MySpace has launched its answer to Facebook Connect with the MySpace Open Platform. This is the broader suite of products that includes the MySpace Application Platform, ‘MySpaceID’ (formerly Data Availability) and Post-To MySpace.
Yahoo: Icahn’s Slate is Not the Right Answer
Yahoo’s annual shareholder meeting in August should be a fiery one. The company filed a presentation today imploring stockholders to support Yahoo’s Board of Director nominees. As has been the pattern for communication between Yahoo executives and Carl Icahn, the presentation is blunt and clear in how CEO Jerry Yang and company feel about Icahn’s proposals. They might as well have written, "Tell Carl to eff off, will ya?"
Specter: XM-Sirius Answer Should Be Near
For the sake of avoiding repetition, the words "may" and "might" aren’t going to appear in every sentence of this article. Go ahead and mentally insert them, though, because this concerns the resolution of the long-uncertain XM-Sirius merger.
SMX: Wikipedia, Yahoo Answers & Answer Sharing
Web users rely on community-contributed-content sites such as Wikipedia and Yahoo Answers. These sites enable you to communicate directly with an engaged audience. But contribute to the conversation with care. Too much spin and you’re credibility will be shot-and your brand damaged. You’ll come away from this session knowing how these influential sites work and how to participate constructively.
Moderator: Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief, Search Engine Land
FeedHub the Answer to Information Overload?
I’ve been playing with mSpoke’s FeedHub, releasing today at the Demo Conference. I’ll have a video up later today demonstrating the product.
Dan Farber has a review and info up on his ZDNet blog.
Europe Still Looking For An Answer To Google
While America’s busy celebrating Labor Day (mmm, ribs), Europe will be hard at work farming a Google competitor.
Flex/ColdFusion Mystery and a Very Simple Answer
I was working on a Flex project when I hit a brick wall. I had a very simple form.
Is Joost The Answer For Internet TV ?
The Creators behind the Venice Project have officially announced a name for their new online video service. Joost will be the name for the company that promises to revolutionize the way Internet television is watched. They are still in private beta testing and offer invitation only visits to their site.
No Answer to Google Checkout from PayPal
The NYT takes a look at Google efforts to take market share away from eBay’s PayPal. The two are in a battle for the right to process credit card payments of companies looking for an alternative to merchant accounts.
Answerbag Seeks Its Answer, Your Question
The question and answer segment of social media has a lot of big names playing in the space, but not many of their users may recognize Answerbag, a social QnA site that has been online for over three years.