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Google brings Friend Connect to the masses

(Posted on  Outside the Lines  29 days ago)

Updated 3:15 PST May 12 As expected, Google has unveiled a preview of Friend Connect, a way to add social features to a Web site without programming. David Glazer, director of eng… (visit source article)
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