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The later half of 08 is going to see some major changes n the Social Media world. Things like Live Mesh, FriendConnect, FriendFeed, and services yet to be seen are going to make the Twitter explosion look like so 1.0. Stay tuned.

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This seems like a very un-Google like move. They've always been open with their data, this seems more like something Microsoft would do. It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

"Google could have worked with other large companies and with the creators of these standards (some are in the Data Portability Working Group that Google joined, for example) to tackle the hard questions around data exposure, integration and privacy. Instead they are pushing their Open Social standard around in an iframe. Easy is very good, but co-operation could have come up with something better than this."

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