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Hat tip to Brady
This is huge!  One API to rule them all?  Finally, a common standard for developers to write social utility apps. 2008 IS going to be the year of the social network app.
Google has announced OpenSocial, a new open API for social networks. The new standard will allow developers to create Facebook-like apps [...]

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We are happy to announce that Project Gatineau, Microsoft’s new, free web analytics service, is ready for beta testing and the first invitations are now being sent to customers.
To manage Project Gatineau’s growth and give customers the best web analytics service possible, the beta is for US advertisers by invitation only for the [...]

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Hugh over with Scoble yesterday. Amongst the discussions, the origins of Blue Monster. This is particularly significant as the Blue Monster celebrates its first birthday today. Steve Clayton has also posted the Blue Monster year in review over at his blog
The Blue Monster represents an excellent example of a "social object", which has grabbed my [...]

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Professor Michael Wesch has published yet another excellent video, looking at some of the most important characteristics of students today. In particular, how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. The video is a [...]

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WordPress 2.3.1 is now available. 2.3.1 is a bug-fix and security release for the 2.3 series.
2.3.1 fixes over twenty bugs. Some of the notable fixes are:

Tagging support for Windows Live Writer
Fixes for a login bug that affected those with a Blog Address different than
their WordPress Address
Faster taxonomy database queries, especially tag intersection [...]

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Hugh’s MacLeod’s great talk at Microsoft’s Mix ‘07. Hugh discusses the Blue Monster, his work with Stormhoek and his views on Web 2.0 Marketing, social objects (Web symbolism) and the power of blogging.

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The latest incarnation of Mac OS X, codenamed Leopard arrives next week. Almost a year after the launch of Windows Vista. As an operating system freak I am truly excited about this release. OS X is becoming more refined with each new release. Though, I do think Apple is pushing it’s luck a little with [...]

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Ian Forrester’s sum of this year’s FOWA conference is great. Check it out here and at BBC Backstage. I’m looking forward to next year already!
You can grab past conference presentations and audio here
Technorati Tags: FOWA , Ian Forrester

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Diggnation finally made to London after 117 episodes! The live recording took place after Day 1 of the Future of Web Apps Conference. The atmosphere in the main hall was amazing! Anyway, check out Diggnation #118 Live in London below:

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