After early fame, DataPortability Project matures
The DataPortability Project tasted early fame in January 2008 when an indignant Robert Scoble joined the group after Facebook canceled the tech celebrity's account for exporting his friends list to Plaxo. The Scoble incident highlighted the problem of data lock-in among social-networking sites and thrust the young DataPortability Project, quietly created in November 2007, onto center stage. In this interview, Project cofounder Chris Saad shares the latest accomplishments and plans of the DataPortability Project.
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MySpace eases data portability policies, adopts OpenID
Facebook, Google launch data portability programs to all
Data control console released for social-networking users
MySpace enhances data portability system
After early fame, DataPortability Project matures