identity
OpenID, Microsoft, and AOL - Are Yahoo and Google in tow?
Let's face it: Remembering all of our login and passwords for the countless websites we use everyday sucks. I've blogged about it before. . OpenID set out to change all that, and appears to be making strides with both Microsoft and AOL. Will Google and Yahoo be next?
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What is OpenID? "OpenID is an open, decentralized, free framework for user-centric digital identity." That's fancy talk for "OpenID allows you to login 'everywhere' with one login/password".
AOL = 63 Million More Open IDs
Social Networking APIs mean opportunity for a better user experience
The trend moving forward is that social networking sites are moving towards opening up their systems to third party developers. Facebook, initially aimed at college students, is currently leading the pack by a long shot. This will provide countless opportunities for entrepreneurs to solve a variety of the social web's existing problems: Non-centralized authentication, and excessive data duplication.
