Backupify So how could Google let a half million users lose their data in the first place? The answer lies in how Google described the problem initially: “0.29% of Gmail users” experienced a “service disruption.” Less than one-third of 1% of all Gmail accounts got hit by the data purge. From a top-down-perspective, you’d be hard-pressed to complain about 99.71% data integrity. The issue with Google — as always — is scale. When you have 180 million Gmail users, even a statistically small data loss or service outage can result in a mid-sized city’s worth of Gmail accounts being deleted.
Introducing WebFinger WebFinger is an updated take on the Name/Finger protocol using HTTP, XRD, and host-meta (instead of a direct TCP connection on port 79) to obtain information about user accounts. It works by defining a new account URI scheme and a protocol for resolving it into an extensible descriptor of the account and its owner. The account URI, using the newly proposed ‘acct‘ scheme, is used to identify user accounts at a given host which are typically used for the purpose of resource management and establishing local identity (at the host). Bar Dashboard The Meebo Bar API is a set of tools provided by Meebo to allow you to quickly develop custom buttons. If you have never used an API before, that's all right! Scroll down to the Meebo Bar API FAQ for a quick introduction to APIs. The Meebo Bar Button API Create custom JavaScript buttons for your Meebo bar.
5 Tools to Battle Social Media Content Overload This is a guest blog post by Leo Widrich, co-founder of Buffer, a Twitter publishing application. He writes Twitter Tips every week on his blog. When Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg announced last year that we will be sharing twice the amount of content from just 12 months ago, there were some very interesting responses. Nova Spivack mentioned that this will cause a Sharepocalypse to happen. Finding the right filters to optimize both sharing and consuming content is one of the most important ways of dealing with this information overload. The current landscape of tools available to you is abundant, so let's narrow it down to 5 awesome tools that will help you battle social media content overload.
Optimice Company Mapper provides a dynamic and interactive map of connections between boardmembers listed on the ASX. The interactive map includes more than 2,000 companies and more than 12,000 people. The data is sourced directy from ThomsonReuters and is updated every 24 hours. It allows users to very quickly see relationship patterns between companies and the people associated with these. It is the fastest and most powerful way to explore relationships New 'OpenID Connect' Proposal Could Solve Many of the Social Web's Woes David Recordon, one of the key architects of OpenID and other identity technologies that have emerged over the past five years, has envisioned a new direction for OpenID. His proposal, which was drafted with input from several people in the OpenID community, is called OpenID Connect. At the highest level, it essentially rebuilds OpenID on top of OAuth 2.0, combining the two popular open source systems for authenticating users and letting them share data with social websites and applications. “OpenID Connect is an attempt to pull the best pieces of two separate technologies together, to create a single technology stack that’s simpler for everyone to use,” Recordon tells Webmonkey. The proposed approach combines several interactions around logging in and sharing data with a website or application into one simple step.
WeeWorld Launches New Ad Network For Social Games WeeWorld has launched a new advertising network designed to help brand advertisers create branded virtual goods campaigns in virtual worlds and social games. WeeWorld calls its new network the Social Game Advertising Network (SGAN) and says it reaches over 60 million teens and women, exceeding the reach of the top five family and parenting Websites combined by over 20 million users. SGAN’s launch partners include Mall World and Habbo Hotel. “One of the key differentiators about us is giving brands the chance to have custom integrations in-game with scale,” said WeeWorld Executive Vice President of Sales Pauline Malcom-John. Twitter Adder - Professional Twitter Marketing Tools - Automatic Twitter Software - Automate Twitter Posts, Auto Twitter Follow, Automate Unfollow, Mass Tweets, Twitter Search, more .. TweetAdder Subscription Pricing Optionsadmin2014-06-01T20:50:59+00:00 Our prices will go up as we add new features, but you will never pay more than the price at which you signed up. Prices are based on the number of profiles in which you need to build followers, promote, and manage with the software. We offer low affordable recurring monthly rates, and also offer steep discounts on our recurring semi-annual rates.
The Problem with Passwords - A List Apart Articles Usability researcher Jakob Nielsen’s recent column advocates a fundamental change to password field design on the web. He believes that the time has come “to show most passwords in clear text as users type them,” abandoning the traditional approach that displays a series of asterisks or bullets in place of the actual password. Issue № 300
7 traits of stellar social media marketers—and tools to help There are so many fantastic social media tools available to help your business, but it's very difficult to find time to check them out. The right tools can help you become more efficient, leading to improved results. Successful social media marketers share common traits.