The SitePoint Podcast: Speaking of Fail

The SitePoint Podcast

Facebook attempts to take over the Web with its new Like button; Global Grind rips off content and appears to be getting away with it; Palm’s bet on the Web as the platform for mobile applications seems not to have paid off; Ning plans to shut the doors of thousands of free Web communities that i.

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Episode synopsis

Episode 59 of The SitePoint Podcast is now available! This week your hosts are Patrick O’Keefe (@iFroggy), Brad Williams (@williamsba), Stephan Segraves (@ssegraves), and Kevin Yank (@sentience).

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Episode Summary

Here are the topics covered in this episode:

  1. Facebook Releases “Like” Button for the Whole Web
  2. Global Grind Copies Content, Submits It to Google News
  3. Is Palm Crumbling Before Our Eyes?
  4. Ning Fails at Free Social Networking
  5. HTML5 vs Flash—Animation Benchmarking

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Theme music by Mike Mella.

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