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Vidoop hires Open Source Veterans Chris Messina and Will Norris

It is official, long time OSS advocates and developers Chris Messina and Will Norris will be joining a Vidoop team that has been tasked with building a truly open distributed social networking infrastructure. They will continue to lead efforts with the DiSo Project (http://diso-project.org). DiSo - distributed social networking applications, is an umbrella [...]

Online Password Manager available for Firefox 3

A new version of the myVidoop online password manager for Firefox is now available.
This updated version includes:

Support for Firefox 3
Cleaner notification shown when asking to autofill or remember a password
Many improvements ‘under the hood’.

If you already have the plugin installed simply go to ‘Tools’ -> ‘Add-ons’ and then click “Find Updates”.
Otherwise you can download it [...]

Scott Kveton interviews Luke Crouch from SourceForge about OpenID

Luke Crouch is a developer working at SourceForge on the site engineering team. For those who do not know already SourceForge recently announced they are supporting OpenID as a relying party.
Scott and Luke talk about why SourceForge went OpenID, their support of the Open Source community, identity (why IDP vs. RP) and what issues [...]

 
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Making OpenID easier to use and more secure… all at once

With the launch of ID Selector the OpenID community has hopefully staved off an epidemic of button proliferation and made the technology much easier to use. The feedback has been very positive so far, and it looks like we may have a winner. This is a positive step toward making OpenID a technology [...]

We are looking for feedback on myVidoop, you interested?

Now is your chance to help us make myVidoop the best OpenID provider / password manager ever!
Please check out our profile on BzzAgent’s Frogpond, use the different features of your myVidoop account (I really like the password manager) then give us your opinion. If you have time there is a very quick poll as well. [...]

Vidoop at Data Sharing Summit 2008

Just a quick post to let everyone know about some cool upcoming events, The Data Sharing Workshop and the Data Sharing Summit 2008. These are great community centric events that bring together people from several walks of on-line life; social networking, identity folks, data portability, etc.
“The goal of these events is to work together [...]

OpenID Buttons - Friend or Foe?

The general consensus around OpenID login buttons is that they are a positive step forward. Buttons simplify the login process and are a necessary step to abstract OpenID from the login process, making it easy enough for anyone to use. We all know the context switch between a relying party and the member’s [...]

Implementing OpenID on your Blog… over Beers

Thats right.. if you are in the downtown Portland area this Friday, March 28, 2008 from 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM you are welcome to stop by the Green Dragon Bistro & Brewpub and hear Vidoop’s Scott Kveton talk about how to implement OpenID on your blog while having some beer(s).
Beer and Blog is a [...]

MyVidoop, Gotta Catch’m All!

When developing software, the importance of tracking changes and updates cannot be understated. To this end, here at Vidoop we have come up with a creative method of software versioning that is as efficient as it is reflective of our fun and relaxed work environment – Pokemon. Yes, those cute, infectious critters of gaming and [...]

The Identity Scoop - Brought to you by Vidoop

Topics: Whitelisting in an OpenID world, myVidoop…it rhymes with _____.

 
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