney's first ever Media140 conference, held at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's (ABC) studios, drew around 300 academics, journalists and media enthusiasts to discuss the benefits and risks that professionals face in using open social networks, such as Twitter.
FactoryCity (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
I sat down for a conversation with Ville Vesterinen (@vesterinen) — co-founder and editor of the ArcticStartup blog — last week while he was visiting from Helsinki. Following up on the post that Jyri Engeström and I wrote on the web at a new crossroads, we discussed the need for more open standards to create [...]
OpenSocial API Blog (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Let the games begin! At last night's Ning Appathon kickoff event at the Ning offices in Palo Alto, Ning started a week-long worldwide app development competition for the recently launched Ning Apps platform. WHAT: The Ning Appathon is a week-long OpenSocial development competition with prizes for both original and ported applications. Judges include Ning Chairman and Co-founder Marc Andreessen , Wired...
Google Code Blog (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Today, we're excited to announce several new features for Google Friend Connect that make it possible for website owners to get to know their users, encourage users to get to know each other, and match their site content (including Google ads) to visitors' interests. Check out the Google Social Web Blog for an overview of these new features. We also want to point out that there are APIs for developers...
eWeek (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Google Nov. 4 added a section to Friend Connect accounts that lets users share information about themselves for serendipitous discovery, as well as a private e-mail feature to let users connect with others they may meet online through Friend Connected Websites. Google also added an AdSense section to let Friend Connect site owners serve Google ads matched both to their site's content and to the interests...
Internet Time Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I am really looking forward to attending the VI International Seminar on Open Social Learning in Barcelona next month! To mark the end of the 2009 as the European Year of Creativity and Innovation, the UNESCO Chair in e-Learning UOC is offering an international platform for presenting OSL related research and practices, with an eye on [...]
Fleck.com Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Launched in May 2008, amidst Google’s Open Social drive, Google Friend Connect’s primary focus is to simplify adding social elements to any website. By installing Google Friend Connect, site owners can add social networking like features to their sites in a matter of minutes without any programming know how. Using a blend of open standards, Friend [...]
Official Google Australia Blog (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
(Editor's note: This is a guest post by AAPT COO David Yuile) As a challenger telco in the competitive Australian market, AAPT has worked closely with Google in the past couple of years to get the most out of the technology opportunities available to us - using search in smarter ways, and using Google Maps and Google Earth when it has made sense as a way to better visualise and plan our operations...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/28/2009
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sahara Media Inc. (OTCBB: SHHD), a media and technology company focused on developing open social platforms that can attract users, advertisers, developers and publishers within the 18 to 49 urban audience, today announced the selection of Edelman as public and investor relations agency of record. Edelman will support the growth of Sahara Media with a particular focus on...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Quepasa Corporation (Pink Sheets: QPSA), one of the world's fastest-growing Latino social networks, today announced the launch of its Developer Interface and Open Social Sandbox. The launch of the Developer Interface is part of Quepasa's overall strategy to open the site to third party Open Social developers who would like to develop applications...
2009 2010International Scholarships (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Effective January 2010, the DATABASE SYSTEMS Chair (Prof. Dr. Torsten Grust) at the Wilhelm-Schickard-Institute for Computer Science of Universität Tübingen (Germany), opens a position for a RESEARCH ASSISTANT (PhD student or Postdoc level, full-time) in an interdisciplinary research project. = DECLARATIVE LANGUAGES FOR THE EXPLORATION OF LARGE NETWORK DATA = In collaboration with colleagues...
frog design™ (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
Upon the 20-year anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the city of Berlin has launched a remarkable “living” online memorial: the Berlin Twitter Wall . Using the hashtag #fotw, people can share their thoughts on the Fall of the Berlin Wall and tell the world “which walls still have to come down to make our world a better place.” The Web site scrolls messages along a backdrop...
OpenSocial API Blog (Free subscription) | 10/22/2009
To continue the momentum from our recent Ning Apps launch -- our Apps program based on OpenSocial -- we're excited to announce that we'll be holding a special developer event called the Ning Appathon at our offices in Palo Alto, CA on Thursday, November 5th from 6pm-10pm. The event will include: An overview of Ning Apps and our OpenSocial implementation Presentations from existing Ning Apps developers...
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arnoldsmithh | 12/29/2008
Earlier, I was not very frequent user of My space but now I have realized that I am gradually addicted to My Space social applications which include exciting game, quizzes, gifts application etc. Different companies ask applications developers to design such applications which are well relevant to their businesses. Let suppose if you are a beverages making company then your drinking gifts application...
arnoldsmithh | 12/24/2008
Are you any management consulting company'? Or an IT block going to introduce your new software… or may be an event management firm planning for an upcoming event… huh? Probably you are planning to inform your clients and prospects for the new happening or may be you are just intending to mingle in the business jungle oo lala (humming) … WHAT SO EVER… Get set go for some excited apps which are going...
sheensol | 06/01/2008
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