#open social

Yahoo responds to Icahn and says a proxy fight for the board seat is not necessary as the current slate of independent members are still open to negotiations with Microsoft. Meanwhile, the brewing battle between Facebook and Google is still up over the openness of social profiles. Google announced Friend Connect last May 12, a service that helps website owners grow traffic by enabling any site on the web to easily provide social features for its visitors. However, Facebook later blocked Google Friend Connect from accessing its Open API: Now that Google has launched Friend Connect, we’ve had a chance to evaluate the technology. Open is not actually open after all at Facebook. It's a lesson we need to learn -- an open door policy can be good for your strategy but it can also make other enterprising entities benefit from your hard work. The Department of Education is pushing for the modernization of our public education system by opening a new digital learning hub in Manila just ahead of the upcoming school year. Once this initial rollout is completed, the TPPortal will also be opened for regitration to other types of taxpayers. Read more in our articles including "Icahn vs. Yahoo, Facebook vs. Google" and "PH, Israel open a new digital learning hub in Manila".