You no longer need to be a student with a .edu e-mail address to register for Facebook, a social networking site generally viewed as #2 in the U.S. behind MySpace.
But there are a few buts.
First of all, if I want to identify myself as a student from the start, they still insist on a .edu [...]
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5 important things that happened in the last 10 days
In no particular order, with little commentary, and limited accuracy on that whole “10 days” concept:
Google Friend Connect: Just the tip of the iceberg.
YouTube Citizen News: Aggregate, aggregate, aggregate.
Disqus + Seesmic Video Comments: Say it, don’t spray it?
MySpace and Facebook data availability: Bring your profile to the party.
3G iPhone coming in June at $199: Guaranteed [...]