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	<title>Comments on: Open sure is the new black</title>
	<link>http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/03/open-sure-is-the-new-black</link>
	<description>Digital Lifestyle Aggregation - helping to establish open source infrastructure</description>
	<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 23:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Fortunehotels account in Hi5.com</title>
		<link>http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/03/open-sure-is-the-new-black#comment-245234</link>
		<author>Fortunehotels account in Hi5.com</author>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>While hi5 maintains its strong hold in Central America, it faces tough competition in Asia from many social networking sites. Hi5.com comes in first ten ranking in Alexa.com.  You can see ranking of Fortune Park Hotels Ltd in http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fortunehotels.in Alexa.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While hi5 maintains its strong hold in Central America, it faces tough competition in Asia from many social networking sites. Hi5.com comes in first ten ranking in Alexa.com.  You can see ranking of Fortune Park Hotels Ltd in <a href="http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fortunehotels.in" rel="nofollow">http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/fortunehotels.in</a> Alexa.</p>
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		<title>By: DataPortability, Microsoft&#8217;s Contacts API and OpenSocial.org at Cloudlands</title>
		<link>http://blog.broadbandmechanics.com/2008/03/open-sure-is-the-new-black#comment-245229</link>
		<author>DataPortability, Microsoft&#8217;s Contacts API and OpenSocial.org at Cloudlands</author>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 16:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Marc Canter and others have pointed out that although the Contact APIs from Microsoft are not open in themselves, at least the APIs seem to export as much data as they can import. Marc also says that Microsoft (and other big companies) may not be explicitly following the actions (e.g. the technical recommendations) of the DataPortability initiative, but rather claims that it would hurt them if they didn&#8217;t open up and go along with some portable data efforts given the current climate and the tide of users in favour of this. [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[&#8230;] Marc Canter and others have pointed out that although the Contact APIs from Microsoft are not open in themselves, at least the APIs seem to export as much data as they can import. Marc also says that Microsoft (and other big companies) may not be explicitly following the actions (e.g. the technical recommendations) of the DataPortability initiative, but rather claims that it would hurt them if they didn&#8217;t open up and go along with some portable data efforts given the current climate and the tide of users in favour of this. [&#8230;]</p>
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