HTTP:: Google One Ups Facebook with Simplified Friend Connect Install
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Google and Facebook are on a collision course and, as their products start to overlap more, there will be increased competition between them. It's going to be a while before an all out war, maybe even a few years, but, already, the signs are out there. Earlier this week, Facebook released a simplified method for implementing support for Facebook Connect, the social network's popular login standard. Just two days later, Google is firing back with a new, even simpler, way of installing Google Friend Connect. “Normally when we misplace files here at the Googleplex, we ask our best engineers to get them back. But today, we've gotten rid of a few files on purpose, and we're happy to see them go!†Jonathan Terleski, UI designer for Google Friend Connect, wrote. “Today, we're making it even easier to get started with Google Friend Connect. We've heard from a number of you that uploading files to activate your website is not always easy. So starting today, you no longer have !
to worry about downloading or uploading files. Setting up a new website just involves entering your site's name and URL upon logging into www.google.com/friendconnect.â€The timing of the release is too close to be a coincidence and the move is certainly to counter the threat of Facebook Connect. Google F...
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