Videos tagged with Social Networks


The Little Engine(s) That Could: Scaling Online Social Networks

The Little Engine(s) That Could: Scaling Online Social Networks

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Google Tech Talk (see below) June 17, 2010 Presented by Josep M. Pujol. ABSTRACT The difficulty of partitioning social graphs has introduced new system design challenges for scaling of Online Social Networks (OSNs). Vertical scaling by resorting to full replication can be a costly proposition. Scaling horizontally by partitioning and distributing data among multiple servers using, for e.g., key...

Tags: Google Tech Talk, Social Networks, Google, GoogleTechTalks



Learning from Bacteria about Social Networks

Learning from Bacteria about Social Networks

Posted in Science, Companies, Conferences

Google Tech Talk (more info below) September 30, 2011 Presented by Eshel Ben-Jacob. ABSTRACT Scientific American placed Professor Eshel Ben-Jacob and Dr. Itay Baruchi's creation of a type of organic memory chip on its list of the year's 50 most significant scientific discoveries in 2007. For the last decade, he has pioneered the field of Systems Neuroscience, focusing first on investigations of...

Tags: Google Tech Talk, bacteria, Biology, Social Networks, Google, GoogleTechTalks


Google Friend Connect adds features for Twitter users

Google Friend Connect adds features for Twitter users

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Today, we're bringing Twitter and Friend Connect even closer together. Now you can join one of over nine million Google Friend Connect sites using your Twitter login. Once signed in, your Twitter profile will be automatically linked and you can tweet your new site membership, share discussions from the comments gadget, and invite your friends via Twitter. Already using Google Friend Connect on ...

Tags: Social Networks, Google Friend Connect, Twitter, Broadcasting, Screencasts


Towards Privacy-aware OpenSocial Applications

Towards Privacy-aware OpenSocial Applications

Posted in Conferences, Companies, Web Technologies, Development

Social-networking sites have grown tremendously in popularity in recent years. Services such as Facebook and MySpace allow millions of users to create online profiles and to share details of their personal lives with vast networks of friends, and often, strangers. Inevitably, the disclosure of personal information has implications on users privacy: digital stalking and identity theft are some o...

Tags: Techtalks, Google, Conferences, Social Networks, Google Tech Talks, OpenSocial, privacy, Development, Companies




Enterprise Panel: OpenSocial in the Enterprise

Enterprise Panel: OpenSocial in the Enterprise

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In the year and half since OpenSocial's public launch, there are now over 700 million end users of OpenSocial applications across numerous social sites (containers) around the world. With OpenSocial's proven global success in traditional social applications, the enterprise software community has now begun to realize its potential and build innovative solutions that cater to the enterprise. Join...

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