Google+ Makes Strides As A Social Login Provider
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Janrain
Facebook remains the most popular login provider on the Web with a 45% share, but Google is now back up to 35%. For comparison, Google+ had a 38% share in the fourth quarter of 2010, but fell off that mark until recently.
However, the social login landscape is not a zero-sum game. Internet users still enjoy using a variety of services to log in to websites. Yahoo and Twitter each had a 6% share in the fourth quarter.
Social media services want users to log in to other sites and services with their social media credentials, because it helps companies such as Facebook better understand a person's broader web browsing habits. (Janrain)
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FACEBOOK MONITORS MIGRATION TRENDS: Facebook's data science team published a report showing the urban migration patterns among large groups of people. With more than 1 billion users, many of whom disclose where they are from and where they currently live, Facebook has a striking amount of information about trends that could inform the geopolitical landscape. (Facebook)
FACEBOOK LAWSUIT: Facebook is being sued for allegedly serving users ads based on data from private messages. It raises the question yet again, of where exactly Facebook draws the line with user privacy. (Business Insider)
INTERVIEW WITH TWITTER EXEC: Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg's new technology publication Re/code published an interview with Twitter's Senior Vice President of Engineering Chris Fry. The interview is aimed at getting a better sense of the company's engineering culture. (Re/code)
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