Update 4: The Hulu/Boxee saga continues. Since the last update, Boxee has started a Twitter account dedicated to letting users know the status of Hulu on Boxee:
New Sharing Options About to Be Rolled Out to 80,000 Sites
ShareThis, creator of the ShareThis widget that allows for the easy sharing of content via your favorite social networks, has announced a new version of the widget with some added features. I just chatted with CEO Tim Schigel about it.
Dell Sharing Press Conference Through Twitter
I really like seeing how organizations experiment with social media, especially those who keep on pushing those envelopes and invite us to get involved and see what happens during such experimentation. Like Dell.
Google Opens Knol For Knowledge-Sharing
We’ve noted time and time again the way in which Wikipedia receives loads of traffic from Google, and to be honest, there’s no clear sign that this will change. But Google has gone so far as to launch Knol, a sort of would-be competitor.
Google Friend Connect – Sharing Social Networking Profiles
First MySpace announced data portability, then Facebook announced Connect, and now Google has Friend Connect. Each is making it easier to share profile information from one social networking site to other web sites (and hoping to be place you go to do that).
Beijing Shutters Video Sharing Sites
The visuals of protests in Lhasa against Chinese rule of Tibet continue to spook the central Chinese government, which shut down 25 video sharing sites.
Google Acknowledges Reader Sharing Complaints
Even though Google has seen the feedback in the Reader support group, and probably read a blog post or three, they are dodging the obvious solution to the question of sharing items.
Salesforce Releases Product For Data-Sharing
Separate companies are likely to have some things in common, and this is especially true if they use a single platform. Now, in the event that they want to talk to each other, Salesforce.com has provided them with a way of doing so.
Microsoft Building Photo Sharing Service
I was tipped off to an interesting job posting by Microsoft posted on Friday regarding upcoming efforts to create a photo sharing service that will compete with Flickr, Smugmug and other internet based photo sharing sites.
Microsoft, Viacom Posture On Content Sharing
The newly announced User Generated Content Principles, backed by several media companies, exhorts websites to filter content while paying lip service to fair use.