Facebook Connect Goes Live: Let the Identity Wars Begin
Facebook announced the general availability of its single sign-on technology Thursday, presenting a clear challenge to OpenID. Facebook Connect allows users of the massive social network to log in to and interact on participating websites using their Facebook IDs.
Flickr Updates Mobile Site, Adds Video Playback for iPhones
Yahoo's photo-sharing service debuts a new user interface for its mobile site, adding video playback capability for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Support for watching videos on other handsets will be rolled out in the near future.