After initially saying that the Australian Federal Opposition ldquo;sabotagedrdquo; the definite rollout date for digital TV in Australia, Federal Communications Minister Senator Conroy now says the Opposition has instead ldquo;backed downrdquo; and has...

Given how much has already been written about Facebook Connect, you would think that the service has been available for eons. In fact the service that was first announced in May — which allows you to use your Facebook login to access Facebook’s partner web sites, desktop apps or mobile devices, then broadcast what you’re doing on those sites to all of your Facebook friends — officially launched today.

Nearly 100 web sites have implemented Facebook Connect as part of a pre-launch rollout. The social networking site claims that as a result, these sites are getting 66 percent more registrations and have 50 percent more engagement.

I’m not sure how they calculate this with such pin-point accuracy; it seems like marketing hocus-pocus to me. Nevertheless, the number and quality of launch partner sites is one reason why Facebook is going to get more traction compared to its rivals. These are all highly trafficked services (with few exceptions) that will help Facebook Connect become part of the social web infrastructure.

Since I, too, have written extensively about Facebook Connect already, I won’t spend any more time on it. As background, just read two of my previous posts.

• Social Web’s Big Question: Federate or Aggregate.
• Why Facebook Connect Matters & Why It Will Win
• 

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Microsoft's Live Team has apologized for the bumpy rollout of the new Windows Live services that began yesterday, and acknowledged a number of problems that need to be fixed.

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I've left my phone virgin since I bought it during the 3G rollout, but finally deviced to take the plunge when I saw some cool apps like PDANet. So, I'm a N00B, and I Jailbroke my phone with QuikPwn which worked great!

My frustration lies with the fact that there are no clear compatibility reports in Cydia about each of the apps you download. It seems like 75% of the apps I have tried don't work with the new 2.2 firmware. Some of these include the AppFlow program which uses coverflow to navigate apps. I also tried Dock, which also does not seem to work, when I do the little swoosh, my contacts come up but when I click on a contact my phone locks up and I have to reboot it. I realize that some of these will be fixed in the future, but in the meantime it's real frustrating to download all these apps and not know if the issue is with the 2.2 firmware, or is it my phone, the app, am I doing something wrong?

On the other hand, PDANet works GREAT. Even on an EDGE connection at my parents house up in the mountains, surfing the web worked great. I wouldn't try to download anything, but just reading blogs, the news, etc, it works great on EDGE.

So, i guess as a N00B to all this, can anyone point me to some good sites which have a lot of useful information, or is this forum the best place to find stuff?

via MacNN:

Amazon today in a low-key rollout introduced Amazon MP3 for UK, its first non-US version of its online download store. The British version follows the same approach as the US store and lets users buy unprotected songs and albums that can be used with any device and, through a sync app, can automatically transfer to iTunes or Windows Media Player....


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The new Windows Live profile features that were recently announced have begun to take effect, turning the formerly sterile Windows Live into a more cohesive portal for online content consumption.

Amazon today in a low-key rollout introduced Amazon MP3 for UK, its first non-US version of its online download store. The British version follows the same approach as the US store and lets users buy unprotected songs and albums that can be used with any device and, through a sync app, can automatically transfer to iTunes or Windows Media Player....

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