LinkedIn and the one way street on social graph portability
Blog It's a big player in social networking so I was wondering about when it would show its intent on portability of contacts this week when we received a letter from their lawyers, which might give us the answers.
[April 2, 2009, 14:02]
Facebook locks out Plaxo
News We will evaluate the situation day-by-day, but we are still committed to user ownership and control and the portability of data," McCrea added. Facebook closed down Robert Scoble's account when it found he had used an alpha version of a "screen...
[January 4, 2008, 13:03]
Google and Facebook join data-sharing alliance
News According to its website, DataPortability exists "to put all existing technologies and initiatives in context to create a reference design for end-to-end data portability [and] to promote that design to the developer, vendor and end-user community".
[January 9, 2008, 15:21]
i-mate JAM review
Reviews The i-mate JAM should interest anyone looking for portability. The hardware design is very much in the Windows Mobile Phone Edition mould, with call and end buttons sitting beneath the screen, accompanied by a navigation button with anested enter...
[November 25, 2004, 10:20]
HP Jornada 728 review
Reviews The decision for many will be between a notebook and the Jornada 728, and will come down to how much you value portability and battery life over computing power and functionality. Pocket Outlook includes Contacts, Calendar, Inbox and Tasks.
[July 15, 2002, 16:41]
Google and Data Portability: a two pronged approach or fork in the road?
Blog Google came out early as a supporter of open standards in Data Portability, turning over its various initiatives in this space, like OpenSocial, to non-profit for greater good. This does, unfortunately, muddy the Data Portability waters further...
[February 13, 2009, 10:50]
OpenID and Facebook Connect: actually, does there need to be a winner?
Blog My last post on data portability drew some interesting comments. Not only were specific implementations of OpenID defended by Kevin Marks at Google -- and I concede that there are some that are much easier to use than others, whilst providing...
[February 20, 2009, 15:08]
Microsoft to open up Outlook data format
News Data portability has become an increasing need for our customers and partners as more information is stored and shared in digital formats," Lorimer wrote. One scenario that has come up recently is how to further improve platform-independent access...
[October 27, 2009, 11:01]
Google and Data Portability: a two pronged approach or fork in the road?
Blog Comment The misconception in this piece is that Friend Connect and the Open Stack are separate approaches, whereas Friend Connect is built on exactly the same Open Technologies - OpenID, OAuth, Portable Contacts and OpenSocial - as the much-praised Plaxo...
[February 13, 2009, 10:46]
