More to Real-Time Search Than Twitter

Google's Seattle site director Brian Bershad told TechFlash.com, "There's relatively little data in Twitter," Bershad said. "I think if you could take a Twitter-like service and combine it with a lot of other data sources about the users, you might be able to come up with something more interesting."

March Madness Comes to Facebook

March Madness is a time-honored tradition for college basketball fans in the US, and this weekend is "Selection Sunday." That means it's bracket time. Millions of fans will be getting online to find brackets to fill out and chart their visions for the path to the NCAA championship. Many will likely turn to Facebook, and they're in luck because developers like CBSSports.com, Watercooler and Citizen…

Create Trust, Reduce Spam with Google Friend Connect API

Yesterday, at PubCon South, Matt Cutts talked about Google Launching the Google Friend Connect API. Shortly after Webproworld broke this story, Cutts sat down with our own Abby Johnson for an exclusive interview in which he discussed the API launch in a litle more detail.

“Twitterview” Scheduled Between McCain, Stephanopoulos

The average person, if asked to visualize George Stephanopoulos interviewing John McCain, would probably imagine both men in a television studio, wearing suits.  But this Tuesday, it seems that McCain and Stephanopoulos will instead be hunched over keyboards and possibly dressed in their jammies.

Developers Taking Advantage of Best Buy’s API

Last month Best Buy announced a new social and API-driven initiative to give its web business a boost. The Best Buy Remix Developer Network comes with an affiliate plan that lets developers earn commissions if the traffic they send to BestBuy.com results in a sale.