Google has never managed to create a successful social network. Orkut's success is limited to Brazil and India, iGoogle's latest update was a let down and Google Friend Connect is still in its infancy.In 2007, Gmail's code included ...

Google announced yesterday that their Friend Connect features are now available for two CMS platforms, Drupal and Joomla. Both the older and newer features of Google Friend Connect are available on both platforms. These features in...

Internet, Google, Social SoftwareToday, Google announced the addition of their Friend Connect service to both the Joomla and Drupal platforms. Friend Connect is a pretty cool concept. It allows people to become "members...

If you've wanted to add some social functionality to your website but aren't a hardcore developer, then things just got a bit easier - if you're using Drupal or Joomla. The two content management systems can now incorporate Google F...

Google has just announced that its powerfully social Friend Connect features are now available for open-source content management systems Drupal and Joomla. Google Friend Connect (GFC) allows sites with these CMSes to integrate man...

I’ve set up Broadcasting Brain to use Google Friend Connect.  I’ve had the MyBlogLog widget on my blog’s sidebar for about two years and it’s a neat little thing to track who comes and goes.  However, I’ve read that MyBlogLog is to ...

The blog will be on hiatus until Monday, December 28th. In the meantime, I invite you to explore KevinMD.com on Twitter and Facebook, along with Google Friend Connect. Don’t forget that the blog is also optimized for use in your m...

Google has made a change to Chrome OS to move the user login from the machine to the browser. Our guess is Google is, or will eventually use, Google Friend Connect to facilitate login. The feature was first mentioned on October 13:...

That’s right—Twitter is integrating more with yet another popular search engine. Yeah, it wasn’t enough to promise quasi-real-time results from Twitter in Google results, now Google has convinced Twitter to join Friend Connect. Now ...

Earlier this week Yahoo announced its support of Facebook Connect, with Google announcing top-line integration of Twitter with its own Google Friend Connect platform. This is not only a recognition of social network’s ability to cr...

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In the battle to become the ultimate identity broker on the web, Facebook with its Facebook Connect feature has a clear — and significant — lead. Google, on the other hand, is an also-ran here and its partnership with Twitter doesn’...

Beginning today, users will be able to sign into Google Friend Connect using their Twitter account login. Signing in via Twitter will also link information from the microblogging service, making it possible to invite friends, twee...

Ever use Google Friend Connect? No? Every heard of it? … No? Well, you may soon. If you use Twitter. This morning Google said it is integrating the micro-blogging service into Friend Connect, a federated identity platform that allow...

Following Yahoo's recent announcement on the integration of Facebook to its content network, it's now Google's turn to do the same. Not with Facebook obviously, but with perhaps a better ally - Twitter. Starting today, you can now c...

Facebook is growing strong, very strong indeed and I bet its pinching others, primarily Google Friend Connect. Why? Well if Facebook grows its obvious people would prefer Facebook Connect too and bingo there is the urge for Google’...

From the Google Social Web Blog (I have to admit it's hard for me to see those four words together without busting out a silly grin): Today, we're bringing Twitter and Friend Connect even closer together. Now you can join one of ove...

Say this for Google: The company does not like to have its rivals grab all the attention. Less than a day after Facebook announced it would link up Facebook Connect across Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) properties, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) announced...

Who will be the web’s primary identity platform? Google’s trying to stay in the fight by integrating Twitter across its 9 million Friend Connect web sites. That means you can log into a Google Friend Connect site with your Twitter p...

Yahoo! announced this morning that it is adding Facebook Connect across many of its properties. This afternoon Google Friend Connect announced the inclusion of Twitter as a top-level log-in option. These moves will be convenient f...