Wednesday, July 01, 2009 2:57 PM/EST
The ClackPoint gadget enables Website owners to offer text chat, conference calling and document sharing through a gadget for Friend Connect. Google's and Facebook's programming teams will tell you that fostering the socialization of the Web -- not making money -- is the point of their activities. But this may come into play when the teams are asked what value they're bringing to their companies.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009 1:15 PM/EST
Google's new venture fund will finance just about any kind of project its board likes, although, as the Washington Post points out, it doesn't own the domain name for googleventures.com--yet. Indeed, Google is likely to get its hands on that...
Monday, December 29, 2008 12:00 PM/EST
Facebook, which is not fooled by Google's wolf in woolly open-source clothing, is healthily wary of Google. But Facebook comes armed with a killer social network of over 130 million users and an apps platform, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants his baby to carve its own path and see where it leads without Google.
Tuesday, December 09, 2008 8:29 AM/EST
The respective weaknesses of MySpaceID and Friend Connect may preclude them from serving as viable alternatives to Facebook.
Thursday, December 04, 2008 6:28 PM/EST
Whether it's Windows versus Linux or Connect versus OpenID, the crusade is getting tired.
Monday, December 01, 2008 10:56 AM/EST
If these Google, MySpace and Facebook are all gunning for partners to open up to then they should all grab large slabs of the big social Web advertising pie.
Monday, October 20, 2008 12:45 PM/EST
Schmidt won't be leaving his position at Google any time soon unless he gets burnt out or bored.
Monday, August 18, 2008 10:17 AM/EST
Ling will not be the last executive to leave Google for Facebook and return.
Thursday, June 19, 2008 3:09 PM/EST
By joining Benchmark, while keeping in touch as an advisor to Facebook, Cohler will help the social network expand its domain on the Web.
Monday, May 19, 2008 10:24 AM/EST
Facebook claimed it banned the service because it allowed developers to access users' data. So, Google went to great lengths to explain that the service does not threaten user privacy, chiefly because users control what data gets shared.