Facebook and Google still not ready to connect friends
 

The meaning of openness in the realm of social networks continues to be difficult to pin down. At a panel discussion Tuesday at Supernova 2008 (http://www.supernova2008.com/) in San Francisco, representatives from Facebook, Google, and Plaxo discussed their various interpretations of openness and got into the ongoing controversy between Google and Facebook over their friend-connecting APIs.
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*Source: Outside the Lines (http://news.cnet.com/8301-13953_3-99...tag=nefd.top)*

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