So I pull up Google Maps today to find a Taco Bell (because the one near me was recently torn down to make way for a BIGGER Taco Bell, but it still not finished), and I am greeted with what looks like a simplified version of the site. Upon further inspection, it is more featureful, [...]
In reply to my OpenSocial post, online reputation company Rapleaf co-founder Vivek Sodera sent me some interesting statistics that they have gathered. The statistics show the overlap of users between social networks. Why does this relate to OpenSocial? OpenSocial is a bridge between Social Networks and non-social networks. If User X has an account at [...]
Google is unstoppable. This Thursday, November 1, 2007, Google will launch OpenSocial (url goes live on Thursday); a set of API’s that allow developers to interact with ANY social network that chooses to participate. What does this mean? It means that in order to access Orkut, LinkedIn, hi5, Plaxo, and other currently participating social networks, [...]
You are not reading that wrong… Gmail now has IMAP! Note: They are rolling the feature out to select test accounts now. If you do not have IMAP options in your settings, you are not cool enough. Google will most likley do a full scale roll out shortly. For ages, Gmail has been strictly POP3-only [...]