Facebook To Open Up To Third Party Widgets

Social networking site Facebook is about to make things interesting. The company is expected to announce this week that it will open up its site to developers and Web services companies who want to connect on a more intimate basis with Facebook users.

Google, Salesforce.com May Partner

Google’s no wimp, but it never hurts to have help when doing battle with a company like Microsoft.  A rumored partnership with Salesforce.com would provide just that, although the financial details (or even any information about the resulting products) are still unknown.

FeedBurner Deal Could Be Good For Google

The rumor that Google is eyeballing FeedBurner for a cool $100 million has folks talking about what that could mean for Google's search result relevancy, and the company's ability to identify splogs, differentiating them from legitimate blogs.

Google China Gives Birth To Life Search

Google may not always let Chinese citizens search for terms like “democracy,” but it’s apparently got no problems with things such as housing, work, and train tickets; a new Life Search engine available through Google China is tailored to deal with precisely these types of classifications.