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Google Lively Not Lively For Long

Last night in a blog post at the Official Google Blog, Google announced that one of its Google Labs projects, Lively.com, will see its doors closed forever.
After only a few short months, Google has decided to pull the plug on this popular chat platform in order to direct resources to […]

Google’s Hidden Gems
Google may have only been around for 10 years, but in that time it has gone from being merely a company name to being the universal word we use to describe the action of conducting an on line search.
In my radio segment on 6PR this week (listen to it here) I discussed some […]

Google moves to address OpenID confusion among users

Acting on concerns that OpenID’s a great idea but a miserable user experience, Google on Wednesday announced an API based on usability research for OpenID identity providers.
OpenID-accepting sites (aka “relying parties”) using the new API can allow visitors to log in using only their Google account, with no […]

Vivaty’s 3-D virtual scenes can be embedded on any web site
Pretty soon, we’ll all be hosting our own virtual worlds. VentureBeat has a new virtual scene today (you need a Facebook account to access it, and it only works with Windows), courtesy of Vivaty, which is launching its own widget to embed 3-D virtual scenes […]

Who is Responsible in Our Cloudy World?
A number of large technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Yahoo!, have announced that they have signed up to a voluntary code of conduct on how they do business in countries that curtail freedom of expression like China and Singapore.
The code has been drawn up by the Washington-based digital […]