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Facebook Connect Sandbox is now liveAugust 4

The New Facebook Connect Sandbox is open to the entire developer community. To start developing, create a new Facebook application and configure it to use the Facebook Connect sandbox here.

What is Facebook Connect ?

Facebook Connect is the next evolution of Facebook Platform - enabling you as a developer to integrate the power of Facebook Platform into your own site.

With Facebook Connect, you can enable your users to:

* Seamlessly "connect" their Facebook account and information with your site
* Connect and find their friends who also use your site
* Share information and actions on your site with their friends on Facebook






To try out Facebook Connect, you can visit The Run Around. The source code is also availab

Google Base Items Performance and help on other issuesAugust 4

Google Base is now offering more feedback on the performance of your Google Base items. Log in to your Google Base account and click on the new "Performance" tab.



You'll find information on how many items you have uploaded and how many of the items are active. You can also see how many clicks your items received on Google (e.g. on Product Search or on Real Estate search) and how many were retrieved through the Google Base Data API.

This new tool will allow you to spot trends with historical graphs of your account performance. You can also download detailed tables that show the performance of each of your top items.

You can have a complete look at the helpful tutorials available on the Google Base Help Center.

Blogs all beginners should read...August 4

Here is a great link resource for Bloggers who are beginners.





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The Times steals copyright pictures in IndiaAugust 1

Here is the grouse against The Times of India

One of my pictures got "flicked" from Flickr and got published in a supplement of TOI's called, "what's hot", dated 18th July'08. I happened to take a look at this supplement very much by chance. I have no idea, how many such images are being used on a daily basis - they could be anyones.

On contacting the editor, I was told that it is common practice to "use" free images from the net! Plagiarism in its full glory. They actually went ahead and used an image with "all rights reserved" clearly mentioned on my page. Nowhere does it say that this image is free to use. Original picture here - www.flickr.com/photos/twilightfairy/622839565/

Since the time I have asked for compensation I have not received any response from them.

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Infosys - 360-degree view of real-time store activityAugust 1

Here is the Press Release of 31 July 2008 from Infosys-

Infosys Technologies Limited (NASDAQ: INFY) today launched ShoppingTrip360 to help retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies achieve visibility into in-store activity. ShoppingTrip360 is a platform which enables a suite of managed-information services to create a 360-degree view of real-time in-store shopper and shelf activity.

ShoppingTrip360 leverages a network of wireless sensor-based applications within the store that allows people (shoppers), places (retailers) and products (CPG companies) to collaborate in real-time by creating an information ecosystem. This permission-based, implicit and seamless exchange of information delivers value to shoppers, retailers and CPG companies.

“Companies around the world continue to recognize the need to transform themselves in order to be more competitive,” said S. Gopalakrishnan, CEO, Infosys Technologies. “ Infosys remains the partner of choice for global brands in this journey because we are creating a new generation of services like ShoppingTrip360 that enable them to innovate closer to their customers.”

By gaining insights into shopper and shelf activity throughout the store, Sho