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  • Anatomy of hack on Google leads Plaxo to up API security

    A malicious attack aimed at Google but routed through Plaxo highlights the growing importance of API security using the forthcoming OAuth 2.0 protocol, which protects the user's credential...

    Blog posts | May 14, 2012 11:23am PDT

  • Plaxo moving out of social networking...

    Plaxo is preparing for a major relaunch after more than 9 years.

    Blog posts | March 8, 2011 1:44pm PST

  • News to know: Comcast-Plaxo; Icahn-Yahoo; Linux; Microsoft

    Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly? Dennis Howlett: Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move Dan Farber: Comcast goes social with Plaxo...

    Blog posts | May 15, 2008 1:41am PDT

  • Comcast buys Plaxo: Will social networking and TV fly?

    Comcast has acquired Plaxo in a move that aims to make the cable giant's interactive portfolio more social and potentially bring a little Web 2.0 to your set-top box. Financial terms weren't...

    Blog posts | May 14, 2008 6:18pm PDT

  • Comcast scoops up Plaxo: good move

    In a move that surprises few people, Plaxo is being acquired. The surprise - at least for some - is that it is Comcast and not one of the usual suspects of Facebook or Google. Comcast is Plaxo's...

    Blog posts | May 14, 2008 5:09pm PDT

  • Did Google buy Plaxo?

    Rumor has it that Google agreed to purchase Plaxo for just under $200 million -- honestly though, I don't know why. If the deal actually happened, some people think it was probably to keep Plaxo...

    Blog posts | February 8, 2008 6:33am PST

  • Google unleashes Social Graph API--indexes people connections

    Following on its OpenSocial APIs for building cross-social network applications, Google has created a Social Graph API that searches the Web for explicit public statements of connections between...

    Blog posts | February 1, 2008 11:00am PST

  • Waiting for the OpenSocial hammer to drop

    Veteran developer Marc Canter warns industry politics could stymie push to give social-network users more control over data.

    News items | January 28, 2008 4:00am PST

  • Business execs snub Facebook

    Social networking Web site Facebook is being snubbed by a jury of CIOs because of the increasing number of "silly applications" and lack of business use.

    News items | January 22, 2008 11:19am PST

  • Did Scoble break EU law on Facebook?

    I've been itching to get something written about Scoble's antics over on Facebook when he used the Plaxo script to scrape data as a way of pointing up what he believes is an issue around openness...

    Blog posts | January 8, 2008 10:02am PST

  • Facebook's lack of data portability raises as many questions as provides answers

    When Robert Scoble scraped contact data from Facebook for import into rival social network Plaxo Pulse, he inadvertently raised more questions around the need for data portability than provided...

    Blog posts | January 4, 2008 10:58am PST

  • What is Facebook's stance on data portability?

    The latest wrinkle on the controversy over importing Facebook data into Plaxo is that Facebook has reinstated Robert Scoble's 5,000 friend account per the following email and caveat (in bold): Hi...

    Blog posts | January 3, 2008 3:24pm PST

  • Plaxo gives Facebook a litmus test

    The new year in social networking is picking up where it left off with Plaxo letting loose a Facebook data importer (see Techmeme for the full debate). Robert Scoble was given an alpha version of...

    Blog posts | January 3, 2008 12:32pm PST

  • OpenSocial unleashed into the wild

    Now that OpenSocial has been partially release into the wild, the effects on the ecosystem are being felt. TechCrunch reported on a hack of an application on Plaxo's OpenSocial-compliant host....

    Blog posts | November 3, 2007 7:50am PDT

  • Forget Facebook think Plaxo

    Today's center of attention is upon Google's acquisition of Jaiku and what it means for every man and his dog. In the meantime people forget about Plaxo. The last few days, some of my Irregular...

    Blog posts | October 9, 2007 4:49pm PDT

  • OpenID for unlocking enterprise value

    Neville Hobson's views on OpenID struck a chord: It seems to me that OpenID is still a very early-adoption technology, the domain of serious geeks and tech enthusiasts. Well, I’m as...

    Blog posts | August 22, 2007 12:01am PDT

  • Plaxo and the Stone Age of the social Web

    Plaxo's forthcoming entry into mainstream social networking with its Pulse service is all over TechMeme this morning. What was formerly a way to synch your contacts across various services is now...

    Blog posts | August 3, 2007 8:31am PDT

  • Confessions of a social community subscribe-aholic

    I have subscribed to more social communities than I can keep up with ... and yet I keep clicking subscribe links. Some I bookmark, and some I don't. Most are clutter in my cyber-closet. My...

    Blog posts | July 5, 2007 1:50pm PDT

  • LinkedIn just now embracing APIs? Thank the competition, not 'open' thinking

    Over the weekend, a fairly significant meme surfaced in the blogosphere regarding Linked.com's decision to offer developers programatic access to its services through application programming...

    Blog posts | June 26, 2007 12:00pm PDT

  • Will the real 'Switzerland' of the Social Web please stand-up

    Although he wasn't completely satisfied with his testing of the service, Robert Scoble sees Plaxo as the "new Switzerland of social networks." Wrote Scoble (he has video too): I really want to...

    Blog posts | June 26, 2007 9:33am PDT

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