http://blog.findmeon.com The official blog for FindMeOn.com and findmeon.org Mon, 05 May 2008 20:33:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en FindMeOn.org has relaunched with a new skin. Our projects are organized a bit more intuitively now. http://findmeon.org http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/05/05/findmeonorg-gets-a-new-skin/ Sorry for the outage.  We were running an earlier version of Wordpress which seems to have had a security issue.  It was *hell* clearing out all the spam and redoing the database.  We're fixed now though! http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/05/05/findmeon-blog-back-up/ Foudner/CEO Jonathan Vanasco was featured on the DataPortability Podcast #5You can hear the podcast in its entirety here: http://www.mediaslate.org/wp/2008/04/25/dataportability-in-motion-podcast-episode-5/Jonathan offers some follow-up clarifications here: http://www.destructuring.net/archives/2008/04/dataportability.html http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/04/25/findmeon-on-the-dataportability-podcast/ In reference to our already-established use of "OpenSN (Open Social Network)" for open Social Network Portability protocols , we are planning to formally ask Google to both cease use of the name "Open Social" for their multi-network widget/protocols platform, and end current attempts to trademark it. While our products ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/04/16/name-similarities-between/ FindMeOn Founder & CEO Jonathan Vanasco has authored an extensive document detailing the company's Intellectual Property claims, and newly competing technologies that significantly and substantially overlap with claims in FindMeOn's pending patents. Intellectual Property Claims ---------------------------- As one-of the earliest, if not the first, entity dedicated to Social Network Portability, FindMeOn.com pioneered many ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/01/10/findmeoncom-intellectual-property-announcement/ Caroline @ CNET contacted me to confirm a story she heard through common friends of legal issues we've been analyzing over @ FindMeOn in regards to Google's OpenSocial initiative. Link: http://www.news.com/8301-13577_3-9839997-36.html?tag=more Yes, it's true. FindMeOn really doesn't like the fact that Google named their product so similarly to ours, and we ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/01/10/findmeon-founder-responds-to-trademark-press-coverage-questions/ Cyber thieves target social sites The security experts are finally catching on... we've been saying this for what? 2 years now? The quasi-intimate nature of the sites makes people share information readily leaving them open to all kinds of other attacks, warn security firms. http://blog.findmeon.com/2008/01/03/bbc-cyber-thieves-target-social-sites/ The "Pew Internet & American Life Project" has released a report Digital Footprints: Online identity management and search in the age of transparency Facts to ponder: i. Internet users are becoming more aware of their digital footprint; 47% have searched for information about themselves online, up from just 22% five years ago. ii. Fully 60% ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2007/12/17/pew-report-digital-footprints/ Friends: In the spirit of the Holiday Season - we have decided to open up a bunch of our research, presentations and select FindMeOn documents, as part of a new repository called Identity Research. Identity Research is a way of giving the general public a 'behind the scenes' look ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2007/12/11/friends-of-findmeon-a-press-release-for-you-holiday-wishes/ Coming Soon - FindWeOn FindWeOn uses findmeon technology to bring groups together across the internets - no matter where they are. How? FWO creates 'virtual social networks', giving users the same privacy controls and information sharing as findmeon network integration. We've been exploring group applications of FMO Technology since ... http://blog.findmeon.com/2007/12/10/findweon-groups/