…I thought I’d just express my deep pissed-offedness at the other two of the ‘big three’ and their recent moves to arbitrarily transition people using ‘free’ services, via variance of T&Cs, into their various (proto-)internet identity authority ‘offerings’. (And if you believe that Cabinet Office isn’t currently talking to all three, I’m afraid you’re off with the fairies.)
- Buried in all the excitement(?) about the launch of Google+* is a rather nasty – and possibly fundamental – sting in the tail: Google: Go public on Profiles or we’ll delete you.
- Meanwhile, over at Redmond on the Windows Team Blog, Where did my saved email address and password go?
If you can’t see the link, don’t worry. This is just the beginning…
T-shirt by Jake Evans
*In case you are still getting up to speed, there’s a rather insightful series of posts on Google+ over at webdistortion:
- What is driving engagement on Google+?
- Google people search. How big is Google’s social network?
- Why Google’s URL shortener is so important
- Google+1 is already here. Its right under our nose.
And it appears the first salvo in the latest battle has already been fired: Facebook Blocks Contact Export Tool, Surprises No One – though, unlike the author, I would say G is far from genuinely ‘open’, in all sorts of ways. (Now, who’s gonna fight FB locking up my data – i.e. my friends’ contact details – when it suits them? Please, please, please Diaspora – get your act together. Fast!)