The new browser wars: FacebookConnect vs FriendConnect

It's a year ending in 8... there are two technology titans standing in opposite corners of what is to become the stuff of tech legends... At stake is the underlying communications platform that will define the next evolution of the internet... It's not Netscape versus Microsoft... It's Facebook vs Google, Facebook Connect versus Friend Connect and the fight for the platform that will power the social graph and interconnectivity across sites, people and content.

CNET tips the current round to Facebook while the guys at AlFacebook keep tabs on the Facebook Connect implementations.

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SGN ifun app - links mobile/social apps

I am in tech geekdom heaven... I just installed and played with SGN's new application for the iPhone (iFun Golf). To the consumer, this simple iphone app allows you to use your iPhone much like a Wii controller to swing a golf club. The difference is that you are using your iphone to control a game on your PC screen.

On the backend, it's social network apps (SGN's) meets social paltforms (Facebook Connect) meets iPhone apps. Throw in a few ads (powered by Admob) and an ability to buy games and new courses (via Paypal from the device) and it's a VC's social network monetization dream!

Zynga just launched a phone version of its Live Poker game also connecting the iPhone user to players using the app via social networks.

Geekdom, web 2.0ish heaven indeed!

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