More tech videos at www.wsj.com/video. Slide
has become one of the most popular services
on the web, building tools for
social-networking sites. But as WSJ's Jessica
Vascellaro reports, its successful
applications, which are visited by 160
million a month, haven't translated into
proportional revenue. (Oct. 1) Tags :WSJWallStreetJournalYouTubetechnologySlidesocialnetworkingsites
http://code.google.com/apis/socialgraph
Google engineer Brad Fitzpatrick gives an
introduction to the Social Graph API. The
Social Graph API makes information about the
public connections between people more easily
available. Developers can query this public
information to offer their users dramatically
streamlined "add friends" functionality and
other useful features. Tags :GoogleSocialGraphAPI
Your Daily Politics Video Blog: One of the
most entertaining things about the 2008
campaign has been watching John McCain
embrace all of President Bush's policies and
word game flimflams. And there's no better
example than Social Security where McCain has
not only adopted President Bush's proposal to
phase out Social Security and replace it with
private investment accounts he's even adopted
Bush's word game bamboozlement to try to
trick voters into thinking he doesn't support
the policy he actually does support. Those of
us who are about to talk straight, Salute
You! Tags :politicsvideoblogjohnmccainsocialsecurityprivatizationbamboozlewordgamesbush