In this post, I want to look at just the question of when it makes sense to use Facebook Connect, Twitter Oauth, OpenID, Yahoo Browser-Based Authentication, Google Friend Connect or basically any of the other authentication mechanisms. Example What do I mean? Interestingly, they are not including Google Authentication . One of the topics that came up in my post Mobile Internet Apple Facebook was around open vs. closed platforms.

But I would argue that you don’t want to just default to those answers when there are a lot of other possibilities to consider. Beyond the fuzzy, high-level questions, there are often a lot of very specific questions like do we Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication ? I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. In December 2007, I described how I commonly take on an Acting CTO Role in a Start-up .

TechCrunch says that Google just bought Aardvark for $50 million. Everyone wants to know where to eat, where to go on vacation… These are Google questions and Yelp questions! But for specific, tough-to-Google questions like my lint-brushing sign language, Aardvark is uniquely useful. Why Google bought What the hell is Aardvark (vark.com) ? It’s like a Yahoo Questions that works.

And I’m not sure I buy some of their predictions just because of that question: We believe Facebook has the potential to serve as a communications platform / engine of one-to-one, one-to-some and one-to-many (and visa versa) for the mobile Internet. Facebook has made some moves recently that suggest that they may head more in the direction of Google Connect and be a platform, but their heritage and the way they view what the world looks like (think Facebook applications), suggest to me that they will continue to be a closed platform. The analysts at Morgan Stanley have produced a report that’s quite good reading on some of the major trends concerning mobile web.

The business Sean Percival launched wasn't meant to be the next Google. This is a story about how an entrepreneur can build an internet business on the side. He was just trying to make some money and improve his business skills. Sean Sean built a site that sold customize European license plates, the kind of plates you might see on cars speeding on the Autobahn or cruising down the Champs-Elysées.

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Google home page : People who don’t get how the search bar works. Tags: Articles chatroulette facebook google snark sterotypes twitter wordpres Pingdom told you who uses what social site . AdAge told you who uses what search engine . But what about the rest of the web?

Repost of SMCLA's Going Goo Goo Over Google Analytics The Google Analytics panel was a big success with a great turnout of over 150 people at the  Mahalo office in Santa Monica. It takes 5 minutes: Google Analytics is about as easy to setup as setting your alarm clock. Set aside 5 minutes, get your cut and paste Below is a highlight video of the evening.  To To view the entire talk click here .  

Google would soon follow with their own phones, it was rumored.  The If Google is sometimes flawed in it’s “do no evil” mission, you gotta believe that Larry and Sergey deep down believe this mantra.  Steve Let’s start with Google’s Android.  You’ve Absolute Power Corrupts, Absolutely I

Don’t worry, we didn’t either until today when he opened up a little bitchfest on the BarCampLA Google group . Thanks for joining us for Great Moments in Google Groups, till next time. ...Tags: Don’t know John Pratt ? The exchange was funny enough to make HackerNews under the title “ How not to promote your new startup “. Certainly an appropriate title